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Monday, June 27, 2016

Updated: How to: Add New Mix and Level Baselines

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Maintaining baselines that create a smooth and safe surface can be challenging. The photos below outline the process of adding new material...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

#LifeOnTheRoad - Batting Cage Landscape

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This is another post in a periodic series entitled #LifeOnTheRoad.  The background is simple. During my travels I encounter many grounds ...
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Friday, June 10, 2016

A Tale of Two Walk-Ups - Warning Track Design

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Walk-ups for baseball and softball fields are often a good option to manage traffic while also allowing for grass in foul territory (softbal...
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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Great Mixture to Keep Weeds Out of Infields and Warning Tracks

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With summer now upon us, many high school playing surfaces are winding down from spring play, now crabgrass, goosegrass, and other unwanted ...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Backstop Wall Drainage - Channel Drains

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Back to the topic of drainage.  In this post, we look at drainage along a backstop wall.  Often, a new brick or solid surface wall is constr...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

#LifeOnTheRoad - Drainage Along Concrete Surfaces

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Many times during my travels I am asked, “What is the best way to drain water from hard surfaces?” Well, let me illustrate a way to drain wa...
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Thursday, May 12, 2016

UPDATED: Infield Mixes: What Makes Up A Mix?

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For years, building and maintaining baseball/softball infields was considered an art. What one groundskeeper thought was a g...
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Jamie Mehringer
Co-founder and partner of J&D Turf. A sportsturf junkie, I cut my teeth at Victory Field with the Indianapolis Indians maintaining the playing surface at what has been dubbed "The Best Minor League Ballpark in America." From intern, to assistant to head groundskeeper over 10 seasons, I was director of operations for the team before realizing sportsturf was my passion, baseball was merely the game. My bachelor’s degree in sports management from Marian University and a degree in turfgrass science from Purdue University serve as the initial credibility with clients ranging from university to K-12 administrators, parks and rec officials, and maintenance crews to my friends with their own fields in the Major Leagues. The "Smart Turf" blog is my way of sharing my experiences as consultant, groundskeeper and business owner with the larger sportsturf community. There was a day early in my career that I'd joke that I live to make tall grass short. Given the expanding horizon of this profession over the last decade, I've come to realize and respect it as much more.
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