Landscaping Articles
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How to Choose The Right Aquaculture Geomembranes?
Every aquaculture pond liners’ initial role is to maintain the water in your pond. Meanwhile, manufacturers make the flexible liners usually called geomembranes by engineers, with various materials, each of the liners has pros and cons depending on the aquaculture ponds’ design, the aquaculture pond liners need to be temperature stable and keep good performance in the hottest and ...
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Biochar for tree health, with over 40 years of experience with timber we know our trees!
Our family have been working local Welsh Woodlands for over 40 years. It all began in 1979, falling Dutch Elm diseased trees supplying local sawmills for a price of £7 per tonne delivered. From then, we built a sawmill and began to cut and provide timber products, with the installation of our first Biomass fuelled boiler in the late '80s for kiln ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Operations
The Actium compost drums are used in a variety of climates. In the tropical and subtropical climates, the composter is used year-round. In temperate climates, the Actium Batch Compost Drum can be used year-round because the drum is insulated. However, the decaying process can be slowed where winter temperatures are below freezing for a prolonged period. There are two approaches to maintain hot ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Design
Our Ideal Design The Actium Batch Compost Drum has become an essential tool for Fort Albany First Nation’s community garden. This article details why Fort Albany First Nation needed a composter and why the design of the Actium Batch Compost Drum suited our needs. Why was a composter needed in a remote subarctic community? Fort Albany First Nation (also known as Peetabeck) is a remote and ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Moisture
Regulating Compost Moisture during Hot Composting Hot composting is most effective at decomposing organic waste when moisture levels are approximately 50%. A compost with excessive moisture will cause Low temperatures that are below 40°C (104°F); smells foul; and/or brown liquid to be visible or easily freed when squeezing compost. Excessive moisture while composting does not ...
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Forest Fires
Introduction Forest covers play a critical part in the existence and sustainability of eco-systems i.e., all the life forms present within the forested area and the ecological roles they ought to play. It not only entails trees but a variety of plants, animals, and microorganisms. There exist strata of jungle biodiversity including species, genetics, ecosystem, landscape, and population, etc. ...
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Subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) on turfgrass: A university experience
ABSTRACT The practice of placing tubing and drip emitters beneath the soil surface to irrigate crops continues to gain acceptance in agriculture, particularly in the production of annual crops. However, the use of the subsurface drip method to irrigate turfgrass has only begun to be explored. This paper focuses on the experiences gained at California State University, Fresno (CSUF) in adopting ...
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Subsurface Drip Irrigation of Omaha Golf Course Fairways with Treated Effluent
ABSTRACT In 1999, in addition to the existing 825 lots developed in the 1970’s, a new 600-lot subdivision was commenced at Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach is a popular recreation beach community north of Auckland. In conjunction with the new residential development the existing 9-hole golf course was expanded to a full 18-hole course. The existing wastewater treatment and disposal infrastructure ...
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Subsurface drip irrigation; the future of Irrigation is Underground
Placing water beneath the soil surface via buried lines is slowly becoming the "preferred choice" of many vineyard irrigators. The reasons are many, including the absence of surface evaporation, as well as reduced weed growth, herbicide washout, maintenance, injury, and vandalism found with using conventional water application systems. The advantages of subsurface drip add to reduced cost for ...
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Characteristics & Advantage Of Commercial Farming
Commercial farming is a method where the crops and livestock are raised to sell products in order to make money. To raise commercial farming, a huge amount of capital investment is necessary. Along with that, it needs large scale farms, modern technologies, innovative farm machinery, good irrigation methods, chemical fertilizers etc. to produce a high yield. Commercial farming has the main ...
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Fall Tillage Practices And Cover Crops
In my area of Iowa, primarily in Mitchell County, the adoption of strip-till has been huge. There were three or four people that started in the early 2000s, along with my dad, that were pretty vocal about what they were seeing and what kind of benefits they were getting from reducing tillage and going to a strip-till pass. I would love everybody to switch to strip-till and then to no-till down ...
