The Month to Get Out and About from Highbullen Monday, 03 December 2018 What a cracking Autumn! Most noticeable for the mild dry weather, stunning autumn colours and an Estate covered in drifts of crisp, autumn leaves. The conditions have enabled several tees to be re turfed and better still, drainage has been don... Read More
Working with the Weather Monday, 05 November 2018 The leaves are falling, we have had three days of hard frosts which has checked the greens but underfoot is still dry. Unbelievably, for this time of year and until today, November 1st, hardly any rain falls. Once again I tentatively say it will still tak... Read More
Settling into Early Autumn Tuesday, 16 October 2018 It's the middle of October and we seemed to have missed any major weather events so far. As such, the trees are still holding leaves of a myriad of autumn colours, all because the days have been pleasantly warm, even hot with some frosty nights. Any rainf... Read More
Rain Just in Time! Wednesday, 12 September 2018 Some rain arrived just in time to keep the lawns, greens and fairways alive and there are few visible signs of the drought left now. Best of all, the ground is still bone dry and it will take inches of rain to replenish the soil. So never before have I su... Read More
A Dry Hot Summer Monday, 13 August 2018 And so this marvellous holiday weather continues. The 22mm of rain at the end of July makes our total from the beginning of May to now at around 50mm. This last wetting has greened up the countryside and the golf course but more is needed. The Greens are ... Read More