We finished up planting all of the annuals this week. Steve Mayerak delivered all flowers while the grounds staff planted them. Alex, a new member of the staff, was busy keeping flowers and new trees watered. The .65 inches of rain on Thursday was perfect. It soaked in nicely. The logo bed at #2 is nearly complete as we ran a couple of stones short on the border.
This is a green ash. As you can see, the emerald ash borer has arrived. We removed a couple last year, but it's taking out several more this year. With the help of Guy Lipack, we have started planted a variety of new trees. I'm also looking into the cost and effectiveness of insecticides, but since only a couple of our ashes are in key locations removal is probably the best option..
Jose spent a couple of days cleaning up the ditch line work. He stock piled the spoils that will be moved to another location when we have access to a dump truck.
On another note, we had our 4000th view of the blog today. Besides Lansing CC members, I've had hits from Russia, France and many other countries. I follow many other blogs to see what the other superintendents are doing and getting ideas to make the blog better.
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