BEFORE and AFTER

TRANSITION IS INCREDIBLE. 


                                                                      THE BEFORE

THE AFTER

ONLY 4 DAYS AFTER SEEDING, SPREADING TOPSOIL, AND WATERING. GRASS IS 1 INCH HIGH

BALL PLAYERS ALREADY ON THE OUTFIELD !

HAD A NICE RAIN LAST NIGHT. SHOULD SEE GREEN IN A COUPLE OF HOURS!  NEED SCOTT O TO GUARD FIELD WITH SHOTGUN. "PLAYERS" JUST "FLEW" AWAY, BUT SOON CAME BACK FOR "BREAKFAST".

A LITTLE HARD TO SEE BUT LOOKS LIKE "LIP" BETWEEN INFIELD AND OUTFIELD IS GONE. NOW DELLA CAN TURN DOUBLE PLAYS FASTER. THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON FOR REDOING THE FIELD !

FIELD of DREAMS - PALM CREEK Version

SEEDING DONE, TOP SOIL NEXT

ALL HANDS ON DECK

There were enough folks working on the outfield to make a team.
Jerry, John, and I were going to take them on but felt we should not interrupt them. 

PC SOFTBALL FIELD UPDATE

Left and center-left field looks smoothed out. Hasn't been seeded yet. Not much progress over last week. Rained a couple of times. The golf course ( all 18 holes ) shut down for 30 days. A lot of power raking and final tree trimming. Palm Park has been reseeded and they are pouring the water to it. John O, Jerry W, Dale S, and Bruce M throwing the ball each week. It took Dale a week to get over using the "heavy" ball just once !! It was his pitching arm which hasn't been doing well anyways ! I hope Butch brings his twin brother next season !!

 

OUTFIELD FIX NEXT

LOOKING GOOD. WEEDS ALL GONE?

INFIELD LEVELED

 ALL FLAT, I can't see a slope for drainage. Maybe in step 2.
I do see the indentation at 3rd where Andy Ohrberg did his blimp landing

 Slight lip still there. But see outfield pictures next

Watering the new infield. John Osgood learning how to maintain a ball field.

INFIELD LEVELING BEGINS

Bright and early today the GPS was set up and the way he went

 GPS on tripod just past second base

 He scored a run but from the wrong direction

 You can't see the green light on the pole sticking out of the leveler. But that indicates where Harry made some illegal pitches last season.  

Field Upgrade Day 3 ish !!!

                  Crew ( one guy ) had to suspend in the morning - too much dust for the pickleball players

          Just 5 buckets left to put on

Be sure to go to https://Palmcreekupdate.blogspot.com to see the drone shots by Don Hepler..

Field upgrade begins- day 1 (+/-)

                     The new ( as opposed to used ) dirt/gravel has been here for about a week.

             Watering started about a week ago also.  Today starts the loosening of the old concrete ( I mean gravel ) in preparation to mix in the new