Happy November
We are grazing high temperature records and now going on close to 40 days without any real rain. We are running water where its needed but the bermuda is getting closer and closer to turning off color and going dormant for the winter. Here on 9 Manakin it is easy to see where we cut the roots of this pine tree when we were running irrigation wire last winter. The dry weather reduces complications when it comes to project work. With the new fiscal year upon us the Manakin crew jumped right into renovating their remaining bunkers. All the sand and old drainage pipe and gravel is removed and the original edge of the bunker is re-established. Most of these bunkers have lost 18-24" off their bottom edge over the past 20 years. The old drain lines are dug slightly deeper and the bottom of the bunkers are shaved down at least 2 inches to make room for the permeable concrete liner. You can tell it was the first week of winter projects since the guys got about twice as much done as was