Week of Jan. 8th

 

A mild but windy windy week.  This week we had nice afternoon temperatures, storms and wind everyday.  The team stayed busy and continues to knock items off the winter work list.  

The team started off the week thinning out the trees between 7 fairway and the cart path on hole 6.  This area has always been a tough area to grow grass.  Thinning out the overpopulation of trees will increase our chances to have a good stand of rough.  

Also during the beginning of the week we started cutting down stumps around the course.  Stump grinding has been scheduled for the last 2 weeks but the heavy rains have made it tough to get the equipment on the course.  We are hoping to be able to start grinding stumps next Monday. 

This week we did have a major storm roll through with high winds and almost 4 inches of rain.  The storm knocked down the huge Spruce behind the 6th green.  During our winter tree plan inspection this Spruce looked healthy and was one we planned on keeping but looks can be deceiving.  As you can see from the pictures above the base of the tree was completely rotten, hollow and posed a major safety risk.    

Also this week during frost delays the team continued organizing inside the shop to work on efficiencies for this upcoming season.   

Lastly, for the end of the week the team will be getting ready for the weekend and another storm event with heavy rains and strong winds.  

Thanks for reading.