At any business, you have one major eyesore. The dumpster. It’s a necessary evil. It’s no secret that the back of our clubhouse could use some TLC. Since repaving the back and putting in drainage isn’t in the budget, we thought we could at the very least cover it to make it look more attractive. […]
Field of Greens Minigolf
We added a miniature golf course to our place in 2004, so we didn’t waste any time in getting a sign put up. This year. 2013. But who’s counting, right? While we had Iowa One Call out here marking the lines for our fence post, we decided to have them mark the lines for our […]
Mud. Rain. Muscles.
Since we are beginning to offer a Tuesday Night Burger Buffet, we thought we needed to amp up the play area around the minigolf, so families could have more fun. What better way to accomplish this task, then to build a playset. Before we could put the playset together, we had to prep a space […]
The Thrill of Rain
In reality, golf courses are kind of like farmers. We complain when it rains and we complain when it doesn’t. Our business is highly dependent on the weather. Sometimes, we want to punch the weather forecaster when he predicts rain and it turns out to be a perfectly nice day. Last year, we ran out […]
Tarps are Crowned King
If you want to see Jason and Ron dance around like giddy school girls, then you need to come out and watch them when they uncover the tarps that help to grow in the seed. Last week, we had reseeded number three tee box. The cool temperatures this spring were making it hard to grow […]
Planting Flowers
For those readers who have been waiting with baited breath for a Toad Valley post, I apologize for not posting last week. My sweet mother-in-law passed away from this earth, so I took the week to reflect and support my husband and his family. Since she was a lover of flowers, I thought I’d share […]
Flower Bed Prepping
Spring has gotten started a little late this year. I can remember several years in the past where we have planted flowers long before May 15th. It seems like when the spring was ready to be here, our to do list quadrupled in size. To keep things moving along, we got to work prepping the […]
Building the New Ceremony Site
Last year, our ponds were dry. As it turns out, you need rain to fill creek beds that keep ponds filled with water. Go figure. Rather than sit around and fill the ponds with our tears, we decided to take advantage of the dried out ponds. Last summer, we began work on building a new […]
Tarpin’. Seedin’. Celebratin’.
If you recall, about a month ago, we reseeded number nine tee box. It was a hot mess from the drought we had last year. Number nine is a bent grass tee and in a low spot, so it doesn’t really like droughts. Who does, right? Par threes are always difficult to keep looking good […]
Range Balls the Credit Card Way
When I was a teenager, I worked behind the snack bar at the golf course. We used to have the range balls in garbage cans and we’d scoop up the buckets to fill them. It was everyone’s least favorite job and I always tried to look busy doing something else to avoid it. Teenagers. It’s […]