OSU Master Gardener program – Lesson 7 (Container Gardening)

I’m now in week 7 of the Oregon State University Master Gardening program, online. We’ve gone through Basic Botany, Soils and Compost, Vegetable Gardening, Entomology, Sustainable Landscaping, and Container Gardening (this week). I have another two months to go, or so, and I have to say, I am savoring each and every week. This is…

Winter garden – January 2014

We experienced a major cold snap last year, which most of my plants have now recovered from. Buds are setting on everything from the blue elderberry that was much hindered, I think, from its original placement on the parking strip (since moved to the yard), to the new persimmon tree, aronia, western crabapple, and red…