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…
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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…
WEATHER ADVISORY: Freeze Watch until late Sunday October 25th to Monday October 26th 9 AM
From Tillamook County Emergency Management – Saturday October 24th: * WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE…Coast Range of Northwest Oregon below 2000 ft, Central Coast Range of Western Oregon…
Tillamook County 2020 VIRTUAL Garden Tour #4 – Reeher Family Memorial Garden, Lees Camp, September
By Laura Swanson A dreary, drippy Sunday is the perfect day to revisit the Reeher Family Memorial Garden in Lees Camp off the Wilson River Highway 6. We visited with Jim and…
Bring Back the Natives – Fall Plant Sale Goes Online – Place Orders Now through Oct. 27th for pickup on Oct. 31
Tillamook, OR. Fall is a wonderful time to plant native species, because Mother Nature does all the watering for you! To “Bring Back the Natives”, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) is taking their…
Gardening Grows More Than Food, Feeds the Soul
By Laura Swanson, Editor/Master Gardener Class of 2004 Gardening is a way to take direct control of your access to fresh foods — you are able to provide for yourself, your family,…