Sprout your own health food
In the Garden: Get delicious, nutritious and inexpensive salad fixings in the winter by simply growing your own.
View ArticleHouseplants for low-light conditions
In the Garden: Green thumb or no, some plants do better in shady houses than others. Check out this list of hardy indoor friends.
View ArticleTips for prudent wintertime pruning
In the Garden: Trim back your plants in the winter, but use a light touch and be careful with your plants.
View ArticleTune-up time for gas lawn mowers
In the Garden: Spring is right around the corner. It's time to make sure you've got everything ready to keep the grass trimmed.
View ArticleTwo great grasses fit the bill
In the Garden: Ornamental grasses add visual interest to a yard. Choose the right ones to handle the conditions on your little corner of earth.
View ArticleSeed and suet bring a bevy of birds
Want to wake up to the sound of singing birds? Stock your yard with the snacks they like.
View ArticleHardy geraniums live up to promise
With their cheerful blooms, versatile foliage and rugged disposition, it's no surprise that hardy geraniums are considered an indispensable component of beds, borders and container arrangements. This...
View ArticleFollow rules when salvaging plants
With a little research and caution, gardeners can rescue native plants doomed by construction projects. Just be sure to get permission and choose carefully.
View ArticlePretty perennial has unfortunate nicknames
The word lungwort may not have a mellifluous ring, but the plant is quite lovely.
View ArticleSpring brings new planting questions
Remodeling a house can mean remodeling the landscaping, too. Planning is very important.
View ArticleCreative ways to use limited space
Got limited space? Try mingling flowers and vegetables. Sometimes they help each other.
View ArticleSun's out? Well, it's about time
Even the hardiest gardeners in Western Oregon have had enough of cold and rain.
View ArticleShow-stopping salvias
Some summer salvias are so beautiful they'll stop you in your tracks.
View ArticleCoping with overcrowding
When you aren't starting with a clean slate, when your existing landscape is getting overgrown, you have to make some tough choices.
View ArticleMoving established plants
"Ting!" A distinctive metal pinging noise echoed in the breeze blowing from my neighbor's perennial border. I wandered down the pathway that separates our two backyards and found my friend Linda flat...
View ArticleMiniatures roses smell as sweet
Years ago, quite by accident, I rediscovered the world of miniature roses and fell in love with their sturdy disposition, diminutive growth habit, disease-resistant constitution and overall charm
View ArticlePlenty of summer left for outdoor projects
At our house, the most noticeable difference this summer has been the astonishing growth in some of our trees. Several vine maples, all of our Japanese maples, our lilacs and even the evergreens are...
View ArticleSarah Robertson
"In the Garden:" Avid Willamette Valley gardener has year-round tips for those with green thumb.
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