Pool were in need of some fertiliser for there recently Korroed square so I arranged to deliver this morning. I was expecting to have a coffee with the head groundsman his deputy and apprentice. Sadly head groundsman was out shopping with his wife!!!!! apprentice was still in bed looking after his head -will have to do better that, to get the top job lad. I was made welcome by the deputy head groundsman and we had a welcome coffee before venturing out to the middle.
The square protected by a chicken wire fence that is a problem with rural grounds rabbits. If you look close you can see that the square is yellowing not too much of a problem at this time of year.
You can see the colour better in this photo. Deputy was keen to impress so we mixed the fertiliser and got on with the job straight away.
Because of the yellowing you can see the fairy rings are prominent they will not be visible when it gets some nitrogen a little later in the year today's fertiliser has only 3% nitrogen just enough to give the grass a little interest.
Here he goes keen to use his new spreader it looks a good buy at around £75-00 full pneumatic tyres and large hopper it looks the business we should have calibrated it but we just set it on a low rate and made adjustments as we went not the best way however we got the fertiliser on with consistency.
Sorry not the best photo's, I hope you can see the new grass seedlings coming through. You may remember the outfield was Verti-Drained late November and the worst area for grass cover -in front of the square- was seeded with a single bag of Hurrells Colosseum cold start seed -a NewZealand rye grass which will germinate at low temperatures- http://hmseeds.co.uk/products/cold-start/ The seed was sown at a low rate at the end of November -which is something that would never have been dreamt of a few years ago. Germination as you can see has taken place so when temperature's warm up it will be away and growing quicker that spring sown seed.
Despite having the outfield Vert-Drained it was very wet in parts here you can see water coming up through and around the Verti-Drain holes and we expect grass to grow in these conditions and do you know it does not well but it survives it is an incredible plant.
A second view of the water in the outfield.
I love the journey to Pool we are only just outside the Leeds boundary and are in some beautiful country side. Look at this field look how deep the tractor tracks are and all the mud around the feeding rakes.
These are some of last years lambs and they will be in a local supermarket soon.
A big day tomorrow Sunday the 8th of January sees the first Cricket fixture of the season in these parts At Appletreewick, Appletreewick v Malhamdale these are very unpredictable days however the players will be meeting in the New Inn at Appletreewick at around 1-00pm start when sufficient ale has been consumed. -information courtesy of Tony Hutton. thank you Tony.
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