The Charbonneau Villager Newspaper 2020_April issue_Villager newspaper | Page 18

18 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER April 2020 gust and September. Varieties were selected that have been shown to be high performers for yield, quality, winter hardiness, and storability plus have good market po- tential based on past vegetable variety trial research projects. Field day par- ticipants had the opportunity to learn about the vegetable varieties being evaluated, best cultural practices for growing and harvesting, plus walk through the field trials to view variet- ies growing side-by-side. Oregon’s mild winter climate is well- suited to outdoor field growing of cold- hardy over wintering vegetable crops for local and regional markets. Howev- er, there are currently few locally- grown winter vegetables in produce markets from January through April in our area. The overarching goal of this project is to develop a better un- derstanding about how to grow over- wintering vegetables, increase the number of farmers growing winter veggies and their production, see more local winter veggies in the market- place, and increase the consumption of locally-grown winter vegetables in Or- egon by consumers. This work is made possible with grant funding provided by the Oregon Department of Agricul- ture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant pro- gram. Read more about the winter vegeta- ble research and education project in the next issue of NWREC’s Down on the Farm newsletter to be published in April. Down on the Farm newsletters are posted on NWREC’s website at https://extension.oregonstate.edu/ nwrec or your name can be added to the mailing list. Contact NWREC at 503-678-1264. Dear neighbors, here in Charbonneau. There are even planes that land and take off at the Au- rora Airport that are over size and weight per the FAA regulations, but yet they do! These large planes are flying over our homes, schools, and agricultural ar- eas contaminating the air and land with by-products, especially lead! I can only imagine, if they are allowed to extend the runway, even larger planes will fly in and there will be even more contami- nates that we will be dealing with. We are very lucky to have such a great City Council here in Wilsonville. The City and the council have received many great reviews over the years, that have been held by independent firms. When we don’t like the actions of any of our elected officials, we will participate in our election process and vote for the person/s that we feel will better serve us and our community. We don’t need some special group, whose interest is not for the people of Wilsonville, but rather to serve their own interest, the Aurora Airport! NWREC By MIKE BONDI Winter veggie fi eld day brings growers together A wet, cold, and windy winter day didn’t deter more than 90 vegetable growers, seed company representa- tives, plant breeders, and research- ers from braving the weather for a recent winter vegetable variety field day at the North Willamette Re- search and Extension Center (NWREC) across Miley Road. The winter veggie field day featured sev- en different crops (winter squash, celeriac, garlic, Brussels sprout, cab- bage, cauliflower, purple sprouting broccoli, and radicchio) and includ- ed 52 varieties — all planted last Au- OPINION: AIRPORT EXTENSION WOULD NOT BE WISE By TOM KELLS David Riener Broker 971.263.3735 [email protected] COURTESY PHOTO Growers hearing about winter vegetable varieties from seed company representatives. My wife and I enjoy living here in Charbonneau, Wilsonville. When we came here to Charbon- neau, we knew that Aurora had a com- munity airport, which we think is great, but over time, the planes have gotten bigger and noisier. It seems that most of the planes, especially the ones that we hear, are larger private or cor- porate jets. Many of those don’t follow the recommended take off or approach patterns that are for suggested use, and they fly directly over our homes 255 SW 1st Avenue (99E) Canby, OR 97013 Office: 503.266.4747 Each office Independently Owned and Operated Zach Riener Broker 971.275.2705 [email protected]