We have been going strong on leaf clean-up for nearly three weeks now. It is hard to fathom how many leaves we have cleaned up during this stretch. There is obviously not a precise way of counting leaves, and if you know me well enough, you know that I'm not patient enough to even try. However, I do like math and I think it helps provide some context to many of the tasks we do on the golf course. By measuring the crowns of the trees, as well as counting leaves in a square foot section and estimating how many times that tree is mulched, we can make an educated guess as to the number of leaves a tree drops.
A maple tree with a canopy of 30 feet that has dropped 20 leaves per square foot would produce roughly 110,000 leaves. An oak tree with a canopy of 60 feet that has dropped 20 leaves per square foot would produce roughly 340,000 leaves. Regardless of the amount, we have taken care of millions of leaves thus far. Looking at the trees today, I would estimate the trees have dropped just over half of their leaves.
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