Oregon

[mcs]

I'm from Eugene. Other members from Oregon would you please sign in.

Mark

[mdvaden]

As you requested,

Here I am.

Landscape contractor / arborist from Beaverton.

www.mdvaden.com

We offer Tree Care Advice also on our website - no forum.


:)

[Clay]

Hi Guys,

Clay here... on the Southern Oregon Coast...

Hey Dale, you out there???

[rhodiestoredwoods]

Hello,

I am Rhodies to Redwoods Tree Care in Keizer. Climbing Arborist who dabbles in lawn aerations and renovation.

Eric

rhodiestoredwoods@attbi.com

[AGG Lawn Maintenance]

mcs my future father in-law lives in Eugene. I went over their two years ago in the winter time around Christmas. We took a flight right to the airport in Eugene. I heard it rains their alot in the winter. Fortunately for us it didn't. The water over their is different then over hear in New Jersey. We have hard water you guys have soft water. I never really never knew what that meant until I went to Eugene. I took a shower over their and thought I would never get all the soap off of me. (it was the water) Sure felt like soap. Lols. My father in-law is a big Ducks fan so we went to a basketball game in Eugene. He came over to New Jersey this summer and we took him to New York to see the sights and Ground Zero. He almost lost his mind when he saw a picture of one of the Ducks football players on a New York building.
I am glad to see that their are landscapers in his area. If he needs someone I know one guy I can contact. (can you say brownie points) Lols:D Travis

[Miller]

Where the heck is Oregon??? Oh yah! That's where those tree-sitting hippy types hang out and protest and it rains all the bloody time, right? Sounds like a crappy place to live. :D

[lawncarepros2004]

Lawncarepros reporting from the east side of the crest in Bend.

[Critical Care]

And... Critical Care also reporting in from the Bend area.

Oh, Mr. Wyoming Miller, the coast can get over 100 inches of rain annually, but out here we only get about 14". Better brush up on your facts my man... and all of the tree-sitting hippies were run over by logging trucks years ago.

[Popsicle]

"... and all of the tree-sitting hippies were run over by logging trucks years ago."

Who says natural selection doesn't exist!

I'm not from Oregon but still in the PNW. Hey Critical, you get only 14" of rain a year? In a rain shadow? I sit in one from the Olympics but still get around 36"/year.

Just bought an old truck from a guy in Salem. Will be heading down in a week or two to drive it home.

[Groundcover Solutions]

I am not from Oregon but i was there a few months ago "Eugene" to check out the truck I just purchased. They are manufactured there in Eugene, nice town I bet it is great living in that beutiful state!

[Critical Care]

Finally getting back to this thread... and probably a little too late.

Matt, you probably went out to Rexius when you were in Eugene. I had to go there several years back to get a truck worked on.

And Russ, I'm on the east side of the Cascades at the 4,000 foot elevation in a ponderosa pine forested area. Just below me is what they call the high desert area where you find western juniper, sagebrush, bitterbrush, and other higher desert vegetation. The Cascade Mountains block most of the rainfall from getting to us.

[wakesetter2001]

Exclusive Landscape Maintenance, also from central oregon, Sunriver to be more exact.

[Critical Care]

Hey Wakesetter, any good food joints in your area? I don't think that I've ever stopped for food down there.

[wakesetter2001]

Ya there is some good food, If your working and looking for something try either the north store or the store at the mall they both to great BBQ for lunch, If you have time to sit down the Mexican place is good, The village Bar and Grill has good burgers, and there is Chinese restaurant that is good.

[Critical Care]

Huh, all of those places have good food? Are you sure you're just not saying this on an empty stomach? That pretty well covers all of Sunriver. Okay... I'll have to try one, or two.

Don't know about you, but I'm getting a bit tired of trying to work around this snow.

[wakesetter2001]

I know what you mean, I do some work, it snows, I go back and redo the work. I just wish it would warm up so the grass will get to growing good.

[Critical Care]

Well... April 21 and I still haven't had to crank up my irrigation system. The lawn is nice and green, but so far no need for irrigation. On the other hand, I've been having to turn on systems down below. Seems as if the turf beneath the trees has been really drying out lately.

And... a cougar in the area has been keeping people on edge. I kinda wonder if these big cats dine out on people who smell like freshly cut grass, or pvc glue?

[wakesetter2001]

I say call in the old school hunters with there hounds, that cougar will only be running for one reason then, to get away, It wouldn't take long if they did that and the problem would be solved. If more of the people that live on the butte's little dogs got eaten it may open some eye's on why we need to be able to hunt these animals with dogs.

So I guess you know my stand on hunting now! Ha HA

[TridentLM]

Checking in, old thread new mbr...

[Critical Care]

Hi there Trident. Guess you're out in the land of turf grass farming. Used to get sod from your area...

[GardenDoorNW]

Yamhill County representing-Newberg

[mdvaden]

No need to network, but decided to revive this thread. I noticed from my website stats that this thread was just revisited by someone somewhere.

Let's see how many people who posted in this old thread are still hooked into Lawnsite.

[Critical Care]

I check this thread out every now and then just to see if any of my neighbors are still around.

[3rd tractor generation]

Primary landscape maintenance in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

[mdvaden]

I check this thread out every now and then just to see if any of my neighbors are still around.

Of course I'm still around.

And what a great week this was too - picked up 5 new customers in the past 7 days or so, just in Nunan Square alone (across the road from the Nunan House on Old Stage Rd.).

Teaching tree care and pruning again, starting tomorrow (the next two Saturdays from 9am to 3pm). If you know anyone interested, it's too late to register today, but they could still attend tomorrow, if they pay and enroll next week.

7 enrolled so far - I heard that 3 or 4 might be from Central Point City Parks.

This page includes links to RCCs pages... http://www.mdvaden.com/tree_class.shtml

Got the okay from Hubbard's Ace Hardware on Hy. 62 to demonstrate pruning on their trees for part of the class. Not sure, but may do it tomorrow afternoon after some classroom time.

Hope all is well: and spring is coming soon :weightlifter:

[TheLandyman]

reporting from medford!

[jmoore16135]

beaverton......