[Grovenet] Garden Irrigation In!

[Ayala, Kathy]

Thank you to all for the information and possible problems with my pear
tree I believe that I will try thinning out the tree and see if that
helps for now. Maybe over the winter we need to move the tree to a new
location in the yard so that it get more sun. 

Have a good day to everyone 

-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Walt Wentz
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:02 AM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Garden Irrigation In!

> Kathy:
The problem with your pear tree may be as simple as the local climate.
Many varieties of plants and trees sold by big outlets may be a strain
acclimated to areas where there is more sun, or a higher ambient
temperature, so the fruit never matures. Or, since all the fruit drops
off green, the fruit may need thinning at an early stage, so more
nutrients go to the remaining fruit. Or it may be infected with a
fungus-- are the leaves spotted or specked with dead spots, or partly
wilted or distorted? Maybe it gets too much shade from larger trees, or
not enough water at a critical time. The tree might need pruning to let
more sunlight into the lower branches and reduce deadwood. There are
MANY possibilities, and I'd suggest contacting the Master Gardener at
the County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro.
Walt

> Good Morning
>
> I have a question and am hoping some one can help me with this. I have

> a pear tree, it has been giving very little fruit and the fruit it 
> gives falls from the tree way to soon. Any one know what might be 
> wrong with my tree?
>
> Thanks and have a good day
>
> Kathy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- bounces at rdrop.com] 
> On Behalf Of Walt Wentz
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:48 AM
> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: [Grovenet] Garden Irrigation In!
>
> Hello, All!
> On Saturday, Steve and Tony Matiaco,  along with Josh, members of 
> their Scout troop, some international exchange students and many old 
> hands and new volunteers, all showed up at the Forest Grove Community 
> Garden site on a beautiful cool morning, as a truckload of plastic 
> pipe and fittings arrived from HPS Pipe and Supply in Cornelius.
> While Steve, Josh and Shawn operated the monster trenching machine (so

> called from its behavior, not its size), the rest turned to cutting, 
> gluing and assembling the plumbing system, then lowering the completed

> sections to their position at the bottom of those trenches.
> After after six hours of anthill  activity, the field bristled with a 
> "crop" of 50 white faucet risers, each with a brass faucet on top.
> At that point, Tony's Mom and sisters-- Carole, Annie and Diana-- 
> called a halt for a delicious home-made lunch, finished off with home-

> made cookies.
> Shortly after that, the final line was installed. Standing at one end 
> of the field, looking down the long panorama of faucet risers 
> projecting 18 inches into the air, the real scale of the project 
> becomes obvious.
> That
> part of the job is DONE!
> Great work, all!
> Next we have to test the system for water-tightness, which can't be 
> done until the city gets the backflow-preventer installed. We don't 
> want any sudden geyser erupting in the middle of the Garden!
> Once that's done, we will backfill the trenches-- which will be 
> another good team project, and should go quicker with many hands-- and

> then it's time for the first cultivation, to turn over the lush 
> blanket of weeds that have flourished in that fertile soil.
> Holly has set up a ribbon-cutting celebration for 11 a.m. on the 26th,

> which will be another workday for Tony and crew, as they install the 
> fence around the West end of the field and the raised-bed gardens are 
> installed just north of the parking lot.
> But-- as they say on TeeVee-- that's not all, folks! A gracious lady, 
> Mary Maxon, has offered us a 12-by-12 gazebo, with openwork metal 
> sides and fabric roof, which we can set up as a children's area/ 
> picnic site/cooling-off spot for hot summer days. The roof frame was 
> damaged during last winter's heavy snow, but that's something that can

> be easily replaced with a few 2x4s.
>
> Still to to:
> * Pressure-test water system (need to have city connect the system) * 
> Backfill trenches
> * Get first cultivation done.
> * Set up donated raised-beds, fill bottoms with spoil dirt from the 
> pile just inside the northwest corner of the fence line.
>
> (Official ribbon cutting at 11 on Saturday at about this point, as 
> work
> continues)
>
> *  Build west-side fence, start on east-side fence and main gate.
> * Do second cultivation,  stake and string plots (another BIG team
> job) and start letting people plant and cultivate their crops!
>
> Steve Matiaco has suggested a "Garden Barbecue" for some Saturday when

> the Garden is up and running-- for publicity, goodwill and to draw in 
> more rentors-- which seems a great idea to me!
>
> We still need fence posts-- Tony has collected 18, I will find some 
> more and split 12 cedar posts (for ends and corners), which is a 
> definite 30 out of the 40-odd required, so we will need some more.
> Any decrepit but usable (or repairable) wheelbarrows will be greatly 
> appreciated!
> We'll need 30 or 40 2x4s, for faucet support posts in the garden and 
> to replace the roof frame on the gazebo.
> Thanks to everyone, a great public amenity is approaching completion!
>
> Walt
>
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