How The Amazon Golf Course Looked Thursday, November 5th

Captain Bill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59:10 +0000

This Is How The Amazon Golf Course Looked November 5th

The Amazon Golf Course viewed from the observation deck of the clubhouse on Thursday, November 5th

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Both weedeaters were broken down waiting for parts for two weeks, and the push mower needed repair last week. It is a jungle out there and difficult to keep up even when the equipment works. The mowing equipment is all repaired and running good today. We look forward to when the John Deere tractor mower arrives the first of next year. That will be a big help, and the weedeaters will not have to do it all. No weedeater, even a Stihl, is designed to cut 24 acres working nearly every day for 8 hours.

Looking east from the observation room of the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse

I am not sure if I have shown you this view looking east from the clubhouse. Someday soon the trellis fence will be full of that blooming vine. There are 4 small ficus trees, some citrus fruit trees, and some blooming bushes all doing very well. To the right, out of the photo is a low wet place were we have camu-camu bushes started.

The top floor observation deck at the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse.

As you can see, the top floor of the clubhouse is a great place to hang in a hammock, relax, and look out over the golf course while drinking a cold frosty beer or soda pop.

Looking up at the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse from the practice putting green

Notice the four ficus bushes to the left (west) of the putting green? The white flag is pointing at them.

Ficus bushes showing the results of compost, and fertilizer at the Amazon Golf Course

These ficus are showing the results of our special compost mixture, our fertility program, and tender loving care. Compare them now to how they looked on May 31st, 5 months ago in the photo below.

This is what the ficus bushes along the practice putting green looked like on May 31st.

You can see similar results in nearly every tree and most importantly, the improvement of the greens.

A small croton showing brilliant foliage at the Amazon Golf Course

We bought 10 more crotons today to finish our pattern of one croton in between every Coconut Palm Tree along the fairways. They are small now but if they survive and thrive, like I am sure they will if we take care of them, they will grow to knee high in a year, waist high in two years, chest high in three years, and up to 6 feet tall in a few years. They will be spectacular.

Another style of croton on the Amazon Golf Course

Crotons come in many colors and leaf configurations. We have more than a dozen different styles.

A young croton growing at the Amazon Golf Course

Croton at the Amazon Golf Course

This is the oldest croton at the Amazon Golf Course

This is the only croton we inherited when we took over management and maintanence of the Amazon Golf Course. I wish I had a before photo but I don’t. It was mostly bare stems with three or four leaves at the top of each stem. Now look at the new leaves on top, and all the new growth coming up around the base, compliments of our compost mixture, fertilizer, and tender loving care.

This croton was pruned by animals. See the new growth?

Wild animals grazed on this croton several weeks ago. It is coming back with new growth on the top.

Colorful foliage on a croton at the Amazon Golf Course

Blossoms

Bromeliad in bloom at the Amazon Golf Course

Brides Bouquet blooming near the clubhouse at the Amazon Golf Course

This Lupuna will be a tall vine full of blossoms, growing on a trellis, near the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse

As this Lupuna vine grows we will trellis it and provide a place to sit under its shade.

The flower garden west of the entrance to the Amazon Golf Course on November 25th

The flower garden east of the entrance to the Amazon Golf Course

The flower garden east of the entrance looking up toward the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse

I hope these photos give you some idea of how the Amazon Golf Course looked Thursday, November 5th. We are going back tomorrow, Saturday, for the free golf lessons, to monitor progress, and to pay the crew. I will try to get more photos of what ever catches my attention to show you.