More Rain!!!!

Just what the doctor did not order, another 1.5" of rain last night.

Finally back

I would like to apologize for not having any posts this summer. While we battled the weather and tight timelines for projects it was nearly impossible to find time for posting on the computer. Couple that with our PC handicap that we are still experiencing in the office and it was a formula for a hibernating blog.
We are back on track now and I will keep weekly posts fresh and current. Pleas see below for a few from today and stay tuned for more consistency.

Regards,

Lukus Harvey

Rain

Well it has been another wet September and especially wet last 2 weeks.
We collected 13.75" of rain for the month and just the last 2 weeks gas been over 7" of rain.

I know this causes firm bunkers that can be frustrating and long rounds with cart path only but trust me if we could go back to sunny dry days I would be the first in line to sign up.

Bunker with water it in from last nights rain.


We are hoping as we move into the first couple weeks of October the drier weather makes its way here and allows us to finish up all the detail work and get everyone off the cart paths. We have also been very limited in our mowing of fairways and rough so please be patient as we try and get caught up from the last 7-10 days.

Champ Regrassing

We feel that our regressing project on the Champ course was very successful this summer.

As you can see here and many of you have experienced the Celebration came in very nicely and is providing a very dense surface that allows your ball to sit up nicely and provides a very nice aesthetic value as well.
As we said before this will allow us to not have to overseed fairways and tees for the winter and while we need to stay on the cart paths now while the grass is young once the Honda is over we will be off the paths and running.

Curfew Application on Fazio Course

We are currently in our last closing of the summer season and our last piece of business today is a Curfew application.
Curfew is a soil fumigate that is sliced into the ground then the gas moves in a capillary manor spreading equally across the soil profile. The targeted pest are Nematodes which feed on roots of the turfgrass, but an extra bonus this time of the year is we will get a very good on Mole Crickets as well.

Curfew application in progress this morning.

We will see some small thin brown lines from where the Curfew was cut in for the next 10 days as well it may take a week or so for the tire marks to completely go away. Unfortunately with the rain this is something we have to deal with cosmetically in order to get the treatment completed.