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Native Pollinator Bees
Photo courtesy of Crown BeesPicture this: A native mason bee diving into a flower with abandon covering its undersides with dry pollen before buzzing to the next pollen-laden flower. Contrast that...
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Tree Houses
Terunobu Fujimori, Teahouse Tetsu, Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum, Nakamaru, Hokuto City, Yamanashi (Japan). Photo from the book Tree Houses. Fairy Tale Castles in the Air by PhilipJodidio Please photo...
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Best (Garden-related) Ideas
Inspiration from the 2013 Yard, Garden & Patio ShowMoon window and garden designed by P. Annie Kirk, Red Bird Restorative GardensHamamelis x intermedia Arnold Promise trained into tree formVisiting...
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Beach Strawberry
Reprinted courtesy of All Season Plants So, you know the modern garden strawberry Fragaria ananassa. It's a hybrid. Well, it just so happens that our very own native strawberry - Fragaria chiloensis,...
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The Year of the Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Information and photo provided by the Perennial Plant AssociationPolygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’—pronounced po-lig-o-nay’tum o-do-ray’tum vair-e-ah-gay’tum—is the...
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Plumping with Pollen
Glancing at the lovely yews that add wonderful structure to my garden, I noticed that some are starting to plump with pollen. Annually, clouds of yellow pollen waft from the yews and pine trees in and...
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Great (Garden) Ideas – Part 2
First there was the Yard, Garden & Patio Show (Best Garden-related Ideas - Part 1). Then there was the trip to the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle. Sometimes the gardens at the...
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Gardening is More than a Verb
Wikipedia defines gardening as “the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture.” Webster offers a slightly different definition: “to lay out or work in a garden, to make into a...
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Live Better. Plant Something
“[Gardening is] the most difficult art form because it changes. It takes an appreciation of balance, color, and different kinds of plant materials with strong architectural components—all of which...
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An Ode to Gravel Paths
Just a few weeks ago,the J.P. Stone Contractors crewlaid gravel paths around the perimeter of my garden. I wanted the paths to keep my feet from getting muddy during the wet months of the year. I also...
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Win two tickets to Inviting Vines garden tour
A lucky Random Acts of Gardening reader will win two tickets to the Inviting Vines VI tour on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The tour is a benefit for the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection (FRCC)....
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Shade(ier) Tolerant Food Crops
I have a lot of shade and part-shade conditions in my garden, but I also want to grow food crops to the fullest extent possible. I just added raised beds in an area that offers part-shade conditions:...
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Using Fire Resistant Plants
The week of May 5 is Wildfire Awareness Week. The Oregon Department of Forestry, Keep Oregon Green Association, Bureau of Land Management, and the Office of State Fire Marshal want you to be aware that...
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Plants for Pollinators
Excerpt from an article of the same title by Gail Langellotto, Ph.D., assistant professor of horticulture, OSU, in the May issue of Digger, a monthly nursery industry publication published by the...
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Camas Blooms
Courtesy of GardenTime.TVWe love our native plants and when they have a history tied to their appearance it is even better. One of those plants is the native Camas [Camassia quamash]. It’s a plant that...
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A new favorite: Epimediums
They look dainty but Epimediums are sturdy and great workhorses in the partial shade garden. I started adding them to my garden in the last three years, seduced by the interesting foliage, the unusual...
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Please Eat the Flowers
Reprinted from Renee’s Garden April E-newsletter Flowers are a universal symbol of beauty. We offer them as gifts on special occasions or simply to show appreciation, but flowers can also play a...
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Drawing News: One down, one to go
Congratulations to J. F. of Battle Ground, Wash. She won the two tickets for the 2013 Inviting Vines Garden Tour. You can get your tickets to the May 25 Inviting Vines tour at...
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Practical Food Gardening & Recipe Guide
Food gardening is harder than ornamental gardening, in my opinion. There is little leeway as to when to plant something for a successful harvest. And then you have to be ready to use or prepare for...
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs
Oregon has a new pest in town: the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB). Stink bugs aren’t new to the Northwest, but BMSB (Halyomorpha halys) was first identified in Oregon in 2004 and its territory is...
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