With two years of gardening experience in our new home in Portland, I’ve had the opportunity to see a couple of seasons play through and looked forward to honing my skills in year 3! We had a waterfall installed over the winter, which really boosted the number of backyard birds - they love to bathe, drink and play!
We had snow. In April. In Portland. What the heck? This late arrival stunned many plants and prevented them from blooming this year, including all of our kiwi vines, the honeycrisp apple tree and even our huge jasmine.
Even with the late snow, this was a very productive year in the garden. Our tomatoes did outstanding and it was such joy to see numerous other things grow from seed to harvest.
I also began the OSU Master Gardener program this year and our garden was part of the Certified Backyard Habitat tour.
