Native Plant Garden Tour on Mother’s Day

My daughter Loreen and I spent the afternoon touring the eight private native plant gardens and one of the four public native plant gardens in Eugene Sunday. It was hosted by the Emerald Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon (NPSO).

The homes all had impressive gardens made up of mostly, if not entirely, [...]

BUGGY FOR BUMBLES

Yesterday our bees arrived!

Tom put the hive facing south just outside of our woods.

They were pretty sleepy when we transferred them to the hive.

Here’s Tom dumping them into the hive:

We didn’t get stung, but Tom tucked his long beard into his shirt just in case. I took a look at the hive this morning, [...]

YOU CAN HAVE A VEGETABLE GARDEN IN WINTER HERE

Our mild climate lets us grow and harvest vegetables right through the winter! Here’s a great article from the Register Guard newspaper on winter vegetable gardening with some useful tips.

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