Winter Work


One thing that we are always asked is, "What we do in the winter?" There is always something to keep us busy. This winter one of the things that we are working on is thinning out some trees and clearing out the underbrush around the greens. This will help us with air movement and keep the greens healthier throughout the hot summer months.

Another thing that is necessary every winter is servicing all of the equipment. This includes changing all of the fluids and filters, grinding reels and bedknives and making sure that everything is greased. When the warm weather finally gets here and the grass starts growing we will be ready to go.

I am not sure about anyone else, but I am tired of this winter already! Groundhog Day is almost here lets hope it's cloudy!

First snow!

We had our first snow last night! Not quite the snowpocalipse that we thought it was going to be, but snow is snow in Richmond!
We definitely didn't need any more moisture after this week. We had about 4" of rain before the snow came down. Looks like this stuff isn't sticking around long though. We may be open for play Sunday morning with as fast as everything is melting.
I hope everyone had fun in the snow today. Looking forward to the next one!

A little soggy!!

With 3 inches of rain since Monday, the course is very wet! Once we dry out enough to get onto the course we will have plenty to do to get the course back in shape. There is standing water, the sand in some of the bunkers have washed and we even have a few new rivers running through the property!

It could always be worse, we could be covered in 2-4" of snow. Oh, wait that's coming Thursday night! Be safe!

Jay

First Post

Here is our first attempt at the Westham Turf Care blog. We will be entering posts on a regular basis so please make sure you follow us. Have a great weekend!