Life at OSU

About 500 -- perhaps more -- native bees make Oregon their home. Gardens are important habitat for these important pollinators.

Kiwifruit need some attention to yield the large amount of fruit they’re capable of producing.

Stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces has been routed directly to streams through stormwater pipes and ditches with little infiltration or treatment.

Using universal garden design brings elements together to make a space that's beautiful and accessible to everyone.

“Universal” garden design is planning the landscape so that anyone can access and enjoy it.

Their voracious appetite for insects turns them bats into a living pesticide that saves farmers billions of dollars a year and helps rid our backyards of insects like mosquitoes, moths, grasshoppers, flies and beetles

People liked the tomato’s novelty but the benefits from the anthocyanins in the skin were the draw.

Gardeners in Oregon can choose from several flavorful cultivars, or varieties. If you plan it right, you can pick ripe fruit for your family through most of the growing season.

Ezequiel Lopez-Reyes, Oregon State University Extension Service Open Campus and Juntos student success coordinator, has been growing his home garden for five years. All of his bounty goes into meals he cooks with culturally important foods.

This year, however, paying attention to soil temperature is the best way to go for knowing when to plant vegetables. An inexpensive soil thermometer helps keep planting time in perspective.