Strawberries

 

      There are two types of Strawberries--One's
      that bear fruit within a few weeks period,
      in early summer, and ones that bear fruit
      from spring until the fall or up to when
      it freezes. The latter is called everbearing.

      With everbearing strawberries you can pick
      a few strawberries everyday the whole growing season.
      If you want to do some serious canning, then
      the strawberries that just produce one time
      in early summer are the ones you want to
      try.(larger crop--ready at one time)

      Don't expect a lot of strawberries the first
      year. By the third year, you should be hauling
      in the berries. If you live in a area that
      gets heavy snow and frost, mulch them in
      before winter hits. To keep birds off of
      the berries, try putting some netting over
      them.

Can I plant and what?????

For the lower elevations of Oregon, as the saying goes--"we are not out of the woods yet", as far as a chance of frost goes. The forecast looks good up to Wednesday, after that it may change. So, if you are itching to plant something in your yard or garden, you can plant--any shrubs or trees (do watch if you buying them from a place that has been protecting them as they might be a little fragile). You can protect them a little and get them use to the outdoors, by putting them outside during the day and then moving them inside, or put them up against the house. If you buy them from a place where they have been outside--your plants will be fine. As far as flowers and vegi's go, your can plant any cool season vegi's such as carrots, peas, onions, cabbage, lettuce, artichoke and the like. Flower wise, you can plant--Petunia's, Pansies (in the shade) and any perennials. Try to to add organic matter everytime you plant--Happy Gardening--

In the higher elevations, it is best to wait until the end of May to plant most of your flowers and vegi's. You can plant shrubs and trees now and also can put peas in the ground.

Frost Dates

Frost Dates for Southern Oregon--

Lower Elevations-Average--Middle of April ---Last--End of April

Higher Elevations-End of May

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Spring is Here
In the lower elevations of Southern Oregon, it's time to plant some cool season plants. In the higher elevations, you've got about a month to go, at least for the warm loving ones. In the lower elevations, it's ok to plant--perennials. Some annuals such as Petunia's--cool loving vegi's like--cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, brussels, seeds  like--carrots, radishes-all bare root and you can plant potatoes, onions, and strawberries. Hold off on the warm loving plants--like--peppers, eggplant,