Color Up Your Winter Garden with Heather
Heathers are some of the easiest plants to grow for year round color and foliage interest. Heather, which commonly is meant to include...
Choose Your Vegetable Seeds Wisely
Buying Seeds? Read the Descriptions! The new seed catalogs, with those mouthwatering photos, are appearing in our mailboxes lighting up...
What I Did During My Summer Vacation!
When my fellow Master Gardener and new friend Ann asked me to contribute my experiences as a new greenhouse owner,my answer was yes! I've...
Plan Now for a Summer of Delightful Hummingbirds
According to the Hummingbird Society, plant these plants to attract these hummingbirds to your garden: Abutilion (flowing maple or...
OSU Offers Free Online Permaculture Class
Permaculture design is a method of landscape planning that can be applied to anything, from a home garden or farm to a city block or...
7 Ways to Attract Pollinators
Pollinators require two essential components in their habitat: somewhere to nest and flowers from which to gather nectar and pollen. Use...
Be on the Lookout -- a new pest in town
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB to those in the know) is a newcomer to Oregon. Even so entomologists are predicting it can cause...
English Ivy Banned for Life
At last week's Master Gardener Plant Clinic I was speaking with a local gardener who mentioned she was cultivating English Ivy in her...
Bleeding Heart--an PNW native with a nostalgic and modern heartbeat
Bleeding heart always evokes fond childhood memories. This plant was my playground covering the entire yard and mingling throughout the...