Pushing to Get Work Done

With the long winter persisting, we cleaned the snow off the old cart path on #4 and added all new stone for the base.  This is one less thing we will have to do once the snow melts and we can get back on the course.

Clubhouse Footings Being Poured Today

With all the challenges so far with the building expansion, they finally got good weather to pour the footings yesterday.  Now the project should start churning along.

Recycling

All the concrete that was removed from the clubhouse renovation, our old asphalt paths and our old retaining walls from our ponds are all being crushed into a recycled product that can be used for cart paths and path bases.  The cost to crush all the material is about 1/4 of the cost if we were to purchase all the material we will have at the end to use.

What Are People Thinking

This past Saturday, this driver was looking for a birthday party in Paramus and wound up on our 12th hole buried.  Considering the cart path was drifted over from all the heavy winds of late, it was amazing that she made it this far out on the course.  We had to use our bulldozer to make a road to get the tow truck out to her.

Checking for Ice Buildup

With a month of snow cover already, we shoveled down to the green surfaces and found no ice which is good news.  With more inclement weather on its way we will continue to monitor conditions on the greens for the next 2 weeks.

The Winter Blues

Tough to keep the crew motivated this winter with the constant cold and snowy weather.  In another few weeks we will be wishing we had time to take a rest when everything melts and we are going full bore.

Nothing Much to Report Here

For those of you who decided to head south this winter, here is what you have missed so far this winter!  For the rest of us, we are all pretty much getting sick of the same forecast every week....cold and snow!  For the exception of some tree work done here and there, no progress has been made on the golf course renovation work since before Christmas.  I am hoping for a warm and dry spring since we have a lot of work left to do before the season gets going.