The time has come once again to get all the annual flower beds prepped and planted for the summer season. We wait to get started planting annuals until the weather warms up and the chance of frost decreases, normally around the middle of May to Memorial Day.
Meet Lorraine our horticulturalist here at Gull Lake Country Club. Lorraine has been with us for 6 seasons now and she is responsible for all the beautiful plantings outside and table decorations throughout the club inside.
Construction on the new patio system and bocce ball court is completed outside the Quarter Deck and ready for the 2014 summer season. We hope this new addition to the club will provide many hours of fun and enjoyment for all members and families. The project was completed in only a few weeks and the final product turned out better than expected. The Har-Tru clay court will provide an exceptional surface for many rousing games of bocce and plenty of family entertainment all summer with the gas fire pit.
Today we attached the moring balls to the anchors out in beautiful Gull Lake. We have spent the last week preparing the yacht club area for the sailing season ahead and the Star fleets' Tulip Tune-Up Regatta this coming weekend.
Inflating Moring Balls
In the spring the moring balls are moved from storage and inflated with air. The chains/clevises are inspected and replaced as needed to insure they remain secure throughout the summer season. Installing both moring fields and the channel line takes three guys about 2 hours to complete.
The DryJect process is 21st century aerification at it's finest and leaves virtually no trace behind on the playing surface. This is the first season we have used the DryJect technology on our greens and we are very excited about the results this will make throughout the golfing season for us. We plan to use this form of aerification in the spring each season to minimize the disruption to the playing surface, that conventional core aerification typically leaves behind.
The DryJect machines inject kiln dried sand into the greens to a depth of 5-6" on 2X3" spacing with very little disruption. Our target was 1 ton of Sand/Green and we actually did better than that, using 23 tons total on all 19 greens. That's pretty impressive to think about!
In the above picture you can see the fresh sand channels that have been injected into the profile of the green, providing many benefits for the overall health of the green and playing conditions. This process leaves behind a very small hole on the surface and a large deposit of sand beneath, deluting organic matter, along with promoting more healthy vigorous root systems and providing better water infiltration.
Short Video Showing the DryJect Machine In Operation.
The Crew Getting a Lesson On How the Machines Operate
Sand Delivery
Preparing To Fire Up the First Machine and Observe Operation.
