Flower Farmer Excited About El Nino Rains

Jason Kendall, like just about all farmers in California, is hoping the predictions of heavy El Nino rains this winter come true.

Any potential problems the storms might cause — such as washing out miles of dirt roads on Kendall’s huge flower farm in Fallbrook — are nothing compared to the relief that lots of rain would bring after years of devastating drought, he said.

Relentlessly wet weather could replenish the underground aquifers that feed his property’s 35 wells, meaning less water would have to be pumped from the deep wells at huge energy costs.