There are times when all green keeping experiences and knowledge have no relevance to some of the tasks we have to be involved in and it can be a case of the phrase "Jack of all trades"

       below we are repairing potholes after wear and rain through the winter weakens the road

                          Here we are inspecting the Maintenance Building Roof Guttering 

 

           and below we are finishing off the drainage work behind the range to create a channel for water to enter the new waste pipe we installed

On the course we have solid tined the greens and applied a wetting agent  which was nicely washed in by the rain.This was followed when the greens were dry with a sand top dressing to help fill in the scarify lines.

On the Fairways we scarified and brushed  them in the opposite direction to our normal mowing pattern so that the grasses would stand erect and remove the dead vegetation and moss.

 My favourite spring time flower is seeing the bluebells come out in all there glory and can be seen around the course on all 3 courses as you walk pass the woodlands

 My Deputy Nick Roberts will shortly be leaving Crown Golf and South Essex to move to Farley Golf Club in Surry as a Deputy  and we wish him well in his new position as well as congratulations, as he will be travelling to Eire to get married to Victoria who works at the Hertfordshire  as Sales Manager

New staff member

We welcome Craig Brindley to our Green keeping team who joins us after working at Royal Norwich Golf Club.We trust he will enjoy his new role at South Essex.

We have over seeded the greens with a fescue bent mix and then sand dressed them before finally brushing it all in to the sward.

We hope to lightly scarifying the fairways  and then apply a soluble fertiliser with iron to give some nutrients and colour this week.

One of the flower beds in front of the clubhouse has been renovated by digging up the perennial plants and splitting them up,weeding the bed and then replanting it and add Woodchip,the spare plants were moved to another bed

  

 An area close to the fence near the road by the 4th hole vixen has been cleared and tidied up,

allowing a clearer view up to the 4th tee from the road so that car drivers can see if golfers are about to tee off.

 

     Below an interesting early morning colourful sky