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Welcome to the Cranbury Golf Club Agronomy Department blog. It is odd, writing this knowing I'm speaking to no one. Will that change? Who knows. But I've been giving this some thought for some time now. I think we do an interesting job as golf course superintendents. It also seems that quite a number of golfers find what we do out on the course interesting also. So, I thought this may be a fun way to share what we are doing from our end as well as give those of you who are interested in golf course maintenance some additional insight. I think I'm pretty available on property ( I mean I do live here? ), especially to those who play here often, but this will serve as an additional avenue to get information out about the whys, hows and whens of the CGCAD and maybe, if you ask nicely ( lol ), answer some questions. This will also act as some additional documentation for myself moving forward. Assuming I continue to do it. 

So what has happened so far in 2019? Well, it has rained a little. Luckily it has only rained for two months so far in 2019 .... Yeah. It has been wet. We spent the winter repainting course accessories. Repairing some equipment. We gave the shop a bit of a facelift. When the weather did cooperate, we did some tree work as well as continued the drainage project on #3. I'll touch on those more going forward. 

It is March 18th and we are mowing greens for the first time today. We set the mower to the same height that we finished 2018 at. Through the first few greens, we are not cutting much, which was what I suspected just based off of what I've seen out on the course. We haven't had too many of those real warm days to get things moving and growing. But, this mow will act as a light roll and will also "clean up" small areas of growth and smallish debris that we couldn't pick up or blow off. 

We start gaining crew members back this week. So the course should see some additional attention and areas that have been neglected thus far should start to improve. Bunkers being first on the list. The course should get "cleaner" as the next week or two pass by from actual clean up and also from the first few mows. 

I've attached some pictures of two mowed greens as well as one area pre and post mow. One of our most diehard members makes an appearance also ...