Tag: Fieldwork

To cap off the week, I learned about the edging of grass for the general turf and for the grass on fields. Each field requires the process multiple times per week to keep the field looking clean and even all the way around. A main difference between edging general turf and a field is the approach to getting a straight line. General turf usually has a sidewalk as a guide, whereas the field requires a string to be laid out to create a path and less risk of ruining the evenness with the dirt.

This morning, I got out to a city field to prepare a softball field for a middle school game later in the day. To start, we drug the dirt of the infield to make it flat and more playable. We then made the field more appealing and specific to the necessary measurements for a standard softball by laying strings out to paints foul lines, coaches boxes, on deck circles, pitchers circle, etc. A good start to the day!