Bunker Edge Rebuild (continued)

 

Adding loam to damaged area on #12
 

We have finished repairing and sodding the damaged bunkers on hole #12.

 

Pushing bunker sand up to the new edge

 

 

 

The finished product

We will be continuing this work starting on hole #9 and then throughout the golf course.

 

 



Greens Aerification

12 Green moments after its morning cut.

Aerification has successfully been completed. As you can see from the above photo, our greens are healing beautifully.

 

12 green

The remaining holes are on pace to be fully healed within two weeks.



Bunker Edge Rebuild

Today we began reconstructing low edges of bunkers. These edges have deteriorated allowing sand to be pulled and washed out of bunkers.

 

We began by removing the sand that had washed out of the bunker.

 

After the sand was removed, we excavated material that had been compromised by it and replaced it with fresh loam.

We also added a piece of plywood in order to prevent the sand from washing out into the cavity before we have a chance to put new sod down.

As soon as the sod arrives these areas will look and play great.



Spring 2013!

Spring is here! Well, at least as far as the calendar is concerned. Our golf course is once again a winter wonderland. Think warm thoughts!

 

(Hole #18)

 

(Holes #8 & #9)

 

(Back of #18 green)

 



Eastern Bluebird Nesting Boxes

This winter we decided to make our golf course a better habitat for the Eastern Bluebird. In order to accomplish this we built nesting boxes that are specifically designed for the Eastern Bluebird.

 

We built a total of six nesting boxes, (The seventh shown in this picture was discarded because of a problem with the wood that was used.) and spread them throughout the golf course.

 

Each of the nesting boxes will be monitored during the course of the season to ensure that other species are not using them.

If you are interested in building your own nesting box and would like to use the plans that we did, visit this link.

Water Cooler Restoration

We have recently started getting our water coolers ready for the season. We began by replacing all of the roofs.

 

Shaping the copper to fit the roofs is a delicate but rewarding process.

 

We also replaced the hooks that hold the doors shut and finally gave the water coolers a coat of stain.

Blizzard of 2013

The Blizzard brought us 26'' of snow and 55mph winds.

 

We plowed throughout the night, rarely taking any breaks

 

We were very thankful to have a snow blower for the clean up process. It saved time and our backs