Box Brush and Thistle Removal

One of the current projects we have been working on is the removal of thistle and brush from the native areas. The removal of these weeds is important for a number of reasons, playability from landing areas if you miss the fairway, it also helps bring the aesthetics of the golf course back to the original design, and most importantly it stops the obnoxious weeds from taking over the native areas which border the course.

The process for removing the weeds is pretty simple. Some of them can be pulled by hand because of how soft the ground is currently, but others are removed using a shovel or a pick axe. After removed they are then loaded into the back of a pro-gator and brought back to maintenance facility, where the debris are put into a pile.




Days where we have frost allow us to work projects such as the Native Weed Removal.

 








This is a photo shows of the guys cleaning the area around the courtesy path between 12 green and 13 tee.



This is the area around the courtesy path before we started. 

This is what it looked like after we finished the removal process.







This photo shows our newest addition to the agronomy team, Ryan Borris, using a pick axe to remove box brush.





This is a view from the Pro tee on #13 after we got done.

This photo shows how many oak tree suckers and box brush there was in front of  #13 tee on the right side.

This is what it looked like after we got it cleaned up.