Portland over and over again makes me fall in love with it. Each winter, I question my loyalty due to lack of sunshine and a wetness that soaks into your bones. Then, like every year, summer comes and I swoon. Each day I have been going out into our garden and seeing what is happening with the growth. The plants, like myself are trying to soak up as much of this sun as they can.
I have also noticed that I am part of a large number of Portlanders who are doing the same thing. When going for walks, I am now looking at people's gardens and trying to identify vegetable plants. Now that I have started and given away close to 40 different varieties, I am also trying to identify each type. I never thought that I would look at a plant growing in someone's garden and say, "I think they are growing
Oregon Giant snow peas." I am in no way an expert, but enthusiastic to learn as much as I can.
A Portland couple, Rob Anderson and Tam Crawford have also noticed the large amount of vegetable gardens and have created a really interesting site that connects gardeners with each other. This is done through sharing of crops. Gardens tend to produce heavily on a few different kinds of crops and sometimes these go to waste. They have created a site where people can post produce that they have grown. They can sell or trade them with others. This is a really great concept.
To check out this site, please follow the link below:
Veggie Trader
