RE: Weekend

Walnuts are allelopathic, aren't they? How many trees do you have?

Cyndi


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Judy Browning
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 7:11 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend

Your slap dash garden sounds like it came off better than some of my
planned
ones.
The walnut trees here are a real problem. I value the shade & the nuts,
but
tomatoes don't do well at all around them and I suspect them in my
repeated
failure to grow beans & peas the last few years. If I could convince Ed
to
try raised beds, I think I could compost the weeds, grape & cherry
leaves to
topdress every year & eventually get some good garden soil. He stubborn
& it
doesn't feel like a fight I want, so I grow flowers & put my tomato
plant in
a pot.
 ----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@comcast.net>
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Weekend


> Today is my sister's birthday. When I asked her what she wanted for
her
> B-Day, she said one of the blueberries we have decided to plant.  So
> that's what I got her and we planted it today.
>
> A few days ago, I picked up a box-load of purple iris rhizomes [who
knows
> what cultivar] on freecycle. We planted some of them today,  also.
Then I
> extended the micro-irrigation to a new area and began  watering there
so
> we can plant the rest of the iris and get the site  ready to add
another
> cherry tree. It's also the area where we want to  plant the saffron
crocus
> later this month.
>
> Zucchini is beginning to hit its stride. We have one bush, which is
now
> producing 2-3 fruits a day. I think that's half a bush too many,  but
what
> are you gonna do. Yellow straight necks--we have three  bushes, which
is
> probably one too many--are also giving us 3-4 nice  small fruits a
day.
>
> For a slap-dash garden, it's been a good year so far, mostly because
I've
> learned a lot.
>
> Island Jim
> Willamette Valley
> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> Elevation 148'
> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> Heat Zone 5
> Sunset Zone 6
> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
>
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