Bare field Sept 07

Bare field Sept 07

Laying pipes

Laying pipes

Nov 07

Nov 07

Planting Dec 07

Planting Dec 07

May 08

May 08

May 08

May 08

Irrigation Oct 07

Irrigation Oct 07

Preparing the greens Nov 07

Preparing the greens Nov 07

planting trees Dec 07

planting trees Dec 07

Rolling the field Feb 08

Rolling the field Feb 08

Resowing the greens

Resowing the greens

Oct 08

Oct 08

The greens are watered overnight by a sprinkler system which uses only rainwater collected from the cottage roofs. This is stored in two large wells which used to serve as septic tanks for Les Crouquets pigs.

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The pitch & putt course was created on a 2.5 hectare field which used to be planted with corn. The field was ploughed and then followed several weeks of hand picking stones & boulders - the land here is extremely rocky!
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