Well December is upon us and earlier this week we had almost 4 inches of rainfall. I went back and looked at the precipitation for the year and we over 20 inches above normal for this area. As of December 2, we have had 66.25 inches of rain for 2011! Normal yearly total for this area is about 43-45 inches. Needless to say, its been a wet year for construction at the Sports Park. The last two days have been beautiful so I took some photos to share with all of you. Despite the weather, our construction crews have been doing what they can and we appreciate that! Enjoy the pics.
Miracle Field dugouts, backstop, and concession building
Island in baseball parking
Turf coming in on baseball field, luckily with the rain the temperatures has stayed warmer
Close up of dugout, backstop and stadium seating on baseball field
Stadium seating with frames for shade structures, concession building in background
Finishing cap block on masonry
First backstop netting up
Softball field view from hill (Mt. Etown)
Baseball field with sodded infield
Sports Fields Pavilion closeup from Mt. Etown
Sports Fields pavilion, notice stone wrap columns
Earlier in the week we shut down the irrigation system for the winter. Basically we forces air through the lines to blow out as much water as we can. The above photo shows us flushing out the field farthest from the pump. The irrigation system is flushed out to keep the water lines from freezing and damaging the pipe and heads, not to mention we haven't needed it lately:)
Sunrise over the park
Miracle Field and concession building
Fuel tanks!
Ball Diamonds Pavilion last week
Ball Diamond Pavilion today
Some of the field work that's been accomplished lately...
Took a peak at the bermudagrass on the sports fields. From a distance it looks like its completely gone dormant for the winter but upon closer inspection, there is some green holding on. That is a very good sign heading into winter, and it makes this Sports Turf Manager smile!
