by Kristen | Jan 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
My experience has been that winter injury is the most challenging aspect of managing golf courses in the Northland. I have, over the course of my career, experimented with a variety of techniques with mixed results. I have used permeable covers in the past and found...
by Kristen | Dec 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
After what has been one of the longer golfing seasons I have been around in the Northland, we finally closed the E/W golf course on November 9th. The crew and I would like to thank all of you for your patronage at Nemadji and hope that you were able to enjoy the...
by Kristen | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
The long summer continues and as of October 15 we have not had a substantial frost to slow down turf growth going into the winter. This is good and bad from the point of view of golf course maintenance. Good in the fact that the longer season means more players to...
by kemper | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
With the final arrival of fall, we now move into aerification season-in my opinion the best time of the year. We can move away from worrying about where the next irrigation failure is going to be and can do the rewarding “dirty work” that helps to improve levels of...
by kemper | Aug 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Probably the biggest story this past month or so has been the continuation of drought conditions on the golf course. Normally, given an average or better irrigation system and water source, I would welcome these sorts of dry spells as dry conditions give us the...
by kemper | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Summer is officially here, and it has, across the United States, been a very warm one to be sure. Combined with lower-than-average rainfall over the past several months, we have been hard-pressed to get enough water on the ground with an irrigation system that is...
