A cold Easter

The weather this year has been very strange with March being on average 13 degrees colder than it was in 2012. Easter was early and the same day as the clocks changed for the British summer time bringing its four day weeks (a greenkeepers nightmare normally as the grass doesn't stop growing).
With March being cold we hoped for a warm beginning to April but this hasn't happened so far especially last week when we had snow and frosts again!
I can hear you saying whats this got to do with greenkeeping? The cold is a problem for us as we are getting little or no recovery to areas due to the lack of soil temperature (1-2), meaning lack of growth. This also stops us from putting our fertilisers out, it even stops us from spraying the bases of the new bunkers so we can put the sand in them or put seed out in the worn areas ,this could sit there and become rotten or bird food.
All this means on some jobs we are behind.
The good news is the weather has been cold but sunny so golf can be played and the course has started to dry out nicely and for us, with little growth we have been able to work on other areas including pathways. These have been edged and topped up ready for the new season. A great effort from the team, I thank them for that and we will aim to finish them all ASAP.
I will finish by saying enjoy your golf in the afternoons now we have the extra light and let's hope for some warmth!