Temperatures are dropping! Over the last few weeks a noticeable change in the air. We continue on with Fall maintenance of the golf course. That means ALOT of blowing, mulching leaves and catching up on projects. Many projects are planned for the winter. Hopefully you will begin to notice a few things we have already done.
The biggest project going on now is the wall on #17. Work began a few days ago and if all goes well we should be done in a week or so. Then we can close the valve on the lake and let it fill up. I know the residents who have looked at a low lake for a while will be happy.
Overall, I am pleased with the course as we head into Winter. Pre-emerge has been applied, the height of cut has been raised on everything and we are ready for cold weather. Hopefully this winter will not be as cold as last year.
See ya on the course!
Friday, October 31, 2014
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Course Update
Finally, Fall is here! This is my favorite time of year for many reasons. College football, post season baseball, hunting and camping. It is also when we get to catch our breath from the long Summer. We have been blessed with a nice cool spell with lows in the 50's and highs in the 70's. Before long we will be talking about Frost.
We continue to work hard on the course. We have created several new mulch beds around the course, as we can now get back to course detail. We are doing this on 4, 5 and 7 with several more areas on the list. The course has been pre-emerged for winter weeds. This will carry us until around February when I will do it again. You may have noticed some dying weeds, we have sprayed out some areas to kill these weeds. David(my new Assistant) has really helped with spraying weeds. He knows his stuff and is a great asset to the club. We have also begun blowing leaves. With the low temps last week many trees began to drop leaves. We will stay on top of that.
As with many of the things that require thinking ahead, we are monitoring soil temperatures. We are in the time of year where we apply fungicide on the greens for Spring Dead Spot. We look for a soil temp of 65 degrees. We are within a few weeks of a first application.
One last big project of the year is a wall for #17 lake. Hopefully this will begin within a few weeks. This will not only help with maintenance, but will look awesome. Feel free to donate money to a great project!
See ya on the course!
P.S. If you see any rain send it this way...we received just 3/4" in August.
We continue to work hard on the course. We have created several new mulch beds around the course, as we can now get back to course detail. We are doing this on 4, 5 and 7 with several more areas on the list. The course has been pre-emerged for winter weeds. This will carry us until around February when I will do it again. You may have noticed some dying weeds, we have sprayed out some areas to kill these weeds. David(my new Assistant) has really helped with spraying weeds. He knows his stuff and is a great asset to the club. We have also begun blowing leaves. With the low temps last week many trees began to drop leaves. We will stay on top of that.
As with many of the things that require thinking ahead, we are monitoring soil temperatures. We are in the time of year where we apply fungicide on the greens for Spring Dead Spot. We look for a soil temp of 65 degrees. We are within a few weeks of a first application.
One last big project of the year is a wall for #17 lake. Hopefully this will begin within a few weeks. This will not only help with maintenance, but will look awesome. Feel free to donate money to a great project!
See ya on the course!
P.S. If you see any rain send it this way...we received just 3/4" in August.
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