We have had anything but ideal conditions to work and play golf in the last two weeks and counting.  Fortunately we know better weather is coming and when it does let the party begin!  We have slugged through this cool wet period and feel lucky to have accomplished as much as we have.

Speaking of slugs this guy found our greens to be the best place to roam until our mowers arrived.

An unfortunate mishap that shouldn't last too long.  Hydraulic leaks are always a possibility and small ones are difficult to see.

Julio and Cayatano are creating some beautiful plantings.

The welcoming entry bed.  These flowers are called Alternathera and a member favorite.

Aerification of collars is taking place when its dry enough.

Once aerified the collars are rolled to smooth and tighten them up.

Why we aerify.  Check out the roots in the second green following the channel created by deep aeration  back in March.  Dick looks like a proud papa!

Here's a real success story.  The picture on the left is the first fairway this time last year.  The picture on the right was taken this week a year later.  We are not there yet but our annual bluegrass reduction program is working as planned.

No Quincy and look what happens.  Geese beware cause Jack is coming!

Our northern water snakes are in abundance this spring.  Please do not harm these beneficial reptiles.

When the sun comes out the course really shines!

Too dry and now too wet in one short week.  Such is the roller coaster world of weather in the mid-atlantic.  Aeration of greens, tees and fairways went great.  Timely rain afterwards has allowed all turf areas to recover rapidly.  But enough already!

Fairway and green aeration were performed by outside contractors to expedite the work.  Here six tractors with aerators and core collectors work on the tenth hole.  This work is completed in an eight hour day.

Dry Ject aeration in the early morning.  All the greens were completed in one day.

A finished green before our guys get to work on the sand.

Excess sand being blown off the green.

After we are done the greens look like this!!

During course maintenance we also had some tree work performed throughout the course.  Here a weak red oak near the 11th green is removed.

Making quick work of a dead flowering plum on hole seven.

When possible we leave the main lead standing for woodpeckers to work on.

It has been a very good spring for weeds and it has been extremely difficult applying herbicides because of too much wind and now too much rain.  The mild start to winter allowed winter annuals to really get a foothold early.  This is chickweed starting to fade out.  Dandelions and clover will persist and will be treated.

This is our pollinating garden about ready for some new plantings.

The tulips are gone and summer annuals are on the way.

Year two of Springfield honeybees has begun.  Let's hope for better success this year.