A day Re-Planting

[kid2]

Well after the hurricane conditions of last Wednesday our course escaped with minimal damage compared to most around my area.. We've had 2 local courses with big member bases that have well over 100 trees down in each..... Mostly Evergreens...... We lost an Iconic Pine tree which is the figurehead of our Index 1, 9th Hole and is basically on every promotional picture for the club.....

May have been a blessing in disguise as even though it stood over 50ft tall it was shallow rooted and also it was decaying from inside which no one could see.....
It would have been way worse had it fell on someone while playing...

So i got a text from our Captain Thursday evening wanting to know was i available for a bit of tree planting today and as the course is being rested due to weather i thought it appropriate to help out being the Competitions Secretary for this season as well....

A thoroughly enjoyable day and after our bit was done the club has now planted more than 200 Oak Trees with roughly another 100 of mixed species.....

The landscaper who is also a member is expect to loose maybe 1/4 of the total planted and said it was the Norm... Seemingly Deer and Rabbits are the worst culprits for attacking them...

This is my little fellow planting an Oak.....Little does he know that in about 35 yrs time he'll be cursing the living daylights out of it after hooking his approach on 18....:lol:

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Good to see a club working hard to build for the future and the youngsters getting involved.

 

[London mike 61]

Well done for your hard work.
i planted a acorn once in a pot then transplanted it out in a campsite that we used to take the cubs to, the root on this sapling must have been a foot long. No wonder they survive these storms.

 

[dewsweeper]

Good post to read on a wet morning.
Our club did something similar some years ago and quite a few shift workers and retired guys did odd jobs around the course as and when they could,under GKeepers supervison.I ,for one thoroughly enjoyed it.
Does not happen now as our new greenkeeper does not like the idea also I expect 'elf & saftey' comes into play these days.

I think your lad needs to fitted for that spade though and perhaps some work on his grip!!!!!!!
Dewsweeper

 

[kid2]

Good post to read on a wet morning.
Our club did something similar some years ago and quite a few shift workers and retired guys did odd jobs around the course as and when they could,under GKeepers supervison.I ,for one thoroughly enjoyed it.
Does not happen now as our new greenkeeper does not like the idea also I expect 'elf & saftey' comes into play these days.

I think your lad needs to fitted for that spade though and perhaps some work on his grip!!!!!!!
Dewsweeper

The funny thing is he actually said to me when he picked it up "It fits me Dad".... Had to laugh..... His reasoning is that anything he is taller than fits him..

 

[Oddsocks]

Our club has just done a similar project, 13 acres of newly planted trees, there were big numbers being bounded about of 10000-15000 trees but I'm not sure on the exact number,

 

[didsbury_duffer]

Great to see such good work for the future of your local courses. Well done.