Article

Frost Dates In Baker County and Areas

The average dates are established at the 50% level or half the times the frost may occur before or after that date. The safe date is when there is less than a 10% chance the frost will be after (for last frost) or that it will occur before (the first frost).

Article

Fruit Tree Fertilization

Concepts from start to finish in fertilization.

Article

Create a Home Landscape for Pollinators: Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds

Pollinator numbers have declined due to habitat destruction and incorrect chemical use. However, you can create a beautiful pollinator paradise in your home landscape by following these planting guidelines.

Article

Things to Consider when Starting Your Vegetable Garden

What to grow, space needs, time needs, ideal calendar, soil preparation, planting, fertilizing, and watering.

Article

Landscape Sustainability Checkup

Is your yard ready to be an "Oregon Sustainable Landscape"?

Article

Stormwater Solutions for Green Infrastructure

Article

Fresh Market Organic Strawberry Research

It’s strawberry season and even we have caught strawberry fever! The Mid-Valley Small Farms team is excited to announce that they are conducting new research on strawberry production. This Research and Extension program, supported by the Oregon Strawberry Commission, will focus on best practices for organic and conventional, day-neutral strawberries for fresh market.

Article

Building a Landscape Retaining Wall

Retaining walls are used for both commercial and residential purposes. They have gained popularity in a short period of time, becoming commonly used for landscaping projects around the home and for commercial landscapes as well.

Article

The Cost to Raise a Fruit Tree

Many of us love the idea of harvesting our own tree-ripened fruit. What a pleasure it is biting into an apple that is crisp and sweet, or picking handfuls of ripe cherries to gorge on, or eating a fresh peach that is so juicy that you need to be outside to keep from making a mess. These are fine images but they don’t tell the whole story of home grown fruit.

By Steve Renquist

Article

Blackberry Rust Fungus: Possible New Biological Control

Blackberry is one of the most widespread and devastating invasive weeds on the west coast. Available cultural, chemical, and mechanical control treatments are effective on a small scale and will continue to be part of an integrated pest management program for blackberry. Biological control is an important addition to currently available control methods to significantly reduce landscape-level impacts by this aggressive weed.

Article

Poison Hemlock and Western Water Hemlock – Deadly plants that may be growing in your pasture

Poisonous plants are a major cause of economic loss to the livestock industry. This article will focus on two common plants in Oregon: poison hemlock and western water hemlock. Ingestion of either of these plants by humans or livestock typically results in death.

By Scott Duggan

Article

Deer-Resistant Plants for Central Oregon

Below is a list of plants that tend to be more deer-resistant.

By Amy Jo Detweiler