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$2.5 million to light up Manuka Oval
3 weeks ago by: Bradley van Dam
"I will believe it when they turn them on!!!!! "
Dr Richard Gibbs Farewell
3 weeks ago by: Karl Johnson
"I totally endorse Ian's comments. Richard has brought so muc ..."
Dr Richard Gibbs Farewell
3 weeks ago by: Ian Mckendry
"Richard - you will leave a huge hole in the Australasian tur ..."
Bunker Drainage
1 Apr 2012 by: Simon Miels
"Hi, Is there anyone in Australia selling this product. re ..."
Over-seeding Warm Season Grasses
28 Feb 2012 by: Peter Bass
"Its Consultancy Roaring Silence pretty obviously I'd say. ..."
Bent Grass in the UK
26 Mar 2010 -
Golf -
Kevin Munt
Creeping Bent Grass (Agrostis stolonifera ) (Agrostis palustris) has a relatively short and, dare I say, not so smooth history in the UK. Nonetheless, it is an important history with much to be learned from it.
Three Men Went to Mow!
24 Feb 2010 -
Golf -
Kevin Munt
Generally speaking, in the UK, golf green swards are dominated by three main grass surface types: Poa Annua, Bent/Fescue and Creeping Bent Grass. Admittedly, there are often any number of combinations of the four named species but, usually, Course Manager are aiming to maintain their greens with a dominant sward made up of one of the three types listed.
Bug Trek: Soil - the Final Frontier
11 Oct 2009 -
Consultancy -
Kevin Munt
There is, undoubtedly, a growing interest in this country in 'growing your own', and it is spreading to golf clubs. I am not talking about vegetables though. No, I am talking about beneficial micro-organisms, the life in the soil that provides life on this planet.
Talk to me!
12 Apr 2009 -
Consultancy -
Kevin Munt
Kevin Munt, Principle Consultant at KMgC says that asking your colleagues to "get those bl**dy greens cut faster" may not be the best approach!
What’s in a name and – and does it matter?
16 Nov 2007 -
Golf -
Kevin Munt
In 1981 I was having a few pints with an opponent after a game of rugby and he asked me what I did for a living. I said that I was a Greenkeeper. "Oh, one of those guys who cuts grass on a golf course" he retorted.