April 19th update

This was just one week ago before the sequence of snow storms that we have received...  Its starting to look like spring is never going to come to Wildflower golf course.

 As you can see, there is a substantial amount of ice buildup under the foot or so of snow that was here on #1 green.  Tolly, my assistant, worked the JD5200 with the Farm King blower while I was walking the perimeters with a walk-behind blower.  The outer edges of the green WERE ( I say this because we have received plenty of snow in the last week) starting to show good signs of melting the ice up off the crown of the turf.  The JD was too heavy to get out to the edges and we feared that it would break through the ice and disrupt the bentgrass underneath. 

     By Wednesday, Tolly and I had cleared #1, #8, #18 and the putting green by the Pro-Shop.  Thursday morning the snow started... And Friday... All the way to yesterday, which was Thursday, April 18th, 2013...  Beth informed me that this has been the longest winter since the 1850's, I'm not clear as to what EXACT year it was, but this record-breaking winter just seems to keep it's grip on our area. 

 

Hope to see you all very soon, the weather is supposed to break and get some days of sunny weather so were looking forward to a good melt and get the golf season under way!
-Aaron