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Myth #1: Coffee grounds help plants grow better. Truth: While it may help some plants, coffee often doesn’t help and can harm plants. If you want to use them, supplement it with other [...]

When growing vegetables or other plants, you may want to grow companion plants to help their growth – to provide shade, to serve as sacrifice, or serve as windbreaks. Here are some tips: To [...]

When is it time to pick apples and pears? Apples ripen on trees so it’s fairly easy to know when they’re ready. Pears, on the other hand, are a bit more tricky. Here’s how you [...]

For a thriving garden, nothing is more important than good soil conditions. Healthy soil includes a mix of microscopic insects, mites, bacteria and fungi– all which help organics decompose. Here [...]

Planting flowers and vegetables If you want to have dahlias, gladioli and tuberous begonias in your gardens, mid May is the time to plant them. For a punch of color in the fall, you can also [...]

As April approaches, it’s time to prepare for spring planting! You’ll want to use copious amounts of organic matter in your gardens. Planning Prepare your garden for spring planting [...]

Here are garden planning tips and checklist for the month of March. Maintenance and cleanup Mow your lawn and set the blade at .75 to 1 inch for bentgrass lawns. For bluegrasses, fine fescue and [...]

Some issues that trouble us when growing roses are: black spots, powdery mildew, and aphids. Black spots are a sign of disease spores that survive over the winter. To combat this: Choosing [...]

This publication provides step-by-step instructions for building a raised bed. You’ll get tips on special considerations for growing plants in raised beds as well as long-term maintenance [...]

Here are some winter gardening maintenance tips. For those living in western Oregon: Avoid walking on lawns until frost has melted Water landscape plants in protected areas throughout the winter [...]