March weather

Yesterday brought snow and high winds. This morning it was 16 and a dusting of snow on the course. Next week looks to be much warmer. This week we fertilized the golf course using a pre- emerge for crabgrass. This fertilizer will give us 3/4 lb of nitrogen. We are working on bunkers as well as spraying a product called embark. Embark reduces the poa seed heads. More on this later.

Course update for march 10 2014

This week we will be finishing up aerification of the fairways that didn't get finished last fall. There is a tremendous amount of labor involved in the cleanup process. With the warm weather today and tomorrow, we were able to mow greens, change cups and mow fairways. The irrigation system was brought up this week and is fully charged and ready to go. It came through the winter with very minimal  problems. We have rain in the forcast for Wednesday and the temperature is supposed to be near 15 by Thursday morning. We will start to edge all bunkers this week and probe sand depths for a consistent depth. On the equipment side of things, we only have a hand full of small equipment that requires oil changes. Enjoy tomorrow , winter isn't over just yet.

Tractor repairs

This old massy ferguson has been around since the mid 70's. Every couple of years we give her a new coat of paint. We will also repair the front steering cylinders and send the fuel pump of to be rebuilt. These aren't the best pictures but a before and after pic show how bad the tractor was in need of a paint job.

Monday

With the warmer weather the last couple of days, we decided to mow fairways and greens today.  The fairways have not been mowed since early December, and there was lots of clipping yield. Also this week, we are still repairing the roof to the shop, picking up limbs from the recent snow storm and finishing up the painting of our tee markers.

Roof repairs

Well, all of the snow has melted around the course and we are back outside working. Today we mowed tees, aprons and borders. We are making repairs to our shop roof. Over the years we have had many leaks. We are replacing the plywood that is rotten. Tomorrow we should be putting shingles on the roof.

Snowfall

The recent storm left us with at least 10" of very heavy wet snow. I have spent the last 4 days plowing out driveways around sky valley and scaly. This week looks to be much warmer.

Snow and more to come

Looks like we will be in for a real winter treat. Forecast is calling for up to 9" of snow thru Thursday. Took these pics before the cart paths got covered.