We are still seeking feedback on whether your golf course had #WinterTurf injury during the 2023-2024 winter season. Please take just a few minutes to fill out our short survey: z.umn.edu/winter-damage Note: Feedback from all golf courses welcome, regardless of location!

Check out our latest blog: Testing alternative clover options for use in Kentucky bluegrass lawns by Paige Boyle! Learn whether different clover species can provide a quality lawn when grown with Kentucky bluegrass. turf.umn.edu/testing-altern… UMN Horticulture

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Our June Home Lawn Care Newsletter is out! Read about ants, tall fescue, electric mowers, and clover lawns. mailchi.mp/umn/lawncarene… Subscribe to future newsletters: z.umn.edu/LawnNewsletter

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Check out our latest blog "Will you get stung by your bee lawn?" by Kristine Moncada! turf.umn.edu/will-you-get-s… Learn more about the bees and wasps you might find in your bee lawn and whether they're likely to sting. UMN Horticulture

🤔This is something I've wondered about over the years. 🐝 FWIW: I've been surrounded by clover and other bee lawn plants (and thus, bees) while helping Michelle Wisdom with her work, in my own clover studies, and now studying home bee lawns, and I've never once been stung!

I am hiring a research associate to work in my turfgrass management program at the LSU AgCenter. The position is fully funded for a minimum of two years, and there is potential to work on a Master's degree after the first year. Here is the link: agriculture.academickeys.com/job/31qicfw5/R…

Check out the US LTER's recent article on work by Rebecca Walker Bonnie Keeler Kate Derickson and the MSP LTER Wealth & Nature Research Team on #racialcovenants, urban #treecanopy, and #urbanheatisland: lternet.edu/stories/racial…

ICYMI: Check out the latest #WinterTurf blog: Management of Microdochium patch in the Pacific Northwest by Brian McDonald of Oregon State Turf. winterturf.umn.edu/management-mic…

Check out the latest #WinterTurf blog: Sensing in the off-season by Ann Piotrowski. Learn what our remote sensing team in the Bryan Runck lab is up to in the off-season and how they are prepping for 2024-2025 winter data collection. winterturf.umn.edu/sensing-season

Come be part of our Turf Team: jobs.chronicle.com/job/37700029/a… Mississippi State Golf & Sports Turf Management MTP Marta Pudzianowska Drturfdirt

🚨 Calling all turfies! ⛳️ Skype A Scientist is a great way to teach K-12, media, correctional facility folx & faith orgs about turfgrass science & STEM. 🪐 I've talked about everything from growing crops on Mars, to earthworms (duh 🪱), to being a Women in Turf! 🧑‍💻 Check it out!

VT entomology graduate student Jordan Thompson discusses the impacts & potential risks of the Asian Jumping Worm. They're from East Asia, possibly introduced in mulch, compost, nursery pots? That work continues to better understand this emerging pest. #vaturf Virginia Turfgrass Foundation

The September issue of our #WinterTurf Newsletter is out and it's all about remote sensing! mailchi.mp/umn/winterturf… Subscribe now and never miss an update from our project focused on mitigating turfgrass winter injury: winterturf.umn.edu/newsletter 📸 A. Piotrowski

A much needed reminder that it is okay (necessary, even) to feel stupid within academia and research. Cheers to those of us just muddling through 🎉

Check out the latest #WinterTurf blog: Establishing methods to evaluate freeze tolerance in perennial ryegrass by Maicy Vossen. winterturf.umn.edu/establishing-m…