Garden Vegetables and Herbs

Growing potatoes in the Willamette Valley

Growing potatoes in “towers” or structures designed to accommodate layers of growth, is a popular Internet and garden site recommendation. The allure of getting pounds of potatoes in a small space leads people to try this technique.

Cindy Wise | Jun 2018 | Article

When to start seeds indoors in Oregon

Wondering when to plant vegetables? Use this handy table to figure out the optimum time.

Jul 2018 | Article

Grow your own root vegetables

Growing beets, carrots, radishes, onion and similar crops can be a rewarding -- and delicious -- endeavor.

Bill Mansour | Apr 2011 | Article

Wandering squash bees and their millennia-long pursuit of squash cultivation

Most species of the genus Cucurbita (squash and gourd plants) can trace ancient ancestry to what is now known as Mexico. Wild species of these plants also occurred farther north into the present day United States, particularly...

Miranda Jones | Mar 2021 | Article