Monday 24 September 2012

Verti-draining

We have started to verti-drain the fairways, using a new set of 45cm tines (18" in old money!)
Verti-draining drives the tines into compressed ground and the unique lifting action heaves the soil in the same way you would with a garden fork, shattering the compacted layers, allowing air, water & fertiliser to penetrate deep into the soil
The picture shows Mark starting on one of the fairways, see if you can work out where...

Friday 21 September 2012

8th hole drainage

We have started to turf over the drainage channel on the 8th fairway, the ground has been left this long to make sure that there won't be any more settling, which would cause a dip in the ground.

The picture below shows Mark laying turf along the channel.

Friday 14 September 2012

Tees overseeded

The tees have been overseeded and are now being top-dressed, this will improve the sward on the tees
Mark top dressing the first tee

Yardage signs

Peter putting new yardage markers on the new tees, thanks for the sponsors of these signs

Winter greens

It's that time of year nearly!

The picture shows Julian verti-cutting the winter greens, getting them ready for over seeding and top dressing.

The next picture is of Mark top dressing the winter greens, looking at the number of bags in there he's going to be busy!...
Smile please!