These pictures were taken right after the first low cut of the year. The weather has finally dipped under 100 so it's time to start putting the bermuda to bed for the winter. According to Western Sod, the process should take a few weeks. I cut back the watering to twice a week, and I'll be gradually lowering the cutting height over the next few mowings. I shouldn't have to dethatch that much, but we'll see what happens when it's a little shorter.
Also, I'm going to push ahead with the warning track idea. The grass just never filled in along the wall, even after adding the additional soil, so it's time to get cracking. I'm going to take the sod up from foul line to foul line and 2 feet out from the wall. In center field, I'm going to create a large angular cut out from wall to wall. It will be 5 feet out from the corner. The hope with that is to eventually install a pitching mound there for when the boys are older. Heck we may do it sooner just because pitching mounds are awesome, and awesomely cheap to construct.
