Lakeside Landscaping in 2011
at the Lindberg Lake Wildwood Resort

Part 8a -- First Turf and Greens, Page 1 of 2

Work on and off: Monday, June 6 thru Thursday, June 9, 2011

Outline for Green 1 (small, relatively level for deadeye practice)

Outline for Green 2 (large and hilly, for speed and trick shots)

Laying out main turf

Tom Smith digs a hole on Green 2 under Tony Barros' interested eye.

Tom clears gravel from the hole.

Cup placed in hole

Tom, Alfredo and Sean drag green turf onto Green 2 as Tony's son Nik watches.

Sheets of main turf viewed from our dock

Sean trims salvage edge from lower sheet of main turf.

Long view from top of yard

Tom smoothes mortar around another Green 2 hole.

Then he tamps it in place flush with the turf base.

A completed hole as finished by Alfredo. Tony alerted the crew that this is the way a hole should be done.

Fredo smoothes another hole and nearby turf base.

Sean and Nik begin to fit turf around a planter.

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Quick Access Links
Each link is to roughly a day's work.

Part 1 -- Tear Out Juniper and Grass

Part 2 -- Tear Out Juniper and Grass (continued)

Part 3 -- Soil for Planting Areas
Part 4 -- Spread Soil, Miscellaneous Preparations
Part 5 -- Fabric and Gravel Base for Turf
Part 6 -- Near-Lake Detail
Part 7 -- Prepare Greens
Part 8a -- First Turf and Greens, Page 1 of 2
Part 8b -- First Turf and Greens, Page 2 of 2
Part 9 -- Install Greens
Part 10 -- Detail Greens, Start Wall
Part 11 -- Sand the Turf, Stack Cinderblock Walls
Part 12 -- Wall: Cobblestone Face, Used Brick Cap
Part 13 -- Wall Drainage and Backfill
Part 14 -- Complete, Sans Planting
Part 15 -- Drip Line Watering Scheme
Part 16 -- Planting
Part 17 -- Individual Drip Lines
Part 18 -- Disaster and Smiles