Books By Doug Brede - Author

Doug Brede has had a lifelong interest in lowering maintenance, starting with his first job as a teenager, mowing yards for spending money. "I think it was all those trips back and forth to the clippings pile at Mrs. Fernstead's house that first convinced me there's got to be an easier way to do the things we do," he says, referring to one of his early lawn care clients (see introduction to Chapter 9). Brede attended Penn State University as an agronomy major, discovering turf management as a career during his sophomore year. He spent summers during college maintaining a 2-hoe golf course. (The other 16 holes were under construction.) "I did it single-handedly and without a lot of equipment. That's probably where I acquired my experience at improvising," he says. After graduation, Brede worked as an assistant superintendent for Valley Brook Country Club, a 27-hole course south of Pittsburgh, PA. He discusses some of his learning experiences as an assistant superintendent in Chapters 6 and 10. While at the c