You can always tell when fall is near when our fescue/native areas begin to transition from the golden look during the summer months to the purples and oranges in the fall. The purple colors are from the little bluestem plants that are not as dominant in these areas during the summer until we get to late July and August. They are a blue color during the mid to late summer until fall when they turn purple. The broomsedge plants right now are still somewhat green and will turn tan in a few weeks. It is like having 2 different native areas depending on the time of the year. In a few weeks we will mow them all down a few times, make some herbicide treatments to eradicate any weeds and this will set them up for the spring next year when we do it all over again. When you think of the minimal cost to maintain these areas and what they offer to the course makes a good argument to add more of them and start to eliminate rough where applicable.
