Ice and A Little Snow

Well "Old Man Winter" continues to rear his ugly head! Temperatures have once again dropped down to single digits and even some negative numbers. This morning on my way into work at 6:30am my truck said it was -5 degrees are you serious? The silver lining in all of this is that we were able to dodge most of the heavy snow as we only got around 1 inch or so. However it mostly came in the form of sleet and ice with some snow flakes mixed in. Last week before this latest storm hit we were out on the golf course working on our unfinished projects from the cold weeks before wherever we could. The team was able to get some more stones installed along some cart path edges in areas where cart tires continue to rut. They also were able to work on some more tree work on the golf course continuing to remove dead trees that were unsightly and also unsafe to the golfers as they were prone to dropping dead wood periodically on windy days. Stump grinding has also been keeping the staff busy. We have been grinding the various stumps around the property and will eventually get all the grindings picked up and the holes back filled so we can sod them once temperatures are warm enough. Also we had a tree service come out and do some much needed maintenance pruning. Areas they attacked were the main drive into the club house around 9 green, #10 tee, and the putting green area. On the golf course they did some pruning on all the trees on holes #1, #6, and removed a dead tree for us next to #16 bridge that was awkward for us to do in house. I am really pleased with the work they did and I think it really cleaned up these areas and they look amazing!! I have attached some pictures of a couple of trees that they worked on. My hope is that every year we do some trimming like this moving forward eventually getting around the whole golf course to help keep the trees healthy but also to help our course have a more maintained look. I hope everyone had a great weekend and are staying warm this is getting old I am ready for Spring!!!