[Ag-eq] Garden

[Kendra Schafer]

Hi all! 
We are in a drought in Oregon. My boyfriend works at a local nursery and he told me that everything is early this year. Last week, I visited the local farmer's market and got some good berries, kale, spinnach and fennel. The berries are doing well this year. 
Kendra 


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> On Jul 12, 2015, at 4:06 AM, Nella Foster via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Tracy:
> 
> as usual your garden sounds wonderful.  Have you ever thought of taking the
> classes to become a master gardener?
> 
> They offer the classes here at the local university and county extention office
> might do it to, not sure.
> 
> We have had so much rain I should have planted water lilies.
> 
> The lettuce drown, but the chinese cabbage was beautiful.  The red and green
> head cabbage didn't do so well, the heads were really small, but good.  I'm
> starting to get lots of peppers and tomatoes.  I picked the first cucumber
> yesterday and the yellow squash are coming on.  I didn't plant much since my
> raised beds aren't finished.  My herbs are beautiful and I've been cooking with
> them and drying for the winter.
> 
> The little fruit trees I planted look great; I hope to find a couple more to put
> out there.  The butterfly bushes are blooming I just planted them in the spring,
> so didn't know they would the first year.  Also the tiger lilies bloomed, there
> were a lot of them.
> 
> Do you have asparagus?
> 
> I would like to start a bed, but have been told it's hard to get started.  What
> is your opinion on this?
> 
> If I were your neighbor I would be very tempted to join the animals and help
> myself to a few blueberries!
> 
> What is everyone else up to?
> 
> It's actually clear today, the third day in a row, so am going to try and get
> caught up outside.  The weeds are growing faster than I can pull them.
> 
> Nella
> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> 
>> Last week, I started getting a few cherry tomatoes, which is early for
>> around here.
>> 
>> I’ve gotten some nice turnips.  I sautéed the greens with a bit of olive oil
>> and garlic, and mixed them with pasta and peas.  Yum.
>> 
>> I’m getting a bit of lettuce, though it’s getting hot, so it may not last.
>> 
>> I’ve gotten some fava beans, which are like giant peas.
>> 
>> The raspberries are done, and were delicious.  The blueberry in the sun has
>> lots of fruit, though I have trouble figuring out when it’s ripe, and the
>> critters are getting them.
>> 
>> The apple tree is loaded with apples.  It took a year off last year, as the
>> experts on the radio said it would after a big crop the year before.  I
>> expect a great harvest, starting probably late August.
>> 
>> The squash is coming on, and the passionflower is blooming.  It’s supposed
>> to produce passionfruit, which will be interesting.
>> 
>> Some of the roses are blooming, as are the summersweet and lilies, so things
>> smell great.
>> 
>> The coreopsis and cone flowers are doing really great, too, and should bloom
>> all summer.  And the butterfly bush is getting ready to do its stuff, too.
>> 
>> I love summer!
>> 
>> And I love this time of year, where a lot of what we eat is coming from the
>> garden or the farmers’ market.  And lots of fresh fruit!
>> 
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
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