June newsletter

Another great month of weather, finally in Central Oregon, but not without its quirks. We had a freeze on a Monday night and a couple days of freezing rain, hail & snow as well. Overall it was quite productive with little or no down time due to the rainy days we had.

As we approach the hottest part of the summer (92 tomorrow) we’ll be looking to fine tune irrigations systems and want to let you know that occasionally we skip weekly mowing. It’s really good for the grass and after 2 weeks without a mow it usually looks great. We do this if the grass grows slowly or has any weaknesses in it. It’s pretty remarkable how the rest positively affects the grass.

You may have noticed that fuel has risen sharply in June to over $4.00 a gallon. This is usually our threshold for a fuel sur charge but we are holding off at this time in hopes that it’ll come down soon. If it continues to rise or fails to drop below $4.00 we’ll have slight charge at the end of July.

June was a very active month in the animal rescue world with the 2 Bulls Fire, the Benham Falls car accident and the Brosterhaus Road bridge/cattle truck accident. As you know, I’m very involved with the Pet Evacuation Team and am very committed to helping the community in these times of need. I greatly appreciate your patience when these events occur. As committed as I am YOU come first and I’ll always work to get your properties taken care of before we go out on a call.

Thanks as always for your input and support.

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Ed Bartz

ECO-SCAPES

PO Box 205

Bend OR 97709

541-419-1578