Work on the course this week

There are a number of things going on this week, We're continuing to verti-drain the fairways, this takes around 2 weeks to complete the whole course as the machine moves at only 1kph!

Mark verti-draining the fairways

We're trying to keep on top of leaf gathering, pictured is Phil blowing the leaves into a row on the 17th so the collector can pick them up, the windy conditions are helping to get the leaves off the trees...

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...

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.

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!

Hedge cutting

It's hedge cutting time, here we see Julian cutting the hedges along the 10th dogleg... I wish he'd chop the trees down as well!