T Stands for Sunny days

 

 Hi Everyone!

I'm joining the T-Party with

Bleubeard and Elizabeth.

I will tell you what I am doing with these seeds further down the post.

 

 

I had to drive south to Reedsport. Half way there is a very small town called Gardiner. As most of the Oregon coast the towns for decades have been dying. Gardiner is an unoccupied community with about 284 people. There is a post office and a fire department, but you can't even buy a loaf of bread there. You have to drive either to Florence or Reedsport. The town wasn't always this way. 

Gardiner is named for a Boston merchant whose ship, the Bostonian, shipwrecked at the mouth of the Umpqua on October 1, 1850. Gardiner was seeking to trade along the river, and most of his goods were saved from the ship and moved to the location that came to be the town of Gardiner. In 1851, the site became the headquarters of the Umpqua customs district, and a post office named "Gardiners City" was established the same year. The name of the post office changed to "Gardiner City" and eventually to its current name. 

The Gardiner Historic District, which encompasses nearly all of Gardiner,has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994. Several steamboats were constructed at Gardiner for trade up the Umpqua River Outside the remnants of the International Paper mill in Gardiner, Oregon.A plywood plant opened in Gardiner in 1954, joining the lumber mill (or sawmill) that had been in the town for many years. Gardiner was formerly the site of the first International Paper mill on the West Coast. The paper mill operated from 1963 until 1999, and was one of the largest employers on the southern Oregon Coast. The mill buildings were demolished in 2006.A railroad, the Longview, Portland & Northern (LP&N), served the IP mill until it closed. The railroad runs from East Gardiner Junction to the old plant site. The old railroad. Yes, that would be my car.

 

Hwy 101 runs through the town and then the Umpqua River. The tide was out when I stopped so it is pretty icky. The dock has been broken for many years.

Now what the heck am I doing with those seeds? They are carrot seeds. As with most of you who garden,every year is a new learning curve due to the weather changes. Anyway it is for me. I also am always looking for a better way to grow food. I have harvested some good carrot crops over the years but carrots seem difficult to grow. I hate weeding out the carrots. So, I watched a YT that showed me this.

Take any kind of container (no drainage holes) Place 2 layers of toilet tissue down.	Next place a cloth on top of the tissue. I used cheese cloth and doubled it.
Now poor water over it until soaked.   .	Take the carrot seeds and sprinkle them over the cloth.
Cover with plastic wrap and poke small holes in it. Then place in a dark warm place.	I started to use plastic wrap from a roll and then remembered I got these from the $ tree a few years ago.
They come in 3 sizes and are quite funny looking	Then pull it open. They aren't very sturdy but it worked perfect for this.

  To see how to finish this, since my seeds are not that far along here is the video. Click here

We have had summer like weather here for the last 4 days. Yes, I have been out in the garden. Last year, because of my foot surgery, I was unable to winterize my garden area. That's what I 've been doing. I amended enough soil to fill 1 25gal grow bag and 10 5gal buckets. I thought I would be sore but it has been the best work out and I have accomplished so much. I have 1 more day of nice weather and then at least 17 days of rain. This is good soil.

Hmmmm Lemon or Molasses cookies? I'll take one of each.  Made by Franz.

I've been drinking ginger tea to help with lupus. I am really enjoying it.

That's it for now.

See ya at the party.
 

Nicole