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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Master Gardeners from across the country and Canada will gather in Portland for the International Master Gardener Conference in July 2017. The conference signifies a coup for […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Care for chickens correctly and they’ll reward you with cartons full of fresh eggs. Get it wrong and the eggs stop coming. The good news is that […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. – It’s a lucky gardener who digs into great soil right off the bat. Most often, it takes years of adding organic material to bring it up to […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Snipping some cuttings from the garden will produce your own private nursery of plants by spring. Whether you plant the results of your “snip and stick” project […]
Looking for a Christmas tree? The Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association has published an online guide that lists 36 U-cut tree farms in Oregon and 26 more in Washington state. […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. – From a bee’s-eye view, cities aren’t the biological deserts experts once thought, thanks in large part to gardeners. “Many studies show that gardens and gardeners are the […]
Holding onto poinsettias after the holidays is good for the pocketbook but hard on the ego when you can’t get them to color up the next year. To get you […]
Watching trees turn bewitching shades of orange, red and yellow is part of the magic of autumn, but seeing the needles on conifers fade to yellow and fall to the […]
The ash whitefly that threatened plants and annoyed residents up and down the Willamette Valley last year has returned in force. This time, though, there’s a difference. Two natural enemies […]
As pumpkins and winter squash reach harvest time, gardeners wonder how and where to store them. Since they won’t survive the first frost, now’s the time to plan a strategy. […]
