The question I always get is, "What do I do to stay busy all winter?" My answer is "stay busy." With only myself on staff for my department it is hard to get alot accomplished. Usually I try to knock my budget out right off the bat. This by far has become one of the more easier things for me to do. I will get out and do tree work, such as trimming canopys, dead trees, and any that need to be removed. This helps the turf around these areas thrive during the growing season. If able, we chip the limbs up and reuse for mulch areas, which helps me save money. I also knock down the ornamental grasses.
My big project during the winter is equipment maintenance. Anything from spin griding reels, sharpening rotary blades, changing fluids, greasing bearings, and rebulding reels if needed. I do what I can up until March, which is when I get my mechanic back.
This season I have started to do some bunker work. What I would like to accomplish is getting sand back in the middle of the bunkers. We use a sand pro to rake bunkers in season, so alot of the time the operator will drag the sand to the edges. We need to break this habit. Also with that, the edge will get depressed, we need to re edge that and build it back up.
Also this winter, while I had staff, we took out some of our zoysia sod banks around 2 greens and installed tall fescue. The reason I wanted to do this was because the zoysia around the greens catches my over spray from greens and really stunts the zoysia. Also compaction in those areas from traffic really effects the growth. My goal is to provide good playing turf in those areas.
Finally, I work the pro shop 2 days out of the week. It is just myself and the golf pro for 2 months so I am trying to share the load and help him. Part of the game I guess.
Have a good day!
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