Weekly Photos (1/31/19)

BEFORE:  #1 blue and white tee near creek - dormant/dead vines and limbs

AFTER:  #1 blue and white tee near creek - slope cleanup

BEFORE:  #1 green side rock wall in left corner (feeder creek) before cleanup

AFTER:  #1 green side rock wall in left corner (feeder creek) after cleanup

#1 greenside creek area prep - irrigation installation - old unused rock spillway removal

#1 creek area by green prep for irrigation extension

Trench for irrigation extension - greenside #1

Trench #1 greenside

Trench wrapping around cartpath #1 greenside of creek

Trench extending to bridge area at creek #1

Irrigation extension #1 edge of fairway - small fescue area near creek

#1 irrigation area after installing 5 new heads, run off of an electric valve

(additional angle)

BEFORE:  #4 behind blue tee box - path to tee box

AFTER:  removed 2" layer of decomposed granite and replaced with StaLok (decomposed granite with binder)

BEFORE:  decomposed granite path - taken from the steps on the tee box

AFTER:  decomposed granite with StaLok:  acts similar to concrete - no more maintenance

Trench behind #14 green for tree root pruning

closeup of trench behind #14 - not many roots in the trench - weak areas on back of #14 green most likely due to limited sunlight in winter and probably partly drainage and limited airflow

tire tracks from Austin Energy trucks trimming near power lines.....and getting lost on #15 fairway?  

1/28/19 - pencil tine aerification #1 green

flood washout near water crossing #1 

flood washout #10 pond to creek (other angle)

#12 damage from coyote? dog? squirrel?  - we are putting up a game camera 

Weekly Photos (1/24/19)

BEFORE: #10 pond edge before brush removal and aquatic weed removal

BEFORE:  #10 pond edge after brush removal, before aquatic weed removal

#10 pond edge at red tee during aquatic weed removal

#10 pond edge at red tee after aquatic weed removal

#10 pond edge taken from cart path at low water crossing after cleanup

AFTER:  #10 pond edge after brush trimming and aquatic weed removal

BEFORE:  #10 pond edge (from alternate angle)

AFTER:  #10 pond edge (from alternate angle)

BEFORE:  #10 pond rock wall at green before algae treatment and aquatic weed removal

AFTER: #10 pond rock wall at green after algae treatment and aquatic weed removal

#10 pond after cleanup

#10 pond after cleanup

BEFORE: #1 creek left of path at bridge by blue tee box before aquatic weed removal

AFTER:   #1 creek left of path at bridge by blue tee box after aquatic weed removal

BEFORE:  #1 bridge by blue tee box before brush and aquatic weed removal

AFTER:  #1 bridge by blue tee box after brush and aquatic weed removal

BEFORE: #9 pond rock wall before aquatic weed removal

aquatic weeds #9 pond edge at rock wall

AFTER: #9 pond rock wall during aquatic weed removal.  Pond edge needs silt removal with mini excavator (scheduled to rent next week)

Coyote damage again digging on #13 green

(1/24/19) #10 blue and white tee box

we cleared out this rock face below #11 blue tee and behind white tee box by removing brush and cutting down small saplings

BEFORE:  (1/23/19)  tilled, added chocolate loam and fescue seed to the hard pan area to the right of #12 tee box

1/24/19: short game area

Weekly Photos (1/17/19)

Wet well after pumping water out of it so we can clean it

removing remaining water and fish

Not sure on fish ID yet, but I believe these are full grown.  There are no large fish in the irrigation pond that we've seen

closeup of fish

This screen lays along the top of the concrete slab that slants along the waterline

this screen stands vertically just outside of the screen that rests along the wet well wall

this is the inner screen that rests up against the wall on the pump station

rebuilt inner screen

water entering wet well with just the inner screen in place

BEFORE: #11 blue tee (left front) - before tree removal from below

AFTER:  #11 blue tee after tree removal from below

AFTER (2) continued brush removal

1/17/19 - #16 green

#16 green closeup

1/17/19 - #18 green:  planted annual ryegrass on slope behind green under large oak tree

#2 small fescue area - dark bare spot is after prepping with handheld spiker

#7 small fescue area under tree - needs soil prep, seed, topdress 

#7 small fescue area - more established

#16 fescue area - looking back from green to tee

#15 gold tee - earthworm castings - before blowing off tee

#14 fairway - earthworm castings; this is the only fairway with castings - we blow it off as needed

#13 tee (looking backwards) after blowing off earthworm castings

#11 in front of tee box - bare areas, escaped rye - plans to sod in the summer

#14 rough near cart path - missed spot with pre-emerge; sprayed with Kerb last week

#11 landscape bed with black dye mulch - right of red and yellow tee

edged cart paths this week (photo taken before cart path cleanup

shop yard nursery mowed at .150".......because our part-time mower didn't know about the nursery green on the other side of the fence.