Can't wait for autumn !

[M.D. Vaden]

As the title says - can't wait for autumn.

I have so many more landscape install projects right now than in the cool season.

Work becomes almost 95% pruning after October, and that's my favorite time of year to prune when it's cool and misty outside until about March.

God give me a little pruning saw and the sun until 5 pm - Amen.

 

[jimmyq]

I hear ya there. I like the pruning work through autumn and winter, I spent a couple hours today thinning a basswood at my parents place for a bbq dinner trade. not a bad deal, it was a nice break from the install jobs I am juggling right now.

 

[M.D. Vaden]

A Canadian... !

I've been in Oregon most of my life, but my mom's from Canada, and I was born in Vancouver when my parents lived near "Kitz" beach.

We went camping in that area a few years ago. Nice hills, nice trees.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

yep im also looking forward to autum the weather then cant be any worse than now

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I don't know how you PNW guys make do with the wet. Our spring has been one of the wettest on record and we just cannot get anything done if it means going on a lawn.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Just a few days a go it I gould see my breath when I got up early to do some spray work.

Anthracnose has been so bad some white oak are completely defoliated. Gives the hacks a windfall because they can tell the client it's oakwilt and "gotta come down".

 

[OutOnaLimb]

Autumn, means HUNTING season. I drew a cow tag, antelope, and bear tag this year. Already told the wife and my customers not to plan on seeing me any time in October.

Kenn

 

[M.D. Vaden]

It's not like it rains here that much. We almost have 2 months of very dry during July and August, and quite a bit of dry in September.

Cloudy and cool tends to cover more of the wet season than rain. So it gives the impression that it's raining all fall and winter.

The big rain month historically, is December. I'll bet we get some kind of rain on 3/4 of the days in that month - whether drizzle or rain.

I think the rainiest part of this region is up in Washington near the Olympic Forest in NW Washington.

And some of the coastal areas, both Oregon and Washington get lots and lots of precipitation.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Originally posted by OutOnaLimb
Autumn, means HUNTING season. I drew a cow tag, antelope, and bear tag this year. Already told the wife and my customers not to plan on seeing me any time in October.

Kenn

did you eat the bear?? ...........a cow??????

 

[jimmyq]

Rolla - out here in north america we hunts cows, easy pickins most days, grouped together in the field, all friendly and domesticated.....

 

[rumination]

hehehe...now hunting cow...that's challenging!

 

[Treeman14]

Hmmm... "rumination"... "cow hunting"...

One can't help but wonder.

 

[Jumper]

Yes it makes for a hot day of work. I am at friend's in Delaware doing a major clean out of a garden and it is 90F outside right now, a good deal warmer than TO where it has been cool and wet so far this summer. This place is pretty overgrown as it was unoccupied for two years when the former owners went into a nursing home. Lots of stuff to take care of, a lot of it is coming out when we buy a saw later this week.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Up in my parts the real hot, humid weather just recently came in. Since the somewhat late start of summer it hasn't been to bad. By the time I get back from vacation and we get halfway through August I will be begging for the cooler weather. But for now, it is all right.

 

[glens]

Hi Rich.

Just a reminder about tonight!

Glen

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

weather forcast fore my part of the UK 7 july 2004 miday 50-60 mile an hour winds ,very heavey rain ,64 degrees farenheit.. some summer were getting..long range forecast ..wind,showers ,cool

 

[blue]

could be good for work though rolla