Before you buy seeds, learn these terms to make smart purchases
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
As we think about spring and summer gardening, it s easy to get swept away by tempting seed catalogs. Read carefully before you buy so you know the choice will work for you.Marcia Westcott Peck, special to The Oregonian/OregonLive
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CORVALLIS – Beautiful seed catalogs hit mailboxes every January, tempting gardeners with full-color photos and glowing descriptions. Before you buy, though, read those enticing seed packets.
Nichole Sanchez, Oregon State University Extension Service horticulturist, tells gardeners to plan before choosing seed. It’s so easy to go overboard. Of course, if you do there’s always someone happy to take them off your hands.
When you miss gardening, turn to these books for comfort and inspiration
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Learn about bee-friendly plants in The Bees in Your Backyard. This is a red-flowering currant (ribes sanguineum), a favorite of hummingbirds and provides early season food for honey bees, Mason bees and bumblebees.Randy L. Rasmussen/Staff
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CORVALLIS – If you can’t garden, why not read about it? Books bring us comfort when the gloomy weather of winter is upon us. Even gardeners who love winter enjoy a good read.
Add a fire and a cup of tea and relax with one of these 11 books recommended by Oregon State University Extension Service horticulturists. There is something for every reader – a memoir by Hope Jahren tells the story of two scientists and their love for trees; Extension’s popular “Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington” is heavy with photos of both coniferous and deciduous trees; Olivier Flippi writes about the important subject