Still 90

We are still 90 degrees on the cart path rule but not the temperature.  Enjoy the next few days of cooler weather and a great looking weekend!  Kevin

Thank you Vets!

Thank you to All of our members that served or serving in our military.  We truly are blessed because of your efforts!  For those who lost their life, we thank you for the ultimate sacrifice! RNK Staff.

 

 

Almost Done

We are almost done with the topdressing part of aerification.  The course will reopen tomorrow(Thursday.)  All play will start on Number 10.  Kevin

Slow Going

All the Greens have been aerated but the Sand company delivered the wrong sand Monday morning.  To top that off the sand we wanted they were out of.  After changing out the sand plant to make the stuff we needed the spent the day yesterday making 150 tons for us and Stonehouse.  We got sand this morning and started to topdress this morning. Still having a few issues with other thing so the process is going SLOW!  Please hang in there until we are able to finish.  Thanks, Kevin

Facts

As I continue to learn how this Blog thing works, I found some numbers that I found that makes me happy!

309 people have looked on to the page in the last month!

1,169 people have used the page to get information since I started the Blog!

Thank you to those who have chosen to use the blog as a resource.  Kevin

Moving well

We are moving well thought the aerification process!  We should be back open Wednesday.

Aerification Starts Today!

We will be closed for the next two days to finish aerification!  Reminder, that Stonehouse will be closed next Monday and Tuesday.  Kevin

Aerification Questions?

Here is a great little clip on why we aerate! Kevin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va98sIUEjFw

Slow but Steady!

We are working hard on the tees!  We are removing a 5/8th hole on a two inch spacing bringing up as much thatch as we can.  We are also vertical-cutting behind that.  Here a some progress pics. 

Don't forget we a scheduled to aerate greens starting Sunday evening and finishing on Tuesday! Kevin

Busy Week

Sorry for the lack of updates!  It's been a busy week getting ready for the heat and dealing with it when it got here.  We are looking good going into the weekend. 

We mowed wall to wall for the first time this year.  Things are turning more green as the hours pass.  We are planning on Aerating the tees and fairways next week.  Also keep in mind we are scheduled to aerate greens starting Sunday night the 18th - Tues.  the 20th.

I do want to give a quick shout out to Don Prevish our golf course mechanic for RNK and BRK.  As we keep using equipment for the first time we are starting break more things.  He has worked hard this past week keeping two golf courses worth of equipment up and running! 

Have a great weekend!  Kevin

Still on Paths

We are still on cart path only today!  Sorry, hopeful for the weekend! Kevin

Thatch

Wondering why the tees are so far behind turning green than the rest of the course? I was too!  I first thought we might be in big trouble with winter kill.  If the winter just gets too cold and nasty sometimes your Bermuda Grass will just check out and not come back in the spring causing you to either re-sod, sprig, seed the area to get turf coverage.  Then I started digging to see if there was ANY green down there for a little hope.  I found a green and hope, but, it was under a 1 3/4 plus layer of THATCH.  With that much thatch it takes a lot more time for the soil temperature to increase to warm things up to start the transition process.

Our course of action is going to be a major aerification (BIG HOLES) of all the tees followed by vertical cut (De- thatching), topdressing and fertilizing.  This might be a process that we have to do two or three times this summer to get the thatch layer right!

For more info on thatch and your yard watch this quick video that I found on You Tube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5VQD6V1-rc

Thanks for taking interest on the turf maintenance at RNK!  Kevin

4.5 Inches

From last Friday to this morning we have had 4.5 inches of rain.  We are cart path only for a couple days!  Kevin