r/pnwgardening

I just found out from watching the news that the areas outside of Portland have a frost advisory. Well crap. While I picked my remaining tomatoes today, I left my peppers because they last longer on the bush than in my fridge. I just came in from picking them all with a flashlight. Now I have a TJ’s paper bag full of bell, poblano, shishito, jalapeño and Serrano peppers. What am I going to do with all these peppers all at once? Wasn’t it just 80° a week ago??

I have so many overgrown perennials this year! Just wondering if some people would be interested in meeting up and exchanging things?

Maybe we could plan a day where everyone brings some things we do swaps? Most of my stuff haven't even died down at all yet, I imagine most of the valley is similar, so we have a bit of time to plan?

I live in the convergence zone and it feels weird to water in October. We’ve had very little rain and there are more dry days for at least another week. Should I water?

edit- I should clarify that I have many natives and some quite young ones including saplings.

For many years I used the "wet" method of processing woodland and alpine strawberry seeds. It had several drawbacks so I experimented with drying the fruit. There was little information anywhere so I winged it. When I finally found a way to thresh the seeds (separate the seeds from the pulp) switched to the dry method for good. Here is a quick look at threshing. I cut off a 1 square foot piece of nylon window screen and poured dried fruit into it. Then, pull the corners of the screen and fold it into a ball. The "ball" is then rigorously rubbed against the dry fruit. If the fruit is dry it separates well. I'm planning a November substack on strawberry seed saving.