June is for me the time when the course is reaching its most colourful,with the trees now in full leaf and the grasses in the roughs standing tall and growing there seed heads.The maintenance work is very much focused on mowing and presentation.The greens have received a low nitrogen granular feed and recently sarel rolled to keep the surface  open.We have strimmed the edges of the bunkers and sprayed around the inner edges with a total weed control this has a blue dye added so its easier to see when applying.

Craig working on the 5th Vixen bunker

The paths have also been weed sprayed to keep them clean and better presented

The shrub beds on the 4th and 9th vixen have had wood chip spread over them this helps to suppress weeds and acts as a mulch as well as giving a clean managed appearance and the material was provide free as well from tree surgeons working near by .

The pond on by the 5th tee on the vixen is hard to distinguish at the moment ,this is due to a small   invasive foreign pond plant  called azolla,which under the right conditions spreads rapidly to colonise the surface and covering it completely .This cuts out light and air entering the pond.We have suffered this before in other ponds on the course but natural occurring fauna in the pond has previously controlled it so we hope this will happen in this pond

Certain areas of rough around the course are being cut down to help reduce slow play and improve scoring.

The flower beds around the clubhouse are now coming into there own and looking very colourful 

 the new bed that we created and called Raymond's triangle is also looking colourful see photo below