Portland Area Gardening!

Originally Posted by UncleBuck

yeah, i saw that.

but since it is just a pic and not a referral to another site, i think we'll be safe.

you getting good weather down there on the coast? it is sunny and warm here in portland.

today was surprisingly nice and it is supposed to get warmer and warmer by the day now, or atleast thats what the weather channel says. supposed to be 75 in a day or 2 here. and im not on the coast, im about 90 miles away from it.
im in southern oregon.
im glad the weather is finally getting better.

Originally Posted by UncleBuck

ha ha, too rich for my blood (the initial set up, that is).

as a barely self-employed house hubby, i stick to whatever is cheapest. sadly, natural ice is on sale this month.

but a good summer could change all that

i almost got a small 5 gallon beer brewing kit for about 100 dollars new. i dont need no bigger then 5.
and oh man i used to drink naughty ice all the time when i was a teen, its cheap and the taste is not bad for the price.
i drink bush light now ( stomach fucks with me if its now light now) a 18 pack of tall boys is only 13.99 down at the market down my street

Originally Posted by mcpurple

today was surprisingly nice and it is supposed to get warmer and warmer by the day now, or atleast thats what the weather channel says. supposed to be 75 in a day or 2 here. and im not on the coast, im about 90 miles away from it.
im in southern oregon.
im glad the weather is finally getting better.



i almost got a small 5 gallon beer brewing kit for about 100 dollars new. i dont need no bigger then 5.
and oh man i used to drink naughty ice all the time when i was a teen, its cheap and the taste is not bad for the price.
i drink bush light now ( stomach fucks with me if its now light now) a 18 pack of tall boys is only 13.99 down at the market down my street

for some reason i thought you were in coos bay. my bad.

it hit about 90 here today. the corn is loving it, i even had a few other seeds (cantaloupe, zucchini squash) pop out today.

a lot of the small seedlings are suffering a lot of damage from the chickens, neighborhood cats, and ants. i wish i had enough money to fence them off.

natty ice is ok until it gets anything less than ice cold. than it tastes like...well...shit. not that i know what shit tastes like.

all good man, maybe you got me and mygirls confused, i think he is in coos bay.
and dam 90, we got up to about 72 and its supposed to be like that all week

Originally Posted by mcpurple

all good man, maybe you got me and mygirls confused, i think he is in coos bay.
and dam 90, we got up to about 72 and its supposed to be like that all week

I can't wait to get back to Oregon. I grew up in Coos County. Waiting for my current job to expire so I can get back to my roots!

Originally Posted by 46&2

I can't wait to get back to Oregon. I grew up in Coos County. Waiting for my current job to expire so I can get back to my roots!

can't wait to have you back with a username like that. great song. just listened to it while harvesting last night.

productive day in the garden today. weeded 60% of the fucker (they grow so well here, gotta weed very often).

pulled a few radishes. it was my first time ever eating a radish, they taste like spicy carrots. my wife said they were very good. man, they sure finish quick.

also had to pull a few sweet walla walla onions that got trampled by chickens and neighborhood ants. they are anywhere from 1/3 the size of a store bought walla walla to just a wee little bulb. letting them dry out and skin up before i cook them tomorrow. can't wait! caramelized sweet walla wallas are the best.

about 45 of the 100 corn seeds i planted 3 weeks ago are above the ground. to fill in, i planted a shit load of popcorn seeds. i did that last year and it worked, so i figure why not again? cheap seeds.

zucchini squash are coming up, pumpkins are getting bigger (slowly). watermelon is popping up but not doing much yet, needs to get hotter and sunnier.

strawberries are finally forming, can't wait until they start to redden up.

no pics, i got lazy. once there is a little more to see i'll do another round of pics.

ya man those radishes grow very quick its like you plant them and the next day your harvesting.
and my walla walla's last year only got to about golf ball size, but let me tell you they were the most flavorful onion ive had in a very long time, im hoping they get a bit bigger this year.
also do you know if you have to let them cure and get a skin?
last year i just picked mine and used them within a week and they seemed fine

yeah, i hear you are supposed to leave them for some amount of time to develop that skin. i won't be having any such patience. i will be caramelizing them pronto and putting them on a sandwich with eggs from my chickens and bread my wife made herself (also using eggs from our chickens).

Got any Lilacs up there Unk?

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