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Rhubarb makes a yummy sauce- we eat it on Dutch baby/oven pancakes. My grandpa served it with steak, but I haven't tried that yet. Our rhubarb patch is out of control. It was with the house when we moved in. We dug up some and the roots went down 3-4 feet!

We should be able to start harvesting asparagus next year.

A hail storm stripped the blossoms off my Apple trees, so I am not sure we'll get any. They are still pretty young trees so no huge harvest yet. We moved in almost there years ago and that first winter we planted two Apple trees and a plum. Last year we planted a grafted pear tree with four types of European pears, as well as asparagus crowns and huckleberries. This year I bought two fig trees, two elderberry bushes, four blueberry bushes, and added seven more huckleberry plants to a shady spot.

For veggies I have three raised beds and use, "Organic Gardening West of the Cascades," by Steve Solomon as my bible. I make my own fertilizer and tweaked it this year. I've harvested all the radishes, some lettuce and some kale. The snow peas are flowering, so we should have some soon! The baby Pac choi is ready to harvest, too. I have brocolli, cabbage, and carrots growing. I gambled a bit with my heat lovers and did transplants a bit early, though under protection (using red plastic around the tomatoes and peppers, and green plastic mulch over the soil where the peppers and cucumbers are. The cucumbers are under hot kaps still.

We brought our herb garden with us, so rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, and chives are always available. My lavender plants have really spread out, too!

I'm still a newbie at this, but I am enjoying it!