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The Daffodil Dilemma
Daffodils or "narcissus," can fit almost any situation from under trees, around ponds, near water, rock gardens in pots on patios or naturalized. Daffodils bloom early in late winter or early spring when there is not a lot of colour around, but best of all the deer will not eat them. The only complaint about these low maintenance plants is what to do when the blooms fade and the leaves yellow. In most climates you can leave the bulbs in the ground (up to -34C), but here on the golf course we find the yellow leaves a little unslightly and we need to get the gardens ready for the summer annuals, therefore we dig them up or cut the leaves off. If you wish to save daffodil bulbs it is best to let the leaves die back to in order to let the nutrients feed the bulb itself. Dry the bulbs on a flat dry area, the darker the better, for 3 or 4 weeks, and then store them away until you are ready to plant them again in the fall. If you choose to cut the leaves off the bulbs will survive however they may not have as many blooms next year.
Some other gardening to do's:
If you have winter annuals, such as pansies, do not forget to give them a good drink now and then, otherwise the aphids may finish them off. Now is time to start thinking about summer annuals, generally we plant them after Mothers Day when the chance of frost has past. When choosing your summer annuals make a note on how much sun the area gets and choose the plants accordingly. Oh, yes start with good cultivated soil and fertilize often.
Alesha Peters
Head Gardener
Cordova Bay Golf Course
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May we serve you?
Mothers Day Mimosa
1/2 glass champagne
1/2 glass orange juice
Serve with an orange slice on the rim for garnish. You can even add an cherry.
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Cordova Bay Pro-Am Results
Charity Wins at Cordova Bay Golf Club
The Vancouver Island Professional Tour held its third event of the golf season Thursday April 23rd at the scenic Cordova Bay Golf Club.
The big winner was the Tour's charity, Mulligan's for Kids. The entry fee included $10.00 towards the Charity and a silent auction that included a 2009 Master's Flag autographed by Chad Campbell raised $1520.00 for the charity.
Thirty one of Vancouver Island's CPGA Professionals joined 85 Amateurs for golf and dinner at the Cordova Bay Pro-Am. The course was in fabulous early season condition, the food was tremendous and golf exceptional.
Winning Professional, Germaine Francouer from Gorge Vale Golf Club blistered the course with a six-under par 65. Ross Mantell, Head Professional from Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club was just two swings behind at 67.
The Bear Mountain team of CPGA Professional Aaron Grice, Clayton Young, Dave Purnell and Brian Pasula won the Pro-Am with a 23 under par 119 score for the two-best ball competition.
Winning Pro-Am Teams
1. Aaron Grice, CPGA Bear Mountain, Clayton Young, Dave Purnell, Brian Pasula - 119
2. Edd Boudreau, CPGA Arbutus Ridge GC, Dave Murnell, Ray Clark, Peter Faulkner - 122
3. Germaine Francouer, CPGA Gorge Vale GC, Ken McLean, Geoff Orr, Mystery Golfer - 123
4. Doug Petrie, CPGA COmox GC, Nick Dumonceaux, Alastair Urquhart, Doreen McDormond - 123
5. Mac McLeod, CPGA Royal Colwood, Steve Windl, Oleh Dubek, Mystery Golfer - 123
6. Jeremy Johnson, CPGA Victoria GC, Sared Rohani, Bob Martin, David Wilks - 125
7. Brian Hann, CPGA Cordova Bay, Steve Anderson, Alymer Lineen, Ian Ross - 126
Closest to the Pin
$4 - Perry Monych, #6 - Jeremy Petzing, #11 Jonathan Parker, #13 Paul Chartrand, #17 - Jeremy Petzing
Winning Professionals
1st - Germaine Francouer, Gorge Vale GC - 65 - $900.00
2nd - Ross Mantell, Qualicum Memorial GC - 67 - $620.00
T-3rd - Gordy Scutt, Golf Town, Jeremy Johnson, Victoria GC, RIchard Ingle, Arbutus GC - 68 - $400.00 each
6th - Jamie Heffernan, Olympic View GC - 69 - $300.00
T-7th - Lance McCullough, Cordova Bay GC, Leila Chartrand, McCleery GC, Tyler Desantis, Morningtar GC - 70 - $250.00 each
T-10th - Jordan Caron, Bear Mountain GC, Drew Pearcey, Cordova Bay GC, Kevin Maxwell, Glacier Greens GC, Mike Pearce, Gorge Vale GC - 71 - $95.00 each
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Green Tip of the Month
No More Disposable Bags
If you bring your own lunch to work, consider using a reusable shopping bag to carry your meal. ReusableBags and GreenBag.com offer a wide variety of affordable, ecofriendly lunch bags for you to choose and you can usually find a nice variety of bags at your grocery store. If you are hooked on that sandwich place on the corner, next time your server goes to put your take-out in a bag that you'll just end up recycling, offer to carry the wrapped sandwich as-is back to your workspace.
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Summer at the Ridge
please call the Ridge Pro Shop @ 250.658.3996 for more details on Ladies Night
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