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Old 06-13-2012, 11:55 AM
 
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There are tons of free classes around for native plants, check out the east and west Multnomah soil and water conservation districts web site as well as Metro (Native plants for birds, bees and butterflies - Metro Calendar, powered by Helios Calendar for just one class example). The City of Portland also has a lot of material regarding invasive weeds and native plants.
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Old 06-13-2012, 12:26 PM
 
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Hamellr, Thanks for posting this postcard! It actually resembles the "frankenfish" - not so positive direction in modern food supply...

SETabor, thanks, I will certainly join one of the classes one day. I recently read a book written by Oregonian herb grower and actually bought seeds from his company/farm. Very inspiring. My NY experiments with Oregonian seeds look good so far... Maybe because June is a rainy month in NY)
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Old 06-13-2012, 12:35 PM
 
Location: the Beaver State
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Territorial Seed based out of Cottage Grove, Oregon has a quite extensive catalog of seeds.
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Old 06-13-2012, 03:11 PM
 
Location: Tigard
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In other parts of the country I had trouble keeping plants alive. Here, it is all about pruning! Everything grows to gargantuan size and must be pruned back once and sometimes twice a year. Very satisfying to plant just about anything and watch it thrive.
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Old 06-13-2012, 06:21 PM
 
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Seasons?

Well, there is this season ... and, the other season.
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Old 06-13-2012, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Wyoming
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I'm glad you asked this question as I wondered it myself. Here in WY I struggle to grow anything fully before the first frost hits. I'm glad to hear it's a different story by Portland!
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Old 06-13-2012, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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I would venture to say that even indoor houseplants do better here. I'm an apartment-dweller, so unfortunately I can't have my own garden. I bought some African Violets back in February, and I've never seen a plant bloom so prolifically. It just sits on my windowsill, I water it about once a week, and it flowers like crazy.
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Old 06-15-2012, 10:00 AM
 
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I grow tons of tropical fruit here in AZ that I won't be able to grow up in PDX such as mangos, guava, loquat, citrus (at least without a heated greenhouse)

But the things I will be bringing with me will be good enough! Mulberries, Banana (specific cold hardy types), Jaboticaba, Miracle Fruit, Acerola (Barbados Cherry)

I wish I knew someone up in PDX with a heated greenhouse, I'd love to be able to keep my mango trees
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Old 06-20-2012, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Idaho
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I couldn't help but chuckle at this question. Whenever I visit my family in Portland, I send my hubby pics of their gardens (he almost never comes up with me due to his work). Hubby loves gardening, but out where we live in the Mojave desert, it is a struggle to get anything to grow. Both my father's and brother's gardens will be gorgeous and vibrant, with very little work on their part. While we will struggle to get anything to produce at all. Most of what we plant is eaten by birds. Tried starting them indoors and planting them outside when they were big enough to get past the ravenous birds, but then the squirrels get them. Anything that does survive to fruition is squelched by the oppressive sun and heat and always looks dreadful and production suffers.
Even when we lived in the valley and San Diego, the gardening was not as beautiful nor as vibrant and fruitful as my Oregonian family's gardens.
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