Last 2 weeks

You can tell by my number of blog posts in the last 2 weeks that we have been extremely busy, mainly with different than normal tasks.  It has been so busy that I even had to have my yellow lab, BJ, make a post to keep the readers and members informed on what was happening on the course.

The City is currently replacing the domestic water line in the road that services all the houses around the golf course.

Domestic water line being installed

During the process, they have uncovered many electrical lines and irrigation lines that we did not have on a map or know that they were crossing there.  This lead to a lot of time by me working with the city to try to follow and figure out what was active pipe and electricity or what was old and abandoned lines.  The City of Lewiston was very good to work with and we were able to get everything repaired that needed to be.

An old irrigation line crossing the road

We also had a few days of cooler cloudy weather with a few rain showers that created challenges with lightening storms, and missed mowing days forcing us to play catch up.  Rain days are always nice when you are working on a golf course, but they typically lead to more work in the days to follow.  As you have work to make-up, an increased growth of the turf, and  softer areas on the golf course that need to be addressed.

We are also busy prepping for our annual glowball tournament scheduled for this Friday night.  Always a very unique experience to play golf in the dark and test your memory skills to navigate around the course in the dark chasing a glowing green or red ball instead of a white ball. So if you hear golfers on teh course this Friday around 11 PM, they are legally playing.

Hopefully things will settle out and I will be able to get back to more normal agronomic posts in the weeks to come.  Thanks for reading.