So in this post we’ll be talking about machinery that gets used in preparation for spring. There are a lot of different jobs that have to be carried out before the main season starts. Many ground care tasks involve preparing the ground as well as directly treating it. If as an industry we were to only maintain turf when it was actively growing the results would be less than optimal. This is something that a lot of people do no appreciate but over winter there is a lot of heavy work using tractors and utility vehicles like what can be found here. Tractors help ground care workers to use heavy...

Grounds keepers and people in the turf maintenance industry are looking forward to the next season. When the grass starts growing and conditions are ripe for blooming that means the professional contractors are ready to start business. With a fairly mild winter there is a good deal of speculation as to whether the grass will start growing early this year. It is not an unseen phenomenon; many years have seen flowers blooming as early as February. The natural life cycle of plants is directly tied in with the external environment. The date that they bloom on directly correlates to the ground temperature,...