Help your plants and bees survive the heat
Now that you’ve survived the triple-digit heat, how are your plants faring? Over 100-degree temperatures may have passed for now, but there’s plenty of heat coming. Oregon State University Extension […]
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 […]
Learn all about growing root crops from OSU Master Gardeners
A new video from OSU Extension Service Clackamas County Master Gardeners gives advice on how to incorporate root crops into your garden. It covers recommended varieties, planting and cultivation tips […]
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 […]
Garden Gallery Ironworks founder inspired optimism
If ever there was an optimist, it was Don Sprague, founder and owner of Don Sprague Sales and Garden Gallery Iron Works in Hubbard, Oregon. Don was well known throughout […]
What to do in the garden in August
Even as the days shorten precipitously during the onward march to fall equinox, August heat is still a threat. Hydrate and stay cool! But when temperatures stay reasonable, your garden […]
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 […]
Master Gardeners discuss integrated pest management principles for home gardens
Now that you’ve got your garden planted, the bugs have taken notice. Learn how to use integrated pest management (IPM) principles in your home garden to keep the garden pests […]