By Premier Crop
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Biocontrol: How Strawberry Growers are leading the way
According to Dr. Surendra Dara of the University of California Cooperative Extension, 90-95% of strawberry growers in California use predatory mites to manage two-spotted spider mites. But how did this pest control method get so widely adopted? What can growers of other crops learn from this experience? To discuss this topic, I reached out to Lane Stoeckle, a certified crop advisor and pest ...
By UAV-IQ, LLC.
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How do I stop tree roots from invading my garden?
Our carefully arranged own gardens are usually destroyed by plants such as fruit trees and bamboo planted by neighbors in daily life. This will make us feel very upset. But how can we solve this dilemma? If you want to achieve the effect of water storage and drainage, it is recommended to use water storage to drain cells, and then there is a root barrier under the storage row to prevent plant ...
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Project - Soccer Field AirDrain Natural Turf Agronomic Drainage HEB Stadium
Natural Turf AirDrain Agronomic Drainage under Soccer Field at HEB Stadium RGV FC Toros No other system comes close in ease of install, price value player safety and performance! It’s not even close! Up to a 40% reduction in irrigation for natural grass fields! Here is the ASTM D4716 Flow Rate per Unit Width and Hydraulic Transmissivity Testing for actual drainage capacity, at a 1/2% ...
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Project - AirDrain Natural Turf Drainage Installed at Derby Field in Berkeley, CA
AirDrain Agronomic Natural Grass Drainage Installed at Derby Field in Berkeley, CA If your looking for unmatched drainage a significant reduction in irrigation needs by up to 40%, and the ability to water or flush the profile better than any system out there by far. Look no further than the AirDrain Natural Grass Agronomic Drainage System. AirDrain gives this field 100% vertical drainage with ...
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Project - Whispering Woods Golf Course Installs AirDrain in Green and Bunker
Whispering Woods Golf Course Installs AirDrain Drainage in Putting Green and Bunker Sand Trap New golf construction is faster, more efficient and LEED qualifying with AirDrain - that’s why Whispering Woods Golf Course chose AirField System’s AirDrain. They utilized AirDrain under greens and bunkers, resulting in 100% vertical drainage, rapid water movement, and no pumping out flooded ...
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Project - Synthetic Turf Sports Field With AirDrain Ralph Stocker Stadium
Synthetic Turf Sports Field with AirDrain Drainage Ralph Stocker Stadium Synthetic turf installation project at the Ralph Stocker Stadium of the Park Improvement Advisory Board and was joint funded by the majority of the members, including; School District 51, Mesa State College, JUCO and the City of Grand Junction. The total cost of the project was approximately $850,000 and was contracted to ...
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Project - Golf Course Drainage Using Airdrain at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course
Putting Greens, Bunkers and Tee Box Golf Course Drainage using AirDrain at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course AirDrain for Putting Greens, Bunkers and Tee Boxes The AirField Systems AirDrain for Golf Putting Greens installed at Robert Trent Jones, home of The President’s Cup, continues to perform since 2004. Stronger roots, healthier turf, superior drainage and the ability to make ...
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Project - AirDrain Drainage under Synthetic Grass Turf Roof Top Sports Field at Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic Girls Club
Green Roofing – Synthetic or Natural Turf With limited space on campus, high schools and colleges are turning to synthetic turf rooftop sports surfaces to create multi-use green areas. Building a synthetic turf rooftop sports field with an AirField System provides drainage under 100% of the playing surface, prevents infill migration and ponding, and moves water efficiently for reuse ...
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Project - AirDrain for Natural Turf Installed on Rooftop Sports Field Parking Garage
Airfield’s AirDrain Agronomic Drainage System Installed on a Natural Turf Roof Top. For value cost and performance the AirDrain System cannot be matched in the industry period. Centered in the middle of Chesapeake Campus in Oklahoma City, is a 75,000 sqft. AirField AirDrain Agronomic Drainage System natural turf athletic field built on top of Chesapeake’s new 3 level parking garage. ...
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