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Grow your own vegetables in a modern-day victory garden

May 28, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Plants

Victory over global warming is a long way off, but your own backyard is a good place to start.
During World War II, the government asked families to grow their own food in victory gardens, so that more supplies could be diverted to troops stationed around the world.
Today, the crisis is environmental as greenhouse gases threaten [...]

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IN YOUR GARDEN: The importance of bees

April 21, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

With Jenny Watts
As problems like global warming and peak oil gain headlines in the newspapers, an equally large problem is going largely unnoticed. Although they don’t produce honey, about one-third of our fruits, berries, grapes, nuts and vegetables are pollinated by native bees, and the native bee population is declining.
Of the 1,600 species of native [...]

Hydrangeas need special care to live and bloom in Michigan

October 14, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

When it comes to shrubs, hydrangeas continue to rank No. 1 with many Michigan homeowners. Unfortunately, the Holy Grail many Michiganians yearn to grow in their gardens is the bodacious mophead, also called Big Leaf or florist hydrangeas (H. macrophyllas), sporting large clusters of pink, red or blue flowers. Under the right conditions, these fabulous [...]

Need Landscape Ideas? Visit Display Gardens At Southern Oregon Research And Extension Center

July 18, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Landscaping

Have you ever considered adding a special theme garden to your landscape but didn’t know where to begin? Try a visit to the Oregon State University Research and Extension Center on Hanley Road for a tour of their beautiful display gardens. Just a few of the 16 theme gardens to help you with ideas for [...]

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Tri-C Offers Gardening and Landscaping Courses at East and West Locations

This spring and summer, 'green thumbs' and green-thumb-wannabes can expand their knowledge with gardening and landscaping courses at Tri-C's Eastern and Western Campuses, and at the Petitti Garden Center in

Tough bergenia basks in a new light

Q: In my grandmother's rock garden there is a plant that has a cluster of pink blooms atop a thick stem. It always flowers in early spring, about the time

Think Spring When You Plant Bulbs

When landscaping, we are always planning for the next season. For spring flowering bulbs, we have to plant them in the fall. Whatever bulbs you choose try to plant them at

FLORAL DESIGN INSTITUTE UPCOMING CLASSES

Location: Floral Design Institute2701 Vaughn St., Suite 429, Portland, Oregon Class times and cost vary. Contact the Floral Design Institute for more information, or to register for these upcoming classes:

Gardening: The power of perennials – Colors, textures and smells return

Annual flowers will never lose their place in home landscapes; simply plant them in spring for all-summer color. But observant homeowners and gardeners soon perceive the value of perennial flowers. Returning

Rainey shares garden glory

Enjoy inspirational Gardens of Cornwall during the regular meeting of the Peninsula Garden Club. Shirley Rainey, a very active master gardener, will lead gardeners and guests through a showing of The

Refresh your garden this spring with new plant varieties

Every year, there are introductions of new plant varieties to the market. I read gardening magazines every spring to find the new plants to look for, and then go sleuthing at

Woodruff (Sweet) (Asperula odorata)

Description Sweet woodruff is a low, spreading, perennial plant that forms clumps about 8 inches in height. The slender leaves are borne in starry whorls. The flowers are tiny and
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