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.