(Tillamook, OR) As you prep your garden this year – make sure to incorporate some native plants! To “Bring Back the Natives”, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) is taking their annual spring native…
Category: Gardening
WORDS OF WISDOM: Taking In A Different View
by Neal Lemery Spring garden chores bring me into a contemplative mood. I take a fresh look at the garden and the yard, mentally planning out how I want to plant this…
Nehalem Bay Garden Club Plant Sale (and More!) Sat. May 8th & Sun. May 9th
72 years and still growing strong … SOCIAL-DISTANCING/GARDEN-BONDING PLANT SALE!!! Starting on our usual day, the day before Mother’s Day, SATURDAY MAY 8th, from 10 am to 4 pm and SUNDAY, MAY…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Making The Rounds
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here are some of Neal’s thoughts about ways to make every day Earth Day – plant a tree. A friend mentioned that she was planting a tree this year on…
Tillamook County Master Gardener Association: TCMGA Plant Sale — It’s a GO!!
The Tillamook County Master Gardener Association 2021 Plant Sale will be online this year. We are putting the finishing touches on our ‘store’, adding products, setting up all the pieces and parts…
Lower Nehalem Community Trust Announces Annual Plant Sale April 24th – Registration for Shopping Time Required
Nehalem, OR, April 13, 2021 – Lower Nehalem Community Trust’s (LNCT) annual plant sale will be held on Saturday, April 24, at Alder Creek Farm, 35955 Underhill Lane in Nehalem, Oregon. Operating hours will be…
Geezer Tribe: When gardeners become hoarders
by Linda Shaffer As a couple about to celebrate 40 years of marriage, you can guess that we have some things in common. Not all things because that would be too boring,…
Tillamook County Master Gardeners: Apple Tree Pruning Tips (Video) & Tree Pruning Basics
Tillamook County Master Gardener Barbara Casteel gives us a lesson in pruning an apple tree, in this case an “espaliered” apple tree at the Master Gardener’s Learning Garden at the county fairgrounds….
BACKMAN’S BLOOMS: Springtime early bloomers
Photos by Don Backman For more of Don’s photos – see his website www.donbackmanphoto.com.
Backman’s Blooms: Photographer Pivots during Pandemic to Find Bright Spots of Color in Neighbor’s Yards
EDITOR’S NOTE: What’s a photographer to do when access to your “usual” subjects is restricted? You start shooting in your own backyard, and your neighbor’s backyards. That’s exactly what Pioneer photographer Don…
