The busy season has officially started. Our full-time seasonal staff is back and hard at work. They have spent the last week or so finishing up some of the winter cleanup. They are now moving into our regular maintenance activities of mowing, raking bunkers, and setting up the golf course. We are also starting some of our early season projects. One of those projects is getting the irrigation system fully operational. Another is trying to get our bridges back down after the frost push them up during the winter. We borrowed a backhoe and were able to get them to settle down for the most part. At least now the approaches are better and carts won't bottom out.
We also have started the process of vertical mowing the damaged areas in the fairways. This will aid in the recovery of the turf by removing excess organic material. This warms the soil faster and allows live tissue to recover faster and for the seed bank that is in the soil to germinate. It is very similar to what you do to your lawn at home in the spring when you power rake.
I have to include this photo I took last week. I was doing some office work when I heard this loud noise coming from the sky outside. I went out and saw two pair of F-16s flying at a very low altitude over the golf course. They did this a few times and then they got into formation and made a couple of passes right over our shop. On the third pass they came from the opposite direction and headed straight for Minneapolis. I guess they had an appointment at Target Field they had to be on time for.
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