Warming Up!

I'm always amazed at how quick things begin to change on the golf course with a little bit of warm weather!

As the weather slowly moves into more spring like conditions, we are begining to see some growth on the greens along with the cool season rough working its way out of dormancy.  We're still a few weeks away from seeing the Zoysia green up, although if you look closely at the divots, you can begin to see some green showing up.  All good signs following a brutally cold winter!

One of our main projects this past winter was selectively removing trees throughout the property.  Our primary objective was focusing on our key specimen Oaks and removing unwanted trees (typically Siberian Elms and Cedars) that were crowding the Oaks.  The benefits are numerous.  Poorly positioned trees compete with our desired species for nutrients and water, prevent airflow through the course, and limit turf and key trees from ever reaching their full potential.  In most cases if it weren't for the stumps temporarily left behind the removed trees would go unnoticed.

Along with the removals we will continue to plant proven trees throughout the property.  All new tree placements have been carefully considered for both strategy as well as turf health in the immediate area of the tree.  The key when planting trees is to avoid over planting and ensuring that we are looking at the long term impact of each selection.

If I can answer any questions regarding our tree work, please don't hesitate to ask.