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Small in stature but large on looks, miniature roses can make a major presence in the garden. “They make wonderful landscape plants,” said Kathrine Johnson, an Oregon State University Extension […]

As bugs begin to munch our plants, our thoughts turn to – what else? – how to kill them. Blood thirsty as that may sound, most gardeners don’t appreciate planting […]

When you’ve got a gardening question, try tapping out a local phone number for a customized answer instead of delving into the impersonal internet. The one-to-one contact could mean the […]

You’ve decided to go organic in the garden, but the products staring back from the nursery shelves seem as daunting as the bugs and diseases they’re meant to control. What’s […]

When grubby little hands grip your pant leg as you head for the garden, put them in the soil and they may dig up a lifetime of learning and pleasure. […]

Unsightly and seemingly uncontrollable, weeds have a way of taking over the garden in the time it takes to put the hoe away. Keeping weeds under control takes time and […]

Follow the glistening trail and you’ll find the gardener’s most familiar, frustrating and certainly slimiest pest, the common slug. It’s spring, after all, and as soil temperatures start to climb, […]

For mason bees, the wait for their first meal is a long one, six months if it’s a day. There’s no TV, no smart phone, not even a book to […]

During the past few years, I have started to see plants on garden center tables that are not reliably winter hardy in the Pacific Northwest. Often referred to as tender […]

As you walk from car to doorway, ripe blueberries wait to be plucked, the fragrance of basil reminds you of the pesto planned for dinner, a small slug meets its […]