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Re: Introduction

Colleen:

Are you an Oregonian by birth or a transplant like me?  If you've been
here for awhile you probably know we have a bit of a wait until gardening
season is upon us.

Mike A. (western Oregon, Sunset zone 8)
quincymike@juno.com


On Sat, 25 Jan 1997 11:11:38 -0500 Colleen Clark Cornish
<CCCornish@AOL.COM> writes:
>Hello list:
>I've been reading your posts for about a week now, and while I think I
>know
>more now about nasturtiums than I really wanted to, I am generally
>delighted
>with the opportunity to learn from your experiences...should save me
>some
>time.
>  My husband, two and one half daughters, bassett hound, cat and 5
>pigeons
>and I have purchased our first house. A tiny lot carved out of some
>farm
>property near Forest Grove, Oregon. (30 miles west of Portland). Tiny.
>Hence
>the need to explore square foot gardening.
>  I have to make this little space multiple use. Aside from the two
>raised
>square foot beds on the sunny side of the house, for which I am
>sacrificing a
>rhody and azalea, my solution is to put a picket fence up to contain
>the kids
>and dog and garden on the outside of it. I'm going to try to blend
>plants for
>food with natives and selected ornamentals. And of course with
>toddlers and a
>hound, nothing can be toxic.
>  Can't wait for the weather to change.
>  Thanks again.
>Colleen Cornish
>
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