Tomatoes gone wild: Introducing the Tomatini
With the recent heat waves, I’ve noticed that my neighbors’ tomatoes are going gangbusters. I love tomatoes and relish the time of year that local tomatoes, especially heirloom tomatoes, are […]
OSU app brings wildflower identification to your fingertips
Botanists at Oregon State University have helped design a new app that provides information on the Pacific Northwest’s wide variety of wildflowers, OSU announced. The app provides multimedia and information […]
Join Hardy Plant Society for PlantFest!
Come grow with the Hardy Plant Society and attend PlantFest, Saturday, September 21 at a new location. PlantFest will be held at Clackamas Community College Gregory Forum, 19600 Molalla Avenue, […]
Learn about cultivating the wonderful sweet potato
Join OSU Extension Service Linn-Benton County Master Gardeners and learn how to cultivate and produce the incredible and tasty sweet potato. Participants will discuss research on a new cultivar specifically […]
Melontinis provide a fruity splash of flavor
Fruits like watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew remind me of summer. Laying in my hammock, enjoying the birds, and having drinks before dinner. Yeah, that’s what I like to do during […]
Watermelon and Heirloom Tomato Salad: best of both worlds
I always anticipate the arrival of those large cardboard pallets at the grocery store with the large stickers heralding the arrival of Eastern Oregon’s sweet slice of life. The Hermiston […]
Celebrate art, food, lavender at Willamette Valley Lavender Festival
Spend a relaxing day enjoying art, music, food and the scent of all things lavender at the Willamette Valley Lavender Festival at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E Sheridan St., […]
World Forestry Center has summer programs for entire family
Spend the summer connecting you and your family to forests by attending one of the many Discovery Museum programs at the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon. Children and families […]
Spice up Sunday brunch with Migas
Sundays are for slowing down, catching your breath and taking a moment to just enjoy … whatever. One of our family Sunday traditions when we lived in Fort Worth, Texas, […]
Recipe: Thai Boxing Square Chicken brings back memories of Dad
Father’s Day. It’s always held such an ambiguous place in my life. To say that I’ve had somewhat distant relationships with the father figures in my life, my three stepfathers, […]