Thursday, March 31, 2011

Get ready

Time to mow the lawn, use the clippings for compost in the garden.
Soon we can till or turn the soil. If needed cover the garden with plastic to keep the rain off.
Peaches and prunes - blooming.
Pears and cherries - near bloom
Blueberries - fully leafed out.
Garlic - very nice.
Farmers market this weekend, downtown Eugene.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Great class!

Diagnosing and Preventing Disease in the Garden
2011 Community Gardener Series
Thursday, March 31, 2011 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Learn to identify common diseases and pests of the home garden. Identify the symptoms, causes and some solutions to the problems that affect our favorite plants. A hands-on diagnostic session will be part of the class. Registration form. $10 per class.

Location: Eugene Water & Electric Board Room: Training Room, North Building
Address: 500 E. 4th Avenue, Eugene
Contact: Linda Renslow, Phone: 541-344-5859

Great class!

Diagnosing and Preventing Disease in the Garden
2011 Community Gardener Series
Thursday, March 31, 2011 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Learn to identify common diseases and pests of the home garden. Identify the symptoms, causes and some solutions to the problems that affect our favorite plants. A hands-on diagnostic session will be part of the class. Registration form. $10 per class.

Location: Eugene Water & Electric Board Room: Training Room, North Building
Address: 500 E. 4th Avenue, Eugene
Contact: Linda Renslow, Phone: 541-344-5859

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Great weather

Another good day, rather wet.
Plums and ornamental plums in full bloom.
Grass growing tall. Mulch garden and flower areas with mulch. Keep compost pile covered to keep from getting too wet. Add nitrogen to compost.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Spring

Spring is upon us. Just look out the window.
Roses are leafing out, peonies are 8 inches tall.
Pears - very swollen buds, peaches, showing pink, plum - white showing.
Blueberries - leafing out, strawberries in greenhouses leaves and flower buds.

Garden soil still tooooo wet. Still cold. It is only March 25!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Back

Back from three weeks in Belarus. I tried to enter Email but the connectios was very slow. We taught tree fruits and pruning to 220 plus growers and organic farming. Glad to back with hot water! Locally spring is really moving forward. Peaches about to break. Soil still very wet after the last two weeks of rain.