Lincoln's birthday is here and winter is more than half over.  We have been fortunate not to have too much snow so we have been steadily working on the course when the temperature allows.  We just completed some contractual tree work and have plenty of split oak available to you on a first come first serve basis!  You may pick it up in the woods adjacent to the driving range near the 12th green.  It looks like there is plenty of winter ahead so enjoy the warmth of a nice fire and dream of spring.

A nice pile of oak that should be ready to burn once split.

Several days later a six foot mound of split wood.  Come and get it!

Leaning oak at the sixteenth tee ready for removal.

Carefully removing it in pieces and then...

hauling to the chipper.  These guys don't mess around.

Feeding logs into the chipper.  Most of the wood is fed into the large chipper by the rubber tracked loader, limiting hand work.  The chipper minces logs up to 24 inches!  We use the chips throughout the course.

Chipping a large log on our property near Rygate.

The only remaining white pine on the fifth hole is now gone.  It had a major crack between the twin leads and was determined too dangerous to leave standing.

More chipping between the 11th and 12th holes.

Plenty of fresh chips to use on the course.

Erik is a pruning machine.  I know he is happy this work is almost complete.  It has been a long time since we have done such large scale pruning.

The crew clearing the creek on the 7th and 8th holes.  This is the last large area to complete before the golf season

A picture from Halloween not that long ago.  Take a bow Billy!