Reel to Reel

    Here are a few of my favorite shots from the month.   

The holiday weekend started off frigid this morning with temperatures hovering at 38F with a windchill of 33F.  Despite the unfavorable conditions, we accomplished a great deal.  Along with our normal weekend preparations, we were able to verticut greens.  Verticutting is the process of removing the lateral turfgrass growth.  It is very comparable to a barber thinning out hair.  Verticutting this time of year also helps clean-up any lingering poa seedheads.  The greens will be rolling nice this weekend.  I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day! Mike verticutting #2 green notice the grooves in the turf from the verticut blades

Everything is looking good out on the course.  It was another productive week, as we completed many items on our to-do list.  The greens are rolling great and the rough is under control.  We were able to cut the rough twice this week making it much more playable.  Below are a few photos from the week. #5 green #3 fairway #14 green

It seems like it has been a long wait, but spring is finally here.  We had a nice stretch of consistant warm weather this week.  As a result, the turf is actively growing.  It has been a challenge keeping the rough short enough to be playable.  We were able to finally catch up with it this week by mowing it twice. tulips on #9 tee Looking ahead to next week, we will be conducting our normal maintenance, as well as a few extra tasks including: verticutting fairways deep-tining fairways landscaping around pool landscaping around tennis courts ornamental bed preparation See you on the course-

The greens are looking great nine days after aerification.  The holes have healed in and the greens are rolling smoothly once again.     #2 green nine days after aerification We were able to slice the fairways this week with the Aerway. Slicing fairways is an effective but non-disruptive means of aerification.  The Aerway is a slicing machine that delivers a 4" wide slice, 3" deep.  As the blades penetrate the soil, they cut through and break up the soil profile.  The slicing helps reduce compaction and improve turf rooting. Aerway slicing on #1   close-up of Aerway blades