Hope you enjoy the video. It hardly shows the danger of the job, but if you watch closely you can see how close some of the logs that weighed over 2000lbs came very close to the climbers head and at one point started to push the chainsaw toward his head.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
justinr@indiansummergolf.com
Here is some pictures to illustrate the removal of the Oak tree that had fallen against the clubhouse. It was quite a project. The crane carried the guy up to get in place to begin making strategic cuts for the crane to lift pieces off of the tree and reduce the weight of the tree.
It was a tedious job and took most of the day to position the crane and make the proper cuts. To give you an idea the tree weighed rough 60,000 lbs and the crane could safely lift around 2000-3000 lbs at a time.
The trunk of the tree measured about 12 ft in circumference at the base. A guess at the age of the tree was roughly 150 yrs old.
If you have any questions or comments about the tree removal or would like to know about the clean up that is happening on the golf course over the next few weeks please contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
Justinr@indiansummergolf.com
The winter storm we just experience left many people out of power for several days. The aftermath has left the state in need of clean up and repair.
The club was no exception. The snow storm hit and then an ice storm followed. The added weight to the already snow covered branches was the culprit. The added weight broke the branches near the top. The weight the branch could no longer hold was transferred to the next branch down the tree and so on. There are some trees with just the trunk that remained and all the branches were sheared off.
We are left with a lot of clean up and some repair. There will definitely be some different looks to the course once we can open for play. Please bear with us while we try to remove the debris and cleanup the course.
Although the course is covered with snow and closed, the restaurant and grill are open. You are always welcome to visit us.
Here are some pictures of some of the damage that we sustained during the storm:
The Cherry Trees around the clubhouse were all heavily damaged.
The range net was pulled down by the weight of the ice.
A 100 year old White Oak fell onto the back side of the clubhouse. This tree will hopefully be removed with a crane this week.
The Maple tree on #12 had a large branch split off of the side. This will make the hole look a little different next time you are able to play.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
justinr@indiansummergolf.com
We are left with a lot of clean up and some repair. There will definitely be some different looks to the course once we can open for play. Please bear with us while we try to remove the debris and cleanup the course.
Although the course is covered with snow and closed, the restaurant and grill are open. You are always welcome to visit us.
Here are some pictures of some of the damage that we sustained during the storm:
The Cherry Trees around the clubhouse were all heavily damaged.
The range net was pulled down by the weight of the ice.
A 100 year old White Oak fell onto the back side of the clubhouse. This tree will hopefully be removed with a crane this week.
The Maple tree on #12 had a large branch split off of the side. This will make the hole look a little different next time you are able to play.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
justinr@indiansummergolf.com
The bunkers begin to deteriorate at five years +/-. Drainage, definition and contamination are all part of the failure of sand bunkers. The recommended life span of a bunker is around five years before renovation is needed.
Luckily Indian Summer has a good sandy loam sub-soil. Little to no rocks are present for contamination. The problem I have observed is the lack of drainage. With a little more investigation, I found that the depth of sand is quite a bit more than USGA's recomendation of 4" on the bottom and 2" on the sides.
Most bunkers do have dry wells installed to allow the water to drain out of the bunkers. Over time, consistent rain has brought fines to the surface and has basically reduced drainage of the sand dramatically. A thick layer of sand before it can get to an area that drains is also impeding the movement of water.
Another project that we are looking at this winter is to re-distribute the sand throughout the bunker to get closer to the USGA recommendations. Some bunkers have more than enough sand while others might be shallow. We can make use of the extra sand and spread that around to bunkers in need as we make our way through the course.
If you have any questions about the bunkers or any comments about the course please contact me,
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
justinr@indiansummergolf.com
Luckily Indian Summer has a good sandy loam sub-soil. Little to no rocks are present for contamination. The problem I have observed is the lack of drainage. With a little more investigation, I found that the depth of sand is quite a bit more than USGA's recomendation of 4" on the bottom and 2" on the sides.
Most bunkers do have dry wells installed to allow the water to drain out of the bunkers. Over time, consistent rain has brought fines to the surface and has basically reduced drainage of the sand dramatically. A thick layer of sand before it can get to an area that drains is also impeding the movement of water.
Another project that we are looking at this winter is to re-distribute the sand throughout the bunker to get closer to the USGA recommendations. Some bunkers have more than enough sand while others might be shallow. We can make use of the extra sand and spread that around to bunkers in need as we make our way through the course.
If you have any questions about the bunkers or any comments about the course please contact me,
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
justinr@indiansummergolf.com
We are trying an application of black sand to #5 and #10 greens. I listened to a presentation from a club that was using black sand to help the greens go through a snow covered winter. Their main idea was that the sand would heat up quicker in the spring and help the green up process in the spring.
I wanted to see if we could get results from the black sand on our greens that have shade issues. My hopes are that any light that these greens get, the black sand will help utilize that light to the fullest and give those greens just a fraction more heat at the surface to make the turf healthy enough to combat root rot pythium. This disease has become a reoccurring problem over the past couple years.
Now with the saplings removed to the left side of the green, we are hoping that we can get this green through the winter a little more easily.
If you have any questions about the Pythium or anything regarding the course maintenance please contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
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| Root Rot Pythium Spores in the Root of the Turf Plant. |
I wanted to see if we could get results from the black sand on our greens that have shade issues. My hopes are that any light that these greens get, the black sand will help utilize that light to the fullest and give those greens just a fraction more heat at the surface to make the turf healthy enough to combat root rot pythium. This disease has become a reoccurring problem over the past couple years.
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| Results of the Sapling Removal. |
Now with the saplings removed to the left side of the green, we are hoping that we can get this green through the winter a little more easily.
If you have any questions about the Pythium or anything regarding the course maintenance please contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS, MG
Curtains are drawn to avoid me. If you spend to much time with me, you turn red. If you look at me, I hurt your eyes. People gather to see me go away and wake up when I come back. I can make good iced tea, or dry your clothes for you. I can make it hard for you to see or light up your whole town. Who am i?
In the Northwest we seem to be lacking much needed sunlight. Throughout the winter months cloud cover resides most of the time. The days become shorter and the sun angle is lower. Sunlight for turf becomes a finite commodity.
#10 and #5 greens are the most hungry for sun out of any of the other greens. Morning sun is the most ideal sunlight for healthy turf. Don't get me wrong, any sunlight is better than nothing. Shorter days and increased cloud cover make for some difficult micro-climates.
Here is a project that we have just started to help #10 get some more sunlight. We opened up a slot for about and hour or so of sunlight.
If you have any questions or comments about sunlight and the necessity for healthy turf please feel free to contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS
justinr@indiansummergolf.com
In the Northwest we seem to be lacking much needed sunlight. Throughout the winter months cloud cover resides most of the time. The days become shorter and the sun angle is lower. Sunlight for turf becomes a finite commodity.
#10 and #5 greens are the most hungry for sun out of any of the other greens. Morning sun is the most ideal sunlight for healthy turf. Don't get me wrong, any sunlight is better than nothing. Shorter days and increased cloud cover make for some difficult micro-climates.
Here is a project that we have just started to help #10 get some more sunlight. We opened up a slot for about and hour or so of sunlight. If you have any questions or comments about sunlight and the necessity for healthy turf please feel free to contact me.
Justin Ruiz, CGCS
justinr@indiansummergolf.com
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