SUSTAINABLE GARDENING
Living
sustainably: It’s your choice
This guide focuses on making choices
to improve quality of life and reduce negative impacts on
the environment.
Create
vegetable beds with 'lasagna' mulching
Michelle Obama might have used an easier
way to turn lawn into garden, given more time. Gardeners call it "lasagna" mulching.
Community
seminars promote local self-reliance
Seminars that promote local self-reliance
are offered by the OSU Extension office in Lincoln County and the Oregon Coast
Community College Small Business Development Center. The next one is May 6 in
Newport.
IN THE GARDEN
OSU
recommends vegetable varieties for 2009
Home gardens produce
the best yields when planted with vegetable varieties adapted
to local growing conditions.
Make
food preservation a part of garden planning
If you're planning a vegetable garden
for the first time, consider the quantity of what you'll grow advises Carolyn
Raab, OSU Extension food and nutrition specialist.
How
to meet the watering needs of growing vegetables
Vegetable gardens in Oregon
require regular watering in the summer because of extremely low rainfall during
that season. When planning your garden, consider how you will meet the future
water needs of the plants.
WHAT'S NEW
OSU
to reopen gardening hotline in Multnomah County
Gardeners
in Multnomah County now have a new way to get answers to
gardening questions.
2009
Art About Agriculture tour begins at Oregon State University
The 27th annual
Art About Agriculture touring exhibit opens March 16 and runs through April 24
at the OSU LaSells Stewart Center Giustina Art Gallery. It will tour to The Dalles,
Grants Pass and Baker City.
Health professionals learn to spot food insecurity
Nurses,
physicians, dietitians and other health-care practitioners
can take an online course offered by OSU’s Ecampus
on how to identify at-risk families and direct them to community
resources for help.
OSU GARDEN CALENDAR FOR APRIL
Things
to do in your garden this month.
ONE-MINUTE GARDENER
Gardening tips from OSU Extension's radio
archive. Turn on your speakers and
visit the links below:
Sprouting
seeds
Caring for transplants |
