By Laura Swanson Blueberries are a treat in our landscapes in so many ways – an early bloomer/bee food, of course, the fruit and then brilliant red Fall color. A local blueberry…
Category: Gardening
Oregon State University Monthly Gardening Calendar – MARCH
Submitted by Tillamook County Master Gardener Association The Oregon State University Master Gardener™ Program is an Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service program that educates Oregonians about the art and science of…
FREE SEEDS AVAILABLE: Wild Coast Goods in Nehalem; Tillamook County Library
Get ready to garden! There are free flower, vegetable and herb seeds available to get you started. In Nehalem you can find free seeds at Wild Coast Goods till Feb 28th. Wild…
Save money by starting vegetable seeds at home; FREE Seeds available at Tillamook Libraries, and other locations
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our recent cold temperatures and frozen precipitation makes Spring seem a long ways off, but it’s not! And now is the time to get seeds started for your garden. Tillamook…
8th Annual Give Seeds a Chance Seed Exchange Hosted at Wild Coast Goods in Nehalem
The 8th Annual Give Seeds a Chance: Seed Exchange, like every other live event in recent times, will not be a live event. Instead, Ashley Mersereau and Justin Bailie, owners of Wild…
Hampton Lumber Research Project Centers on Improving Pollinator Habitat with Wildflower Plantings in Clearcuts
By James Billstine On the crest of a small hill in the Big Creek Unit near Valley Creek Lane in Knappa, Oregon, an even age timber harvest (clearcut) is in its fourth…
Alder Creek Farm Community Garden Registration Begins Feb. 1st
Nehalem, OR – Spring is just around the corner (58 days, if you are counting!) and it is time to start thinking about the garden season. If you have ever wanted to…
VIEW FROM HERE: A Metaphor in PINK
By Barbara McLaughlin I DON’T want pink in my flower garden. I don’t like pink. I don’t know why. It’s a visceral reaction that is not rational. I love my garden and…
HOFFMAN CENTER HORTICULTURAL ARTS: A VIRTUAL VISIT WITH PLANTSMAN DAN HINKLEY DEC. 15th
Dan Hinkley is American horticulture’s answer to Bruce Springsteen, Cindy Sherman and Sir Richard Attenborough, an icon and artist in his field. With over four decades immersed in the world of plants,…
2020 GARDEN TOURS: It didn’t used to look like this … the Casteel Garden
EDITOR’S NOTE: With a blustery week forecast, it’s appropriate for us to share our final 2020 garden tour. Enjoy this tour of John and Barbara Casteel’s Tillamook garden that is “a work…