It has been a busy week on the course.  Fairway aeration was moving along nicely until just enough rain came to stop the operation.  More rain that night forced us to stop and move into panic mode.  The crew was great and we were able to clean up the remaining cores by back pack blowing to high areas where tractors could safely pick them up.  Seven holes remain and these will be completed the week greens are aerated.  

Monday morning and we are off and running.

When the weather cooperates this work gets knocked out quick.

After the cores have dried they are drug and then picked up neatly with the core collectors.

Unfortunately it rained and we had to clean up by hand on Tuesday afternoon.  Eventually we had ten men on blowers moving cores to high ground where we could carefully use tractors.

Club grounds were aerated as well on Monday.  Fertilizer with weed control was applied on Thursday.

The driving range tee is showing nice results from seeding last fall with low grow bluegrass.  Here bermudagrass can be seen just coming out of dormancy next to the tee surface that is about ready to play on.  

The tee after mowing on Thursday.  We can expect to practice on grass on weekends in early May and then set the pedal to the metal once the bermuda starts growing by the end of the month-Weather Permitting!

Spring is the time when winter weeds begin actively growing.  This is called hairy bittercress and it has been quite prevalent.  The leaves are edible and can be used in salads.  Most winter weeds can be removed by simply mowing and waiting for warm weather to bid them goodbye.

Our tulip display has been a real show stopper!