The EarthWorks Blog

A few delinquent words on the US Open… and damn, it’s hot out there!!!

The Open was an incredible experience that I will remember a lifetime and I have to thank Pat Finlen for that. Pat is a class act and did a hell of a job on the biggest stage in golf and I say that not because of the EW that he uses (but of course that helps!) but because…

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Help Me Understand Something…

The other day a former student, an experienced superintendent and friend sent me an exasperated email that diagrammed his annual “expert” consultation meeting. It sounded like this: “Good afternoon. I just wanted to drop you a quick line. I have made a few observations this year that I would like to share. First, using Logan Labs tests and the…

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OK, I’m Done! No More “He Said/She Said” Articles for Me.

Twenty four years ago Jerry Brunetti and I were finalizing our business plan for a new company that we decided to call EarthWorks.  I had spent five years at Penn State as a horticulture student and five years as a Penn State County Extension Agent.   Jerry had already established a business in the sustainable agriculture…

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A very tough growing year…

One very tough growing year for a lot of sections of the country which followed what I thought was one of the toughest weather years on record.  I won’t be making that statement again after the year we just went through.  Have you seen the flood pictures from Vermont?  Did you see the pictures of…

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WOW! What year is it?

Wait, when did they invent the internet???  I feel like I’ve been taking a 15 year cyber nap!!!  OK, the EW website hasn’t been updated for a while but I promise we will keep this one at least in the twentieth century! Many thanks to my friend Peter McCormick of TurfNet fame who had to…

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