Gardening at 4,750 feet elevation in the Central Oregon Cascades is very challenging. Most of the people who live up here do not even try. We can and do get frost every month of the year. This year we had a 26 degree low on 6/16, 30 degree day on 7/1, and a 29 degree day on 8/31. Warm season crops are nearly impossible with out some protection and a little luck. This year I did harvest a good crop of garlic and will be improving on that for next season. Even blueberries have a hard time ripening up here. It seems if the deer do not eat the plants, the birds get the berries before they ripen to Bobbe's expectation. My solution is a poly tube over the blue berry beds. Last weekend Joshua and I began construction of a blueberry poly tube. The frame work is up and the poly arrived Friday. If I have the time this weekend the poly will go up and see how it works next season.
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