Life at OSU

“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.

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.

The new version of Growing Your Own continues Extension’s commitment to expanding language access and accessibility,

When it comes to planting conifers, timing is everything.

Raising and keeping chickens isn’t cheap so you’re not going to save money compared to buying eggs at the market.

Starting Feb. 6, individuals and households, schools and groups can sign up to receive an individual/household seed kit, group kit or seed-starting teacher classroom kit through the mail. 

Whether you have one or several, or plan to plant your first fruit tree, it’s time to give them the attention needed to keep them healthy and bearing fruit.