A Putting Green Mow | Discussing Maintenance for a Back Yard Golf Course

I wanted to get back into consistent recording and uploading. As a part of that goal, came this video. I got a recording of a mow on the putting green and wanted to take an opportunity to define what a given week, month, and season looks in terms of the time and effort that I put in on an ongoing basis to maintain my little back yard golf course.

Mowing and raking off worm castings are the bulk of the work and require very little time or effort. On a once a week or every 2 week basis I try to top dress with sand to keep the playing surface smooth and keep the worm casting layer buried. Also typically twice a month I'm spraying some combination of fertilizer, plant growth regulator, and fungicides. Watering is also an ongoing activity for the warmer, dryer, and sunnier times.

Finally, about once a year I'll come out with a heavy sand top dress to work more on level and smoothness beyond the routine surface maintenance top dressing.