Oregon Harvest

Okay so here's the deal.  Gardening in Oregon can be very successful or not so much.  If you want to eat tomatoes.... some years just stink!  BUT... I am learning that a few things do amazing.  This is what I know.  Green beans grow really well here, no matter the weather.  Lettuces, cabbages, peas, and herbs also do VERY well.  I have even gotten a TON of basil which is a warmer weather crop, but you do have to keep pinching the heads off or it will go to seed and get bitter.  I am thinking that winter squash also do very well but am not ready to give up that much of my garden space for it.  A note about cabbage... cover it with cheese cloth to keep out the moth larve, and cover your swiss chard so the sun doesn't scorch it.  Do successive plantings of lettuce and you'll have it all summer long.  My summer squashes are not doing wonderful... but I am getting a few.  And those are my first ripe tomatoes.  As for tomatoes... I have had too many tomatoes before but not the past few years.  I did decide to cut the tops off of my tomato plants today hoping that the energy would go into the fruit and not new growth.  Oh and I am still hoping for a billion lemon cucumbers, but last year was a bust so I'm not getting my hopes up.  Happy Gardening!