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Big trees can be a great asset to campus grounds or a sports field facility. Their provision of shade and stateliness is hard to beat. However, big trees with extensive [...]

As a general rule, most trees and shrubs are green. Yes, there are a few select species of desirable ornamentals with non-green leaves such as golden birch, golden euonymus, sunburst [...]

Chances are good that taking care of tulips, periwinkle and crabapples isn't the highest priority on the sports field manager's to-do list on any given day. However, in addition to [...]

Hardwood and coniferous trees provide many benefits to campus and sports field properties, including shade, wildlife enhancement, songbird habitat, color in summer and fall, framing, texture, a sense of place, [...]

Wide fluctuations in moisture, temperature and wind patterns make small problems into big ones. A few manifestations of these include anthracnose, pythium blight and take all patch, billbug and white [...]

On campuses, sports fields and other recreational facility grounds, turfgrass can sometimes be the default groundcover. However, in certain instances, it's not the best choice. Locations for non-turf plants include [...]

Critters that feed on the all-important root system of turf plants deserve a close look. Sure, leaves do the hard work of photosynthesis, creating sugars and carbohydrates, but half of [...]

When trees near a sports field, in a park or on a campus grounds become problematic, removal is a good option. However, knowing when a tree is really problematic or [...]

Regardless of the geographic location of the field(s) being managed, as winter approaches there are some important activities to tend to. These include actual on-the-field procedures, as well as 'on [...]

If there's one thing that all sports field managers utilize on a regular basis, it's aeration. Of course, there are a lot of considerations, techniques and timing issues to contemplate [...]

Insects that cause damage to turfgrass are generally categorized as surface active (leafzone) or subsurface active (rootzone). If you have to deal with one group or the other, the surface [...]

We all know that fertilizer is needed to establish and maintain high-quality sports fields. What may be in question are some of the specifics, such as which nutrients are needed, [...]

Trees and shrubs have been placed at your sports field for several reasons. They bring a lot of value in terms of amenity and shade to a sports facility, but [...]

Auditing. Whether it is a bank audit, a tax audit or a sprinkler system audit, the premise is the same: something is not exactly the way it should be. As [...]

When boiled down to its essence, a map is a tool for finding something, a group of things or the way to a destination. Maps are pretty important; the old [...]

Of the many maladies that a field manager has to stay on top of, nutrient deficiencies are difficult to deal with for many reasons. First, you don't see them every [...]

Ornamentals play a significant role in the overall success of a sports facility. To many spectators, the enjoyment of their game attendance is influenced as much or more by the [...]