Category: Guide
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President’s Day is Perfect for Pruning Roses & Blueberries
Willamette Valley, Zone 8b Roses and blueberries are almost ready to burst forth with new spring growth. To get them growing and producing beautiful blooms and berries they both require heavy pruning. To get you cutting with confidence, check out my pruning primer that has how-to steps, links to videos, and OSU Extension documents. The…
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Free Seeds Anyone? How to Save Seeds from Your Garden
I was out picking blackberries this morning and came in covered in seeds. They were stuck to my sweaty skin, in my hair, and on my shoes. After a cup of ☕, it occurred to me that it’s seed saving time! If you would like to give this a try, check out my seed saving…
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Front Yard Makeover — Native Plant Edition: How to Plant Perennials so They Can Thrive
In this article you’ll learn pro-tips for getting your long-lived perennial plants off to a good start. AND I’m sharing with you the my native plant list along with the most important details. Project Progress: Rules of Thumb for Planting Perennials For the longer lived, massive plants like trees, these rules are critical for establishing…
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7 Common Mistakes Planting Trees
I have to actively work to keep my backyard from becoming a forest. So when I intentionally plant a healthy young tree and it dies or fails to thrive, I tend to take it personally. Then I try to learn from it. Here are the mistakes I have made or seen first hand.
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Super Simple Soil Testing Guide
A beautiful flower peeping from green leaves. A sweet carrot. A fragrant clove of garlic. This is where gardening begins for most of us. In learning about the plants we cultivate, we inevitably end up getting the real dirt. Then as our understanding grows, dirt becomes soil. Soil becomes sand, silt, and clay. Sand, silt,…
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