Gardening Publications and Resources

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A list of some of our most popular and useful publications.

Articles and Publications

Analytical Laboratories Serving Oregon

This guide can be useful for commercial growers, gardeners, and homeowners who wish to use soil, plant, and water analyses to help them make decisions about the use of soil amendments and other management ...

Shannon Andrews, Darrin Walenta, Clare Sullivan, Leticia Henderson (Varelas), Linda Brewer | Jun 2017 | Extension Catalog publication

A Guide to Collecting Soil Samples for Farms and Gardens

Laboratory soil tests help you develop your soil and increase crop production by providing information on available nutrient content. Soil testing helps you select the correct kind and amount of fertilizer and ...

Melissa Fery, Jeff Choate, Elizabeth Murphy | Nov 2022 | Extension Catalog publication

Soil Test Interpretation Guide

This publication provides an overview of soil testing and general guidelines for interpreting soil test results for nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, calcium, magnesium, boron, zinc, copper, manganese, iron, ...

Donald A. Horneck, Dan M. Sullivan, Jim Owen, John M. Hart | Jul 2019 | Extension Catalog publication

Training and Pruning Your Home Orchard

Provides general rules for training, pruning, and limb bending, and explains open-center, central-leader, and espalier training. Outlines specific guidelines for training and pruning apple, pear, sweet cherry, sour cherry,...

Jeff L. Olsen | Aug 2019 | Extension Catalog publication

Su Propio Cultivo

¡Growing Your Own ya está disponible como publicación bilingüe en español e inglés! Proporciona consejos básicos sobre una amplia gama de temas relacionados con la jardinería vegetal, incluyendo compostaje, ...

Gail Langellotto | Aug 2022 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Vegetable and Specialty Seed IPM (in English)

About Oregon Vegetables and the Vegetable Cropping Systems Program.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Managing Diseases and Insects in Home Orchards

This pest management guide is for the home gardener. It recommends management practices for controlling diseases and insects in home orchards. It doesn't meet the exacting requirements of the commercial fruit grower.

Jay W. Pscheidt, Heather Stoven, Ashley Thompson, Brooke Edmunds, Nik Wiman, Richard Hilton | Mar 2020 | Extension Catalog publication

Growing Blueberries in Your Home Garden

Learn to grow your own sweet, juicy blueberries in your Oregon home garden! Find out which types and cultivars of blueberries grow best where you live, and which part of your yard is best suited for ...

Bernadine Strik, Emily Dixon, Amy Jo Detweiler, Nicole Sanchez | Dec 2020 | Extension Catalog publication

Growing Blackberries in Your Home Garden

Home gardeners can enjoy a choice of blackberry varieties with fruit far superior to that of wild blackberries. What’s more, home gardeners can pick fruit from early summer all the way to the first frost. ...

Bernadine Strik, Emily Dixon, Amy Jo Detweiler, Nicole Sanchez | Sep 2020 | Extension Catalog publication

Growing Table Grapes

This pictorial guide will teach you how to plant, prune and train grapes to maximize your harvest and keep vines free of pests and disease. Find out which cultivars grow best in Oregon, and learn what it ...

Bernadine Strik | May 2011 | Extension Catalog publication

Practical Lawn Care for Western Oregon

Describes options for different levels of lawn care – from keeping a lawn lush and green year-round to allowing it to go partially dormant in the summer. Discusses mowing, watering, fertilizing, and dethatching, ...

Doug Voderberg, Alec Kowalewski | Mar 2023 | Extension Catalog publication

Spotted Wing Drosophila: A Quick, 7-Step Guide to Detecting SWD Larvae in Fruit

This brief guide illustrates how to test fruit for the presence of larvae from the Spotted Wing Drosophila.

Amy J. Dreves, Adam Cave, Jana Lee | Oct 2014 | Extension Catalog publication

Resources

Swarm List (in English)

Information on how to handle and who to call about bee swarms.

Jul 2018 | Online resource

Jul 2018

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