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After a long trip – this one to start the year was a particularly long one for me – I usually have some passages or topics to look up in my library when I get home.

I was wondering when it usually rains in Bangkok. The climatological normals for Bangkok show that there is a six month dry season from November to April, in which the average precipitation in each month is less than 100 mm (4 inches).

This is an excellent question: “I attended your presentation at the [omitted] conference and had a question regarding MLSN. In the equation a + b - c = Q it’s the “a” part of the equation I am having trouble with figuring out how to arrive at that number.

This question arrived recently to my inbox. I paraphrase: “Sir my greens are hard, the ball bounces and goes beyond the hole. Please give me recommendations on the steps taken to keep green soft.

I thought it might be useful to summarize the key details of MLSN in a cheat sheet. For people using MLSN, or wanting to use it, this 2 page cheat sheet is intended to be a handy reference.

These are the slides from my workshops and presentations at BTME 2018. You can view the slides here, or go to SpeakerDeck to download any of these slide decks. Turf Conditions & Optimal Efficiency with the Grammar of Greenkeeping This full day workshop on 21 January covered the system described in my book A Short Grammar of Greenkeeping.

This isn’t just a story about the fertilizer choices or the costs. There is a lot more to it, and I encourage you to read the entire post at Gulotti’s The Walking Greenkeeper blog.

In the latest World Golf Report, I came across a link to Giles Morgan’s post on Sport – it’s all about Darwinning. This was a broad discussion of sports thriving – or not.

This inquiry came to my inbox: “I’ve been asked to give a seminar on MLSN guidelines for the [ ]. I intend to keep the explanation fairly simple. Are there any frequently asked questions that you have encountered that I could use in my presentations to help me make sure I’m explaining it clear enough … On a side note…I have been teaching this method of soil fertility interpretations for two years to my [ ] turf students and I can’t quite understand the resistance I get from superintendents….

I used the rtweet package to collect turfgrass community tweets from 2017. I had learned of this package from Bob Rudis’ blog post about rtweet. At the end of the year, I had a bit of time, and a lot of curiosity, so I finally tried it.