Upcoming yummies!

Green onions are nearly ready, shallots are making their way. I have cucumber plants to put in the ground soon, and the serranos are ready to plant as well. Most other seeds started in the house pooped out early on -- they grew tall, then flopped over and died. I'm not exactly sure what the problem was, but I think they probably wanted a bit more light. I'm bummed, because I was really looking forward to heirloom tomatoes and green beans because I wanted to try some new canning recipes.
The neighbors' avocados are brilliant right now, as are some of the oranges. We've been enjoying those.
So ... what is everyone else growing? What can we plan on having to trade in the upcoming months?

Another possibility

Perhaps it would be best to create a Yahoo group -- an email list so people can all post messages to each other? And I wonder if there is some way so that group posts are also shown here? Or vice-versa? I'm afraid I'm not very blog-savvy. I suppose a way to get the word out, beyond you all who already read this spreading the word, is to put up some fliers, maybe at the gym and coffee shops. As mentioned before, the whole plan won't work too well if there aren't a bunch of people participating. We'll be holding off on any get-togethers until there's a substantial amount of stuff ready to be traded (it's early yet!) and so we've got time to rally some people together.

Welcome!

Morro Bay Gardeners' Exchange is a group of San Luis Obispo-area gardeners who produce food of any kind and have surplus! I don't know about you, but I always get more tomatoes than I can possibly eat -- all ripe at the exact same time! If I were more industrious and had more time I know there are things I could do -- like canning. But what would be *really* helpful would be to get some cilantro, onions and peppers, so I could make salsa! Here is where gardeners can get together and share gardening tips, recipes, and their vegetables. At this early point in the game, I'm unsure of *exactly* how this is going to work out, but I have talked with the lovely people who own The Rock coffee shop in Morro Bay. They have a nice garden in back and have kindly offered to let us use that garden as a gathering space for our exchanges on any day that we propose. They've even offered our group drink discounts and their coffee grounds to use as compost. They're really on board with the idea.

I'm hoping to get ideas from everyone who is interested about how to go about making this group and this little web page work best. Because you can't get produce that's any more local than your backyard -- and it just makes sense that we can all be of benefit to each other and become more a part of our great little community.