Did you know that fall gardening is possible in most of the pacific northwest? In fact, some of the best vegetables are produced during the warm days and cool nights of fall. These growing conditions add a touch of sweetness to kale and collards and they are actually improved by a touch of frost. Our… Read More.
Peace Amid the Chaos
Earlier today, Governor Kate Brown issued Executive Order No. 20-12, requiring certain retail businesses to cease operations, and ordering other businesses to comply with work-from-home and telework requirements, or impose social distancing in the workplace. While for us here on the farm not much has changed in our daily lives my heart certainly goes out… Read More.
‘Talent’ Tomato- An Almost Forgotten Gem
The story begins in 1958 when OSU breeder Tex Frasier sent a few trial seeds to the Hanley Farm Research Station. The seeds were a cross between a Campbell Soup and a Oxheart varieties resulting in the Medford tomato. On a summer day in the 1960s, Clarence Holdridge, a Bagley Cannery fieldman while inspecting a… Read More.
Plant Nerds Unite!
Hey, it’s time for the Second Annual KMED Plant Nerd Night! This is a great opportunity to hang out with fellow plant nerds, learn about new and exciting plants, and well just have some plain old good fun! In my opinion gardeners are among the happiest and most fun lovin’ group of folks on the… Read More.
Spring Garden Fair Coming Up
The 36th Annual Spring Garden Fair, hosted by the Jackson County Master Gardeners, will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 2 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 3 at the Expo in Central Point. Admission is $3, free for children 15 and under. The arena will… Read More.
1st ANNUAL PLANT NERD NIGHT!
Paul & I have been asked to speak at the 1st Annual Plant Nerd Night. At first I was reluctant to say yes as I rate public speaking right up there with getting a root canal or attending traffic court, but when I heard that Stan Mapