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Title: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on April 01, 2015, 11:42:57 am
   After what was admittedly a mild winter, with not too much snow, but a lot of rain/ice,
spring weather arrived early.  Some very warm (for March) days,(+20 C) snow all gone
frost out and puddles soaked in.  Grass starting to grow, trees budding up.
   But of course, as if mother nature was playing a cruel April Fools joke, this
morning brought strong winds, and horizontal snow.  (insert heavy sigh here)
   More likely a payback for us having such good weather when every one else
seemed to be getting misery.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: MadScientist267 on April 05, 2015, 04:48:46 am
Yeah seems a little stranger each and every season... only one way to see how this plays out I suppose... ;)
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: Norm on April 08, 2015, 11:51:29 am
yep seems nice to see green instead of white.....had small mountains of snow in all the parking lots thought they  would never go away !
nice to hear  from you people again !
Norm.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on December 07, 2015, 01:30:09 am
Hey norm....been awhile...how's it going ?? 
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on December 07, 2015, 11:07:05 am
  Echo of Hiker----how are you Norm?  Well I hope.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: Norm on March 05, 2016, 06:48:24 pm
guys still here made it thru winter I see one clump of snow about the size of a real
real small snowball !     Yay !
 The pile of snow that my neighbor had piled up from my driveway 100 square ft. x
6ft high. Had a few days of cabin fever as I watched God take it away  :)  .
Spring is only couple weeks away time to get a couple of umbrellas out .
thinking of making a half bike have you seen them.....disguised as a shopping cart .
Norm.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on March 06, 2016, 05:41:38 am
  Glad all is well with you Norm.
  Quiet, and warm winter here.  Never did get much snow, but had a nice rain towards
the end of January.
   Of course, because this is Alberta, we could still get lots of snow.  Hope not though.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on March 06, 2016, 10:57:55 am
hey long time no hear. Norm....glad to see your still up and runnin..and new projects in mind as well....another  strange winter here..rain..snow..warm up then cool off a bit .overall I kinda liked it..
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: Norm on March 09, 2016, 02:41:21 am
Hiker.....last couple of days wonderful 60-70 degrees.
tshirt  weather which reminds me I need some couple of shirts
I have small holes in the stomach area too close to some almost
clean looking batteries ?????
Norm  ;D
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on April 01, 2016, 08:21:56 am
  Now that winter is losing the battle, took a quick look at temps, and rainfall.
  It has been a mild winter.  (not complaining).  The amount of actual rain
beginning mid January is an oddity.  That does not include snowfall, just
liquid precipitation.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on April 01, 2016, 10:16:07 am
Really mild winter here as well..anchorage ak..out climbing on the mountain yesterday and had to fight off the skeeters ..was in the high 50s..southeast ak hit 71..new record ..last few summers have been hot hear as well...high 80s at times...looks like it going to be another record breaking summer...
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on April 02, 2016, 01:57:30 pm
Hey Hiker----just after lunch, and 20 C here.  Supposed to continue somewhere in the
teens for the next week.
Thankfully no skeeters here yet, but it will be soon.
About the only thing we can do is enjoy it.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: Norm on April 25, 2016, 08:09:11 pm
Really mild winter here as well..anchorage ak..out climbing on the mountain yesterday and had to fight off the skeeters ..was in the high 50s..southeast ak hit 71..new record ..last few summers have been hot hear as well...high 80s at times...looks like it going to be another record breaking summer...

(skeeters)
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/deeta.html
fun getting facts about those critters!
Norm
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on April 26, 2016, 07:51:17 am
   Still not very many skeeters here Norm.  Had been record highs for this time of year, then
two days of wet snow.  (gone now)  Think that may have done the fresh hatched ones in.
   Interesting spring.  ;)
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on April 26, 2016, 10:25:13 am
Garlic works great as a skeeter repellent ...5 or 6 cloves...crush the raw cloves add to your food...gives you a kick of energy as well...take it before a hike....only problem bears seem to like it as well.........nothin like runnin off into the woods all seasoned up........
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on April 27, 2016, 09:17:47 am
  Just be careful you don't end up on their "Preferred dining list".  Luckily we don't get many
bears around here, and I/we like garlic.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on May 28, 2016, 07:07:54 am
   Think we will get some skeeters now.
   Much needed rain arrived, here anyway.
   
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on June 12, 2016, 07:42:46 am
  Just an update.
  Lots of moisture now. 
  Lots of lawn mowing, and trees growing like crazy.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on June 12, 2016, 02:15:00 pm
Not bad over in this neck..of society gone berserk...gets hot then rains a bit...gardens is doing great..buried a few fish before seeding...nice and dark green ...thought maybe the stray cats would dig it all up...no Oder or flies...might give it another try next spring ..but on a larger scale...?
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on June 14, 2016, 06:09:01 am
   Here, very heavy soil.  To keep it from turning to a form of cement, every fall I work in
whatever leaves I can get, also any pruned branches.  (run through chipper/mulcher)
   Seems to be making a difference.   Garden is not award winning,  but what I cautiously
call successful.
   If I could get decent sand at a reasonable price,  I would add a bunch.  Have tried it
on a small scale  in flower beds and it makes a big difference.  Added benefit is that it
makes weed pulling a lot easier.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on July 19, 2016, 08:35:27 pm
  So, here in mid July, as close to a perfect summer as you can get.  Good rains, never too much, (although close a couple of times).
  Have had suppers with fresh potatoes, carrots, swiss chard, and salads with fresh lettuce.
  Other than healthy weeds, nothing to complain about.
  Grass growing 1 inch a day doesn't count, as lawns have never looked this good.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on August 04, 2016, 07:52:17 pm
Great summer here as well...July broke all recourds..hottest month ever on recourd ! Knocked out my garden last month..moths took over..strange weather as well..when it clouded up it got colder than normal..when it rained it poured...other than that started to build a light weight pedgen...not going to use a heavy flywheel on this one...steel bike rim.to place the mags on...not sure of design yet..thought I might try a 110v single phase setup..then again??
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: Norm on August 08, 2016, 09:34:30 am

hiker too hot for me like82....was just laying around waiting till it cools off
but thats not working for me so I go in spurts and come in and cool offf
12 volt weed wacker when I put it back on charge and its down 75 %
charge it back up pretty zippy for about 10 min at a time  then break time for me and the weed wacker so going right along .

you are doing away with the flywheel and I'm thinking of using one as the main power source a car wheel and tire and rev it up and then an alternator to
run your treadmill motor ( that some kind and generous soul gave me )  :)
that will power the weed eater one riding mower ( minus the engine an
mower deck something like a handicaps scooter)
wheel will be underneath like the mower deck was .
 Oh gosh just plain havin fun   and trying to get to the Lenz type VAWT

(BJ)
Norm
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on August 08, 2016, 12:21:58 pm
Sounds like a fun build norm....drawing would be nice...my radiator fan Pedgen came in handy to cool the house off this past summer..just dragged it to the door and cranked away.nice cool breeze ...wife thought I was nutts wanting to excersize on a hot day..untill that cool breeze hit her..then she had me doing it everyday it warmed up...
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on August 08, 2016, 12:27:25 pm
Not all of my post ..posted
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on August 09, 2016, 07:17:36 am
 Know what you mean about too hot Norm.  Re-doing trailer roof.  White, beside shop, with galvanized roof. 
All that reflection, I can't work unless it's a cloudy day.  But just about done.
  Glad to hear you are busy, and happy.
  Always good to hear about your projects.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: oztules on August 09, 2016, 04:52:46 pm
Been a warm and very wet winter here.... wind roaring for weeks on end, and rain to match.. for about a month, then it stopped and became beautiful, all the more so after the trashing we have had.

Managed to re-roof the house... it didn't need it, but figured I was still agile enough to do it now, in a few years when it would need it I would not be able to I suspect.

The very wet winter is the same as it was in the 1950's and sixties... so the old timers tell me ... back to the future for them.... darn wet for me. Water still laying everywhere, and ducks and geese and swans all over the paddocks to match.

Been a good time to just play with inverters and other indoor stuff.

It must be amazing to live up there in Alberta, freezing your rear end off, then long hot summers... a real difference between summer and winter. I would have liked to see that first hand, but getting to old to enjoy world hopping now..... I will live it through you folks instead.


Good to see us still all kicking too.

.....oztules
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on August 09, 2016, 10:28:15 pm
   It is an interesting place to live Oz.  Temp spread from warmest day to coldest, can be almost 80 C spread.  Haven't
had that for a few years though. (thankfully, and not complaining)
  Know what you mean about doing stuff now, it takes me a lot longer now, than even a few years ago.
  But, as you said, we're still kicking, and I too am glad for it.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: frackers on August 10, 2016, 07:30:00 pm
Can you send some of your rain over please? We are entering our third year of drought here on the south island east coast - aquifer levels are the lowest they have ever been and some of my neighbours have had to re-drill boreholes just for drinking water never mind irrigation (which looks to be under server restriction when we actually need it!!)

Got round to retesting & refilling CO2 cylinder for welder so now can build the case for the Ozinverter and start looking at running the well pump via a VFD.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on August 12, 2016, 05:50:23 am
  Would, if I could Frackers.  We went through a ten year lower than average rainfall period,
and same thing on water levels.  About one foot per year on the average.  Last year we got
the average rainfall, this year will be more than average.  Hopeing it will continue.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on February 06, 2017, 06:10:24 am
  Ten days ago, we got a spattering of rain, and I was putting up metal with no jacket on.
  This morning, -27.7C.
  Got to love the weather here.  Never a dull moment.
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on February 06, 2017, 10:54:31 am
Been cold here as well..anchorage alaska..often times barrow was warmer then anchorage..kind of backwards !! Looks like your icebox will be warming up by the weekend
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: hiker1 on April 01, 2017, 12:07:48 am
Ready here...never shoveled so much snow...as this last winter...up to my shoulders in my driveway and back yard..roofs shoveled off numerous times.. Snow stacked up to bottom of the windows..have a sinking feeling it's going to be a wet cold summer..but I'm holding out hope for a good one..
Title: Re: Spring in Alberta
Post by: bj on April 01, 2017, 06:54:40 am
   That's a lot of snow.  Here, not much really.  Had to use the tractor to clear the driveway twice,
which is less than usual.  Predicted warm for the next week, so it will be all gone.  Historical says
there is usually dump of snow mid April, but it never lasts more than a couple of days.
   When yours starts to melt in earnest, you will have a lot of water to deal with. 
   Time will, as always tell the story.