Pretty unbelievable the luck we have had this winter. It seems every time we needed frozen, solid ground to drive heavy loads upon, we got it as ordered. This is like playing poker and getting a Royal Flush not once but three times! And in north Germany that is even more impressive. In between we had some wet weather, which was expected, but amazingly we had stretches of dry weather without frost too.
Today the topsoil by the forward tees on Hole 3 was removed, the hills topsoiled, the back of Hell bunker topsoiled, sand driven into the bunker left of green 2 and rootzone driven into the 3rd green. We'll have only a couple piles of dirt to knock down yet, and then it's picking off the last small stuff.
Looking from the highest hill left of 3 fairway back to the tees and Green 2.
The guys have finished hauling topsoil and will now start hauling rootzone. The beds of the dumpers must be cleaned first. We don't want any clumps of topsoil in the sand for the green.
Aqua Consult installing irrigation going into Green 3.
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The fairway has been topsoiled, it is being tracked in, and the view is clear. No more piles of dirt in this area.
John, our chief of drainage had his last day today, so it's Andreas, the lone guy left on-site to put the remaining pieces back together.
Busy day. Topsoil was finished being spread around fairway 1, John and Bessim were installing drainage in the waste bunker right of green 2, and the men's tee on hole 2 was being ringed with topsoil.
Rootzone (rasentragchicht) is a mix of sand and organic matter. In our case it is 80% sand and 20% peat moss mixed a little by excavator and then run through a screen. Then it's brought to the prepared greensite and spread by mini-excavator. In America, 18 greens, 600 square meters in size can cost $320,000 for the rootzone alone... without installation. Ours is a bit cheaper as we are using quality sand excavated from the pond.