Sunday, October 28, 2012
The Leaf Monster is here....
Over the past two weeks leaves have started falling and this past Thursday the leaves were raining down.
A New Fountain?
Last week we finished aerifying the greens. This fall we chose to deep tine the greens. This process is performed with a machine that pounds 3/4" wide x 10" long, tines into the ground. As the tines go into the ground the soil is displaced and a hole is left. The hole is then filled with topdressing sand.
Well, as we were aerifying the edge of #11 green, we hit an irrigation pipe just off the collar of the green. The result was a geyser or fountain. Very pretty, but not at all what we wanted.
What is even more disturbing is that this was the second time this had happened to us. It also happened on #1. The pipes around the greens are way too shallow and, as we have found out in previous years, the fairways have some areas with shallow pipe also.
Well, as we were aerifying the edge of #11 green, we hit an irrigation pipe just off the collar of the green. The result was a geyser or fountain. Very pretty, but not at all what we wanted.
What is even more disturbing is that this was the second time this had happened to us. It also happened on #1. The pipes around the greens are way too shallow and, as we have found out in previous years, the fairways have some areas with shallow pipe also.
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