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Oregon has a new pest in town: the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB). Stink bugs aren’t new to the Northwest, but BMSB (Halyomorpha halys) was first identified in Oregon in […]

Food gardening is harder than ornamental gardening, in my opinion. There is little leeway as to when to plant something for a successful harvest. And then you have to be […]

Congratulations to J. F. of Battle Ground, Wash. She won the two tickets for the 2013 Inviting Vines Garden Tour. You can get your tickets to the May 25 Inviting […]

Reprinted from Renee’s Garden April E-newsletter    Flowers are a universal symbol of beauty. We offer them as gifts on special occasions or simply to show appreciation, but flowers can […]

They look dainty but Epimediums are sturdy and great workhorses in the partial shade garden. I started adding them to my garden in the last three years, seduced by the […]

Courtesy of GardenTime.TV We love our native plants and when they have a history tied to their appearance it is even better. One of those plants is the native Camas [Camassia […]

Excerpt from an article of the same title by Gail Langellotto, Ph.D., assistant professor of horticulture, OSU, in the May issue of Digger, a monthly nursery industry publication published by […]

The week of May 5 is Wildfire Awareness Week. The Oregon Department of Forestry, Keep Oregon Green Association, Bureau of Land Management, and the Office of State Fire Marshal want […]

I have a lot of shade and part-shade conditions in my garden, but I also want to grow food crops to the fullest extent possible. I just added raised beds […]

A lucky Random Acts of Gardening reader will win two tickets to the Inviting Vines VI tour on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The tour is a benefit for the Friends […]