YAHOO, I'm so glad to have come across your "In Brief" in the S'News about growing food & sharing LOCAL garden knowledge!! John, thanks for talking with me about this (and following a few rabbit trails) this morning. I come from the midwest, and was astonished to find that many of the plants I had been buying back east (and regularly killing) grow wild here along the railroad tracks & river banks!!
I'm also learning a bit about what grows well here and what doesn't work, and have decided that snow peas and snap peas are a great use of my garden space, while corn is NOT worth it. While my husband is exalting his hops crops, I've been sharing hardy kiwis and extolling their virtues to several surprised friends, and looking forward to growing more blueberries, but there's an awful lot I have to learn! For a few:
I'm also learning a bit about what grows well here and what doesn't work, and have decided that snow peas and snap peas are a great use of my garden space, while corn is NOT worth it. While my husband is exalting his hops crops, I've been sharing hardy kiwis and extolling their virtues to several surprised friends, and looking forward to growing more blueberries, but there's an awful lot I have to learn! For a few:
- Now's probably a good time to start several things in my greenhouse - definitely peas, spinach, lettuce, kohlrabi and broccoli, but probably too early for squash, tomatoes & peppers...
- John, what was the berry that you mentioned that sounded like 'erronia'? (Aronia~admin)
- I definitely need a load of manure - seems like a trailerful (I have the trailer) would be about right. Other than C&M Stables north of Florence, do you know of any place to go? I found a couple local ranches (Veneta & Walton) on EatWild.com, but they aren't selling poop.
- I also need to know a lot more about pruning & caring for my fruit trees (apple & cherry). Do you know anyone in the Mapleton/Swisshome area?
Please do put me on your email list! Thanks so much,
Peg
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