A little chilly

The fall colors are out and these oak leaves are not going anywhere fast! Our biggest challenge now is managing maintenance traffic on dormant bermudagrass in order to keep the turf clean of leaves and debris. Again, golfer cart traffic is now restricted to the path on the Manakin. Sabot will allow carts on the turf so long as it stays dry. If you are able to walk the Manakin, give it a try. Walking the Manakin is a totally different experience than riding in a cart.

Some pretty big flakes came down after the rain on Tuesday. The golf courses were covered with snow for about an hour before the snow melted back down. The cold air that came behind this system was pretty impressive.

A really hard frost came down Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. Any kind of natural green that was in the bermuda will not be there by the weekend.

With the turf finished growing we continue to focus on out lying projects. The guys are working their way through the pine straw beds to re-establish a cleaner edge. We are not renewing the deep v-groove, just a good edge for the straw to butt up against.

We have also started taking more time to get the shop areas cleaned up. Old pieces of equipment that have been laying around are being taken to the recycling center.

Before the wet weather showed up we got some more fertilizer down on the bluegrass on the Sabot. It is easy to see now that the vamont is dormant on the Sabot fairways. The bluegrass will continue to fill in more until at least Christmas.

We also put one more pigment and iron spray down on the Manakin fairways and green surrounds on Monday before the cold weather. The pigment gives us some cheap green color before the real turf paint goes down in a few weeks. Since the paint only lasts about two months we will most likely try to split the applications in December and February in order to stretch us through the winter.