As I have been on my summer holidays the blog has not been updated for a few weeks  but course maintenance has continued.The greens were scarified in two directions to remove thatch and then topdressed to restore surface levels but due to hydraulic pipe failure on the machine the vixen greens were completed a week later.The height of cut has been reduced to 4mm to help achieve smoothness.We will be aerating the greens regularly with solidtining  at various depths as well as slit tining  as we start our autumn programme.
We will be digging out and repairing a leak on the irrigation system pipework  as the need to irrigate the greens diminishes.
We were subjected to a 2nd theft on our diesel fuel tank in only a few months,so we had to get a container, kindly given to us by Stapleford Abbotts (thanks Paul) replace the locks and fuel  and hope this deters the person or persons unknown from further interest.
Today Wednesday 11 September we had our Environment Awards assessment for 2013 as again we reached the final stages of the competition, part of our work has been the development of our wildflower areas,these do require management by annually cutting and collecting the growth to remove the nutrients and organic matter

 

 

 Craig and Luke work on the 8th Hawk

Damage on the 8th Green Heron when a stone was caught in the greens mower scrapping the  green on the first line of cut,topdressed with sand to heal the damage.

We will be working to extend the width of the 3rd tee on the heron course  and keep it in play all year so that we will not have to use the very small winter tee

The early morning light showed up the  flowering display of one of our recent autumn  plant beds in front of the clubhouse.Providing late season nectar for bees

 

finally on this blog we would appreciate it if you could locate the Pot of Gold somewhere on the Vixen and return it to us