Hedge work update

With no more improvement in the weather the work to the hedges is well under way. As mentioned in the last blog the 19th tee and the 7th hedge had been started. They are now finished, the 7th area has been tidied, however we will need to stump grind the remaining stumps before we can add a little soil and turf the area. The hedge along side the 18th green has also been lowered and is finished. Just removing the top 40-50 cm of those hedges around the greenkepers building has already saved a lot of time as we no longer need platforms or steps to work off. This time saving will be carried forward year on year.

If the ground conditions are still wet next week we will start reducing the height of the leylandii hedge at the rear of the 10th green and along side the 13th tee. There is some of the hedge that will need to be removed completely next to the 13th tee but this will be down to the weather as to when we can start it.

As the weather has been poor we have been unable to cut any grass, at this time of the year there is not a great deal of growth but the greens are usually cut fairly regularly to keep them tidy and encourage dense growth. This winter we have struggled to cut them at all, as we had a couple of days of drier weather we took the opportunity to start cutting them with the hand mower. Not all the greens are dry enough to cut but we have cut the better ones and have managed to cut 75% of the summer greens this week. We may get the opportunity to cut a few more next week if the conditions improve.