Rain, Rain, more Rain

The mild winter has been fantastic for equipment maintenance, yet has made our annual forest management work quite difficult.  A february freeze is in order!  Yet today, another soaking rain is falling...while winter's white has been quite the no show!

Winter....Maybe

The white stuff is actually flying today.  This, on the heels of 60's, thunderstorms, and torrential downpours.  Typically, I don't associate winter with weather headaches...but this one is nutz!  Tree work is well behind schedule for 2011/2012 with hopes for a cold, frozen February. 

Planning and preparations are well underway for Golf Season 2012.  One of the elements we are addressing is fairway water management.  For starters, Lord help us if we see a third brutal summer in a row!  That aside, during times of long drought or heat stress, we are going to allocate a larger portion of resources to hand watering of fairway surfaces...at the expense of other daily maintenance procedures.  This is our best way to produce the firmest, living surfaces possible within our framework.

Come on winter, then bring on the spring!