There was not a lot of golf happening due to maintenance work to the greens however it was a good opportunity for F-Troop to do a timber pick up and clean up outside the front fence which is an area that had become overgrown and untidy (not a good look when looking at the course from Racecourse Road).
We were short on numbers again today which meant we had to stretch our resources.
We had eleven F-Troopers on duty and managed to achieve quite a lot of work including timber pick up, clean up outside the fence on Racecourse Rd, remove old tired natives from the 6th tee and the back of the 5th green as part of the garden refurbishment, water & weed gardens, plant more succulents in the wedding garden, planted out some more daisies on the 17th garden, planted a new "Peaches and Cream" Grevillia on the 5th green garden, planted a new Cascade Lilly Pilly at the native garden on the 6th tee, fertilized and watered the roses, raked and cleaned around the putting green, watering and fertilizing gardens on the 3rd, 14th & 15th, fertilizing of the orchids.
Those I sighted working today were Jan Walker (timber clean up at our front entrance and 1st tee), Garry Trigg and George Foster (on the rough cutters), Warren Gray (on timber pick up which he did today unaided due to our shortage of workers), Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Arthur Verlander, Des Wilson and Peter Martin (Clean up of Racecourse Rd, shrub removal and anything else that was going including the hauling around and connecting of the water hoses), Yvonne Wilson and Rosalie Dyer (garden weeding, fertilizing and watering). I was busy working on the roses, succulents & native shrubs as well as a clean up at the putting green.
The F-Troopers assisted me by being able to pull out the old native shrubs with the aid of machinery which saved a lot of back breaking work as some of the roots were very deep seated.
We have now found a water outlet for this area which means we are able to get water to this area in the very hot summer months.
I have finally got to the native garden on the 6th and have started to purchase new natives to freshen up these gardens. Thanks to a generous donation from Graham & Anne Smith (Club Members) we can purchase some colourful natives to enhance the gardens (photos of some of the new grevilleas attached). I also planted another cascade lilly pilly to match the existing one that is doing so well there. We still have a lot of clean up work to do as the weeds have grown extensively with the recent rains. When finished this area should be a real eye catcher.
I received a very generous donations of lovely succulent plants from Ron Gowing (Club Member)last week - Thanks Ron!. I have placed some in the new garden & am saving some for a new succulent garden on the 3rd tee (coming soon).
Work was continued through last week when we repaired the watering system on the garden at the 18th tee and cleaned up the path area from the 17th to the 18th. We also replaced the ornamentals at the "Ladies Garden" after the destruction by vandals. They are not as eye catching as the "Cup and Saucer" and "Watering can" however are more practical and more difficult to break.
Des & Yvonne Wilson were also busy through the week cleaning up, fertilizing and watering the hydrangea garden on the 3rd tee and the miniature oleanders on the 5th tee as well as looking after the camelia garden at the bush toilet and the bird of paradise gardens at the 15th. Thanks Des & Yvonne - Top Job!
YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
