Here is a truck load of plant material I ordered to plant along the Mooring's fence line. I searched local nurseries and found great deals on over stock items.
Here's a vegetative transplant operation! We took these areca palms off of 12 tees and used them to completely hide the discharge pump enclosure on the back side so you can't see it from the new tees on 13.
Here's a pic of "Operation We Don't Want To See Each Other." These huge arecas were behind 12 green, and now they are on a berm along the eastern property line where the elephant burial ground used to be. These big palms should do a wonderful job of making it so our neighbors can't see us and we can't see them. Surprising to me, that's the way they wanted it, and being good neighbors...we were happy to make it happen.
Look how tall these arecas are compared to the machine...
I took this pic the other day when I was checking on the construction of the new marsh area on 13, between the new tees and fairway. These are rosie spoon billed ibis. These birds are marsh waders, feeding on submerge food sources. I was amazed at how fast the environmental benefit was realized by the animals. This is a great sign of how we turned a waste land into something that will be beautiful as well as environmentally productive. The animal wildlife will be thriving in and around this new wetland!!
As I said before, we are getting ready to start the grassing process. That includes the first set of greens. To prep the greens for grass we have to first roto-til them for fumigation. This process makes the soil "fluffy" so the fumigant can move slowly up through the soil. The fumigant is injected as a high pressure liquid which quickly volatilizes into a gas that is lighter than air, so it slowly rises through the soil profile.
This pic is of the fumigation tractor on 6 green. Sorry for the "fuzzy" picture, they were moving too fast for my camera to adjust.
When the crew finishes with a strip, they cut the plastic off with a sharpened shovel
The sections of tarp in the middle are glued together (notice the red glue) to create one large cover. They always make sure the two covers are glued together tightly, that's why he's walking the line. They bury the outside edges in the sand to hold it down.
Here is a pic of the business end of the deal. The knives go down 6-8" depending on how soft the soil is.
The contractor's large excavator is now on #5 lake shaping the edges by digging out some of the sand that has sluffed off. Remember, the new hole will play along the water's edge so we need a nice gentle slope.
As part of the lake work on 5, we took out all of the huge Brazilian Peppers by the old maintenance building. The excavator will make a berm where the peppers were so I can plant on top of it to hide the building.
What's this, a shotgun? Well, sort of. We had our first "guided tour" of the project for the members. We had almost 50 members sign up! It was great to see all of the members there and the looks of excitement during the tour. Everyone looked like kids waiting for Christmas Day to come so they could open up they present they knew they were sure to get!!!
Tomorrow work will continue on finalizing shaping on 10, 11, 12, & 13. All of the drainage has been installed on those holes and the contractor is cleaning up the rocks, setting catch basins, and grading the dirt to shape the contours. The final push is on for holes 6-9 for grass on Wednesday. I have a little bit more landscaping to install, then those 4 holes will be done.
Stay tuned for a post plant blog update. Green side up, right?
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