Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Rain

We picked up 3" of rain in the last 24 hours, 23" since January 1. Below is a pic of estatoah falls.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Reel grinding

Over the course of the winter, all of our mowers receive some tlc. Everything is pressure washed, oil changed, replace worn bearings and reels are sharpened. Below are some pics of Irvin grinding some reels of one of our walk mowers. The other pic is showing how the bed knife is being sharpened.





Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Snow

We received about 2" of snow over night making everything white around here. Should be gone by tomorrow .

Monday, February 18, 2013

Ongoing projects for February

Oil change all equipment
Grinding of reels and bed knives
Mowing of tees and fairways as needed
Edge bunkers
Course clean up of limbs

Completed projects

Here's a list of what has been completed since November.
Cleaned out creeks 9,13, range
Installed drainage 1,3,17
Re-shaped basins on 1,3,9,18
Brush cut right side of 8 and below sky valley way
Aerated all fairways and top dressed with sand
Removed all sand from green side bunkers and filled with new sand for better compaction
Installed yardage markers on all sprinkler heads from 250 yds in
Removed dead trees on golf course
Installed new siding on maintenance facility
Enlarged seed and chemical rooms
Installed new lighting in mechanics Bay Area
Poured concrete pad at range for mats to be used while tee recovers
Cut low lying limbs over cart paths
Rebuilt irrigation jockey pump
Repainted all tee markers, signs and ball washers

Monday, February 4, 2013

Winter wonderland

We received close to 6" of snow on Saturday . Forecasters were calling for a dusting to an inch of snow. Seems when they don't forecast snow we end up with a bunch. Here's a few pics taken today.