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Rich Goodale

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Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« on: March 16, 2012, 11:50:11 AM »
Per a newsletter from one of my clubs

"Training
Green keepers ***********and +++++++++++ have both completed chain-saw training. 2 courses took place - Basic Felling Techniques on 7th February and Maintenance and Cross- cutting on 29th & 30th January."

Life is good.

Any afterlife is unlikely and/or dodgy.

Jean-Paul Parodi

Steve Okula

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2012, 05:01:46 PM »
Your point being?
The small wheel turns by the fire and rod,
the big wheel turns by the grace of God.

Jon Wiggett

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2012, 06:25:41 PM »
Steve,

here in Scotland we cut the course by hand :P


Rich Goodale

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2012, 03:05:17 AM »
Your point being?

The tree huggers have lost the battle, at least at this club.  Or maybe they are auditioning for a horror movie.........
Life is good.

Any afterlife is unlikely and/or dodgy.

Jean-Paul Parodi

Mark Chaplin

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2012, 03:16:45 AM »
Didn't they do the courses in the wrong order??
Cave Nil Vino

Jon Wiggett

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2012, 03:42:02 AM »
Didn't they do the courses in the wrong order??

I thought that Mark but then maybe the instructor thought a chronologically correct order was the way to go. A tree is much easier to cross cut once it has been felled ;D

Bradley Anderson

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2012, 07:46:52 AM »
Steve,

here in Scotland we cut the course by hand :P



Jon,

It would be nice to see some pics of your progress at your new golf course.

Melvyn Morrow

Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2012, 10:31:17 AM »
Steve,

here in Scotland we cut the course by hand 


I now I hold to many of the old 19th Century practices, but think Jon you have gone a little further back in time, in fact a hell of a long way back and perhaps a practice utilised by those lovers of blue woad south of the border. :-[ :P

A good Scotsman never cuts anything, there is much value in the ‘Hole’ (& whole), so if you knew your history you would have said sheep.  While they keep the grass short, the added advantage is that they manure the ground as they do so. See a canny investment, not forgetting that the additional extra is that sheep convert to haggis. Now that is Scottish investment, first he does not have to do it himself and comes away with three useful and profitable investments – so perhaps now many will see why golf in a walking and thinking game. ;D

Cut it by hand, that’s an English pastime, not Scottish as we are too busy playing golf in our spare time thank to using a little of our grey cells.  ::) 8)

Tom D - see 'Land fit for purpose', just look for the sheep as it may give you a starting point, I'll leaves others to discuss the manure as it come so well out of their posts. ;)

Melvyn


Jon Wiggett

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2012, 06:08:50 PM »
Bradley,

i am on the case, I promise you but it takes longer than I have at the moment. I will start a tour of the course shortly.

Jon

Gary Slatter

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Re: Modern Greenkeeping in Scotland....
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2012, 10:27:34 PM »
hello Rich; 
 when we opened Mad River the super spent the first winter with two chainsaws, one he called Thunder, the other was Lightněn.
Gary Slatter
gary.slatter@raffles.com

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