Another great weekend.
Get those cole crops in ASAP.

May 1st, go for the warm season veggies,
even tho I heard about others planting tomatoes
and peppers. Two days ago the morning temps
were between, 34-30 degrees, cold for warm season veggies.

Gravenstein apples - full bloom;  blueberries full bloom.
Almost back to NORMAL on our date of when
things should be happening.

The pears are beautiful and so fragrant.
Apples showing pink.
Bay laurel tree showing bloom.
Soil near perfect.
Raspberries leafed out.
Grass - still growing crazy.
Look for the many plant sales.
Mater Gardener mega plant sale April  20
at the EWEB parking lot downtown.
 

Apples - graventein showing pink and
ready to bloom.
Peears - full bloom.
Blueberries - showing white  and will be
 in full bloom in less than one week.
Soils drying out.
Wet weather  - spray for apple and
pear scab, plus hazelnut EFB again.
Garlic - up over a foot tall., if it
continues to rain, then the garlic
bulb splits because the scales have gone
away, due to too much rain.
Each time it rains, one "scale" will be
lost from the garlic skin.
Tulips - blooming.

Coastal cedar trees in the Eugene are
LOADED with coastal cedar rust and
the trees are oozing with orange masses. 
Be aware that the orange masses will be
there only for a few days.

MEANING - the Bartlett pear crop is going
to suffer and there are no controls
for home gardens.

Go out and look at your cedar tomorrow!

Hazelnuts leafing out.  Protect new
foliage from Eastern Filbert Blight.
Pears - near full bloom.
Early apples - pushing pink.
Peaches, cherries and plums - some
blooming, some petal fall.
All berries - leafing out.
Weather - seems to be about 2 weeks
ahead of NORMAL but almost 2 months
ahead of the last three years.
Some soil is drying out quite
quickly for April.
Gear up for a very heavy Spotted Wing
Drosophila year in berries, as everything
is earlier this year so far.
Rain has been during cold periods so
less scab pressure.

Oregon grape blooming out.
Native or wild bee population seems to
be very good in Lane County.  Many people
have been planting a lot of flowering plants -
daphne, tree fruits or flowering tree fruits,
borage, dandelion, rosemary, lavender,
sunflowers.  Thus providing a long term
pollen sources.  If 100 yards per year plant
flowers, this will help stabilize the local
bee populations.

Spring continues to move closer.
Coastal cedar rust found on pears in Jefferson Oregon.
Soil drying out more.
Pears - blooming.
Apples - pink pushing.
Berries - leafing out. 
More slugs and snails.
The spot I tilled in tomatoes - no emergence
of volunteer tomatoes yet, so no warm
season veggies yet.

Sad news - the ever informative, Hatch Patch
we have been told will no longer be heard
on the radio on Saturday's.  Oh so sad. 
Thank you Pat Patterson and Duane Hatch
 and all those who helped during the years.