Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have two articles and an upcoming talk at a meeting.
By Florence Sessoms
The presence of lawns in urban environments is sometimes viewed negatively: too many chemical inputs that result in environmental pollution. I also have observed a popular misconception about irrigation on home lawns: irrigation is compared to the Danaides’ barrel, a bottomless pit where water is forever added and lost.
If you are a turf manager, save the date to see an established bee lawn and learn about installation, maintenance, bee diversity, and park visitor support of this effort.
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a research article, a research report, and an upcoming talk at a meeting.
By Dominic Christensen
This winter provided some fascinating differences in soil temperatures among our roadside turfgrass mixture testing locations. Each site is equipped with a weather station that is collecting precipitation, air temperature, soil moisture, soil temperature, and electrical conductivity
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