Life at OSU

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.

Jumping worms stay in the debris on top and eat two to three times the amount of leaf litter as the other worms.

Keep hydrated. Carry a water bottle – and use it! You need water as much as your plants do.

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

We can all do our part to help by changing our practices – often just by a bit, depending on the methods you’ve already put in place.

If you’re choosing varieties for western Oregon, look for melons that require a shorter season.

Lee plans to discuss how Black woman have, through determination, enthusiasm and willpower, overcome ugliness in America to cultivate beauty in the landscape.

How you choose between rotary, reel and electric models has to do with your situation and preferences.