Not so bad where I am, knock wood. The only issue is me having to carry more water around than usual.
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You have one amazing garden.
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Yep, here too.
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Thank you! This is the best time of year in the PNW for gardeners. Payoff for all the work done in soggy weather. Everything is fresh, green, producing, budding, or at least full of promise of good things to come. We’re enjoying every day while it lasts. 
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It’s that time of year when I’m juggling containers;
Surely the sweet peas are almost done; can I squeeze this tomato seedling in the container?
Surely the sugar snap peas are almost done; can I start some green beans?
There is no way this chinensis pepper I’ve overwintered for x years is coming back…maybe I should put a seedling in.
I tried putting in two tomato seedlings where some sugar snap peas were fading, but oops! I didn’t add new fertilizer and it shows.
I have to say this is the coolest spring I remember, and I think that is making the transition harder. I have rarely kept sugar snaps, potatoes, and garlic in containers going this long.
Also, I am about to have a “blog” post and a newsletter article shared by our local Master Gardeners! 
I am learning to write!
The newsletter is focusing on our local summer tomato problems like spider mites and thrips in dry, hot weather , and nutritional problems and the like growing tomatoes in containers so share your experiences if you have some!
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Beautiful! Please share how you ate it.
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Dinner tonight is pasta with kale and bacon. Tomorrow we’ll have scallion crepes with smoked steelhead. Later this week there will be roast halibut served with peas and tarragon. At the end of the week, planning a chicken and asparagus stir-fry.
Doing my best to keep up with what’s coming in from the garden. My weekly meal plans start on Fridays.
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What are you growing? I’ve got Sungold, Pink Berkeley Tie Die, Premio and Pruden’s Purple.
Nice!
All of mine are in containers.
I am growing four for a Master Gardener Project; Bush Champion II, Hossinater, Invincible, Southern Ripe
I am also a growing Principe Borghese … or two🤔
The rest are from the Dwarf Tomato Project
Brandy Fred
Firebird
Perfect Harmony
Crimson Sockeye
Beauty King
Malee Rose
Wild Fred
Choemato
Fred’s Tie Dye
Purple Heart Lucky Swirl
and two Sneaky Sauce for cooking
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Let’s report back with reviews - I always have good luck with Sungolds, Pink Berkeley are really good but not productive (for me). I grew the Purple last year and it did nothing. I should go back to Black Krim - they’re awesome.
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First harvest - radishes! My first time trying to grow these and they are doing quite well. About half were ready to harvest, but the other half need more time. Weird how that happens in the same conditions.
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So pretty!
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Nice! Do you preserve the fenugreek?
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In goes the bean pole. Our last big planting project before high summer. These are Blue Lake pole beans. We start them in the greenhouse and transplant. We’ve had problems with critters (bugs) if we seed them straight into the ground.
Behind the bean pole (upper right) you can see our corn (Trinity Bi-color) in it’s hot box. It’s been a gorgeous spring, and we had to pop the top earlier than ever to accomodate their height. Directly behind the bean pole is a cinderblock bed with tomatoes (Oregon Spring) in the bed, and strawberries (Rainier) in the cinderblocks. In front of that is a small metal trough with (Russian) kale. Upper left is another cinderblock bed with shelling peas (Green Arrow) and more strawberries.
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Our first three strawberries. These are Rainiers, a local variety we like which is too tender to make it to market.
Red all the way through! This is a point of pride for Washingtonians.
Sorry about the teethmarks - I couldn’t help myself. 
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Oh, man! That looks amazing! We have had a record setting spring in terms of cool weather, but I still yanked the favas, sweet peas and sugar snaps. How long do peas last there?
I’m doing “Tricolor Bush Beans” ( Golden Roc d’Or, Purple Queen, Green Slenderette), from Renee’s Garden, and they are not very photogenic right now.
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First time to grow it! I probably won’t preserve it. I have a dehydrator somewhere. I will try using fresh fenugreek at some point!
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