Last year, we had a severe drought. Our golf course actually ran out of water. It was the first time in our 40 years of business that all of the creek beds that feed our course’s ponds dried up. By the end of the season, we looked pretty rough. In order to keep the greens […]
Goose Be Gone
Canada Geese can cause lots of damage to a golf course. Because they don’t have teeth, they eat the greens to use the sand to grind up their food. Golfers don’t like geese. Golf course owners don’t like geese. The DNR loves geese. Yep. They are protected. If a skunk digs up the golf course, we […]
Turning Lemons into Lemonade
In case you live under a rock or outside of our great state of Iowa, we’ve had a pretty ugly spring. So ugly, in fact, that it actually snowed. In. May. Yeah. Let me tell you that I have no doubt this will definitely be one of those springs you talk about for years. As […]
Going a Little Shabby Chic
First of all. Guy Alert. This post is about Women’s Clothing and refinishing furniture. If you’re interested, read on. Otherwise, you can check out some man projects right here! We have tried all kinds of ways to attract women golfers to purchase our products. Over the years, we’ve tried golf cook books, different styles of […]
Caught Ya!
On Wednesday, I was out taking some photos of the golf course when I noticed a familiar foursome. Yep, that’s right. Our outside crew was out playing a little golf after their morning of work. We thought that we might try to conquer the weather and our quest to get the items stained by bringing […]
Sysco Makes Our Brains and Stomachs Work
Our main food supplier is Sysco. They are located up in Ankeny, however, they are a national corporation that serves the food industry. We have worked with them for about the last five years and they have been very good to us. For the most part, we do our ordering online and by-pass a relationship […]
A Little Tree Trimming
The trouble with having hundreds, probably thousands, of trees on your golf course is that they need care. They are forever getting hit with a disease, lightening or wind. When I was a kid, I would ride around the golf course with my dad and he would point out something that I believed to be […]
Tom the Trouble Maker
As mentioned here, my dad has planted basically every tree on the golf course. He has had some help from the birds and squirrels who forget where they bury their winter meal. Overall, however, they have all been planted by Tom and his tree spade. We ran into dad while we were filming our zombie […]
Running Scared Zombie 5K
Sometimes it pays to have a large family. Especially when it comes to rounding up zombies. Toad Valley is hosting a zombie 5K run on June 22 where we will be raising money for Shoes that Fit. It is an organization that helps kids who can’t afford something as simple as shoes. Before we can launch […]
Insurance Can Be Fun?
Sometimes the hum drum of owning and running a business can be daunting. Like insurance. There are just so. many. options. Luckily, we have an absolutely awesome insurance guy by the name of Brian who owns Donaghy Kempton Insurance. I can’t honestly say enough nice things about the guy. He has taken good care of our […]