Gardening Tips

Learn more about gardening with our Gardening Tips.

How to dry fruits and vegetables

Dried fruits and vegetables are healthy snacks

How to dry herbs

Dried herbs keep their flavor

Night-blooming gardens make for scented summer evenings

Night blooming flowers add fragrance to summer evenings

Use hypertufa to make containers that look like stone

Hypertufa makes containers that look like stone

Cucumber bitterness explained

Cucurbitacin is cause of cucumber bitter taste

Remove spent blossoms for more flowers

"Deadhead" flowers for more blossoms

New updates available from Oregon State University on canning tomatoes safely

How to safely can tomatoes and salsa

Harvest those veggies!

When garden produce is ready, don't hesitate too long before you harvest. What to look for when harvesting vegetables.

Plants can survive effects of wet, warm weather

There is life after warm, wet weather.

Rhododendrons and azaleas need a strong acidic soil

Check out yellow leaves on rhododendrons and azaleas.

Gardening Resources