Re: Fw: Veggie Intro #2

I live a bit north of you in the Cascade foothills near Enumclaw Wa,
which is about 40 miles SE of Seattle.

We had the 10 degree F temps (-12 degrees C) as well last week but the
Brussels sprouts came through just fine.  We had a few light frosts
(maybe 3??) in November and some light frosts and freezes in the few
days leading up to the really cold weather.  That seemed to harden up
the B. sprouts enough that they survived.  I picked half a gallon of
sprouts today, as well as 6 large carrots.  

The overwintering fava beans (broad beans) were knocked back but they
will sprout again and be in full flower by April.

Steve  (Maritime...)


rosenlund wrote:
> 
> I'm new to this list too.
> 
> I live an hour from Portland, Oregon USA.  Things turned very cold
> just before Christmas down to 10 degrees f.  which is not so common
> for us. It was our first good frost which usually comes in late
> October, so Winter is upon us. This coming Spring I will be adding a
> vegetable garden and hope to raise mostly heirloom varieties and do
> some seed saving which I have never done.
> 
> We recently move here (just 20 minutes from old time home) and build
> our country home on our 21 acres. I raise sheep on 1/2 our land of
> old pastures, and my husband tends a new Douglas fir stand on the
> rest.  Husband also planted his first 1/4 acre crop of Ginseng this
> fall and just last Spring we planted my new rose garden (70x50 feet)
> with 100 English and Old roses and a few fruit trees, which also
> serves as our "landscaping" and "yard".  I grew sick of cutting lawn
> at the old home, and now the sheep can roam about and mow for us,
> excluded from only the Roses, Gensing and soon veggies.
> 
> We have two teen age boys still living at home, and they have been of
> great help as we put this all together from scratch. Husband still
> has a day job, and I've resently been "retired" from 12 years of
> home-schooling our children, so lots more time for gardening
> creations.
> 
> Sincerely,
> ~Carleen~
> Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
> Rainier, Oregon  ~ Zone 8
>
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