Winter will not go away.  Hopefully this is the last of the snow and may the great melt begin!  Snow is beneficial to the turf as it insulates it from extreme cold and the slow gradual melting process is great for the water table.  This snow should be superb for our new turf.  Our crew did a great job with snow removal and are to be congratulated for their hard work.  Erik and several staff members arrived Wednesday night and stayed all night clearing the parking lot.  Other staff came in before sunrise to supplement the work. 
 

 

Prior to the snow the crew completed cutting back all growth in the 7th creek.

 

 

The completed ditch ready for the season.

 

 

While the ground was frozen we hired a tree company to remove five large trees that were either dead or in serious decline.  Here a large white oak is being removed between two and seventeen.

 

 

A look with the tree removed.

 

 

Lots of firewood but a real shame to lose a tree like this.

 

 

These guys don't mess around and they have the equipment to get it done.  The loader will feed this main trunk into the chipper.

 

 

Feeding the white pine into the chipper.  This is their small chipper!

 

 

Grinding the stump at the seventh tee.

 

 

Two trees were completed on Monday while the ground was still frozen.  This twin lead oak is at the beginning of the first hole on the right.

 

 

A view after removal.

 

 

We received about a foot of snow.

 

 

To get home the guys had to dig themselves out!

 

 

Keeping geese off the course is difficult when there is this much snow but Quincy tries.

 

 

Damage to the seventh fairway from kids playing.  Sometimes a fence would be really nice as signs don't work.

 

 

Spring is coming as these daffodils pushing through the snow illustrate.