Open for Play Sat 3/30

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Joe WachterCourse is open and ready for play. Holes changed, cool season tees mowed, greens mowed and bunkers raked. Have a great day!!

Spring pots planted

Becky planting near the casual entrance.

Thought I sent these pictures to my desktop but must of hit my blog account.  Sorry for the separate posts without info.  Here's the information.  Becky has had the spring pot material for more than a week but with the weekend blizzard, she held off planting until today. Entrances to the club and back patio have a new supply of plants that will stay in place until mid to late spring.
Her last shipment of 700 plants came in today so she's under some stress right now parenting nearly 4000 babies in the greenhouse.  We will have to put some protection on these for Monday/Tuesday        
night with temperatures reaching the 20's.

A finished pot of Jonquils in the background, Gerbera, Bellis and
 Hyacinth in the middle and some pansies and Alyssum in
the front.  Purple flower I can't id, I will check with
 her and post it next week. 

Course will reopen on Saturday 3-30

The course will reopen on Saturday 3-30. Conditions are still too saturated at this time to allow play. The practice green and driving ranges will be open Friday morning for those of you that would like to hit some practice balls. I apologize for any inconvenience closing the course creates for you.


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Course will reopen on Saturday 3-30

The course will reopen on Saturday 3-30. Conditions are still too saturated at this time to allow play. The practice green and driving ranges will be open Friday morning for those of you that would like to hit some practice balls. I apologize for any inconvienence closing the course creates for you.

Baby Squirrels

                                                                                                                                                                                                              I believe it was two years ago that I had a squirrel family fall into my fireplace.  Contacted a rescue group and they told me to place the babies back outside against the house and that hopefully
mother would come along and pick them up that night, at least that was the hope.  Sure enough, no sign of squirrels anywhere later that evening, remnants etc.  Just hope the neighbor cat did not have a feast.

Yesterday, the staff dropped one of the large oaks on #3 that had died late last summer and there were 3 baby squirrels in a nest.  Next to the downed tree was a tree hollowed at the bottom.  The staff placed the remnants of the nest in the hole, placed the little guys in there and then covered part of the entrance to keep them inside and protect them from the wind and varmints, red tail hawks.  This morning when I came in, checked for the babies and they were gone. Everyone was relieved that the mommy found her family  A good tip in case you remove a tree after March 1st which is usually when squirrel babies are born.

Course update

We still have snow covering many areas of the golf course.  Some greens are beginning to clear but most have snow on them and are completely saturated.  The practice green still has a little snow on it but is still saturated with moisture.  The driving ranges are clearing but the hitting stations still have snow on them as well as the walks ups leading to the area.

We will probably have good melting over the next day or two but I do not know if it will be enough to get the facility open by Saturday.  Sorry for the inconvenience this is creating for you.

The view back through #5 tee, #7 into #10.

The view across #10, 16, 15 and beyond.

When will we play golf?

Don't know that answer for sure at this time.  I'm hoping we can get some golf in this weekend but don't know if the snow will be all gone by then and if the water will have drained from the greens enough to allow play.   We will do everything we can to get you out here.  By the way, have you signed up your children or your grand kids for Breakfast with the Bunny on Saturday and still some spots left for Easter Brunch on Sunday.

The view of #3 today.  We are starting to get some of the features exposed .