Re: Best place to Garden

Hi Pat
    We have been looking from Grants pass to west of Eugene but could not make
up our mind which one suites us. We now have a Raised bed garden in clay and get
great results. We are interested in living a area that has a lot of gardeners.
We are retired an found that gardening is a healthy way of life. Thanks for the
come back.

John

Pat.Patterson@orst.edu wrote:

> I live in the southern Willamette valley. It is a semi-Mediterranean climate
> with mild, wet winters and relatively dry mild summers. We garden year
> round. You do have to adapt to many cloudy days (basically the entire winter
> from about November to May/June. The soils vary, many being clay dominated,
> so most of us use raised beds, but get great yields.
> The Willamette valley runs from about Cottage Grove in the south to
> Portland, OR in the North.
> Southern Oregon has hot summers and cooler winters than we and has largely
> volcanic based soils. Water may be a problem there.
> On the other side of the Cascades in the Bend-Redmond area the weather is
> decidedly cooler (high desert) and hotter, but the sun shines almost year
> round. The soils tend to be volcanic and alkaline.
> Lots of choices.
> Pat in OR
> If it has 2 ends, spin it. Gardening feeds the soul.
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