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Texture determines all kinds of things like drainage, aeration, the amount of water the soil can hold, erosion potential and even the amount of nutrients that can be stored.

When choosing a tree, first do some research. Walk around neighborhoods, parks and public gardens to get ideas.

Bread dough is a nontoxic, generic and effective tool that could be used in the detection and management of gastropods worldwide.

Cover crops can add organic matter and aerate the soil, protect it from compaction caused by rain, suppress weeds and reduce erosion,

The variety of begonias is stunning. The leaves, which come in many colors, can be flat, pebbled, shiny, hairy, fuzzy or spiraled. They come in many colors with single blossoms up to huge clusters.

With the $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, the team hopes to improve bee nutrition by building a database of macro and micronutrients found in the flowering plants used in the study.

Keeping pH in the right range for certain plants is essential.

The awardees are among the nearly 2,900 Master Gardeners who work with Extension to share their knowledge of sustainable gardening practices across 26 Oregon counties.

So, your vegetable garden is growing lush and fruitful – or not. If the latter is true, you may need to feed your plants.

Go ahead and cut off dead flowers on heat-burned plants, but try to resist the urge to remove partially dead leaves.