Joel’s Ramblings
Team EarthWorks is Published!
I am so proud to announce that we are published with not one but two new books available from Team EarthWorks.
Read MoreBrooklyn Bridge Park… Spectacular!
Every once in a while a very cool project comes along that’s a little out of the norm. The work going on at the Brooklyn Bridge Park is one of…
Read MoreEveryone is an “Organic Guy”!
I was recently invited to speak at a distributors’ meeting taking place at a golf course. As I waited for my turn to speak, I asked the distributor if our…
Read MoreFall is for Feeding … The Soil.
Just as I’m about ready to get back into the pool… Summer is over! In the turf business, fall has got to be everyone’s favorite season; it means we survived…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreHelp 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…
Read MoreOK, 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreWOW! 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…
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