Rain and more rain

Buzzy said:
When my six year old Honda lawn mower wouldn't start this spring, the local Honda shop said "four or five weeks wait", I hired a lawn service, ordered a new carburetor, installed it, the motor started and I sold the mower. #lawnserviceforever #moretimetopaintfences #moretimetofish and most importantly #moretimeforgrandkids
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My son started a side business this spring, I think many folks are thinking like you, he's busy.
 
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FinLuver said:
This weather is pretty typical for Oregon…1970s thru the mid-80s.

It would be even more typical, if the rain started in Sept and ended July 5th. 😉
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Same up here.
I remember many cold and wet June and July camping trips, some to the Oregon coast.
One particular trip had the air mattresses floating in the bottom of the tent.
SF
 
Stonedfish said:
Same up here.
I remember many cold and wet June and July camping trips, some to the Oregon coast.
One particular trip had the air mattresses floating in the bottom of the tent.
SF
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Me too:)
 
Buzzy said:
This spring, WDFW set seine nets to capture and spawn Lahontan cutthroat at Lenore as the feeder stream where they normally trap trout was BONE dry. Water levels in Alkali lake, the streams source, were inadequate to water up the crick. I noticed two weeks ago that the creek had flow in it. Amazing. And it rained again last night! Love it.

My wife and I are waiting for a dry day so we can restain a wood fence, in the meantime, I'm getting a reprieve from staining this fence, one of my absolute all time least favorite things to do: paint. RAIN!
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Not enough rain in Spokane; the sunny weather has forced me to continue with the odious task of installing and oil staining the plywood cladding to protect the underdeck insulation for her playhouse. Working on a ladder 12' in the air with my arms above my head for hours is not doing my 70 year old shoulders much good.

Will require several intensive flyfishing sessions to even begin recovery.
 
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Usually this time of year the grass has already browned up. Not so this year.

Since I'm out on disability due to a compressed neck , we hired a lawn service to keep it nice.

Come twice a month, in and out in under 30 minutes and runs us about $125 a month.

I'll save the lawn care gear for when I'm allowed to do it myself again .

Edit: our lawn care crew was just here. From the time they pulled up until they left was 12 minutes. I knew they were fast, but, damn
 
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as a cherry/pear grower, this spring sucks. We still getting them in the barn but we’ve been drying frequently to avoid rain splits and diesel is pretty much free so that is awesome.

Had to call the homies in Hood River because we have never had this level of powdery mildew on pears. Least meow we know how the south gets to farm 🤦‍♀️

As someone who dislikes forest fires, this spring has been fucking awesome!!
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By now the water temp in the lake I frequent is way too warm to fish for trout. Last couple of years I quit fishing before Memorial Day. This year I might be able to fish it all summer.

We have not had to water the plants in our yard yet. I will take an hour or so cutting the lawn once a week rather than an hour or two watering plants on a daily basis. That also allows more time for completing honey-do items and fishing.
 
Billy said:
Surprised we haven't had a weather thread in awhile. It has been pouring a cool rain the last two mornings. I can't recall a summer ever this cool and moist. I don't think we have had a day over 90. Hopefully it continues right through into the fall/winter and tops off the Odessa chain of lakes🙂
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he said moist
 
swimmy said:
Yep, things around here are so green. Flows are awesome and should have great fishing all through fall.
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As uniquely beautiful as the golden hue of the Montana hills in the summer truly is, I really enjoyed seeing the Madison Valley in hues of green and dotted with wildflowers while I was there in late June. The silver lining to being early for the salmonfly hatch....
 
Tom Butler said:
A bunch of wheat is laying down too, hopefully not too much disease or sprouting. Could be a big year.
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Crossed Kansas the last week of June, winter wheat harvest was in full swing, though yields are down significantly (30 to 40%) due to drought and heat conditions.

cheers
 
Had a nice rain shower this afternoon. It got really dark out and then the shies opened up and we got poured on. This rain is making my grass grow like a weed. It's impossible to cut it with an electric mower. I would probably fry. It has rained off and on every day of the week.
 
Greetings from down south in Cali. What is this "rain" thing of which you speak?

I'm glad the creeks are full somewhere. Not here.
 
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