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,...

Trees and surrounding foliage are as important as your greens and fairways when it comes to golf course grounds keeping. That is the message that Sundridge Park a golf club based in Kent is putting out anyway. Golf is a sport that has becoming more and more about scenic architecture as well as high quality playing surfaces. To embrace this Sundrige has an in house forester who cares for the massive 250,000 trees that are nestled amongst this 36 hole course. Trees play an integral part of golf not only in creating obstructions but in generating the ‘mood’ of the course. A large population (or lack...

This is yoders.net a website dedicated to bringing you quality news from the groundcare and outdoor world. We will cover topics that are affiliated with large companies who are driving the industry forward. In addition to this we will cover specific tips on how to perform certain tasks using different pieces of machinery. The reason why we are taking an all encompassing approach is that we don’t only want to be a new site, but also a valuable instructional resource. Too many sites in this industry are one dimensional and only come with information from a single angle. This leaves readers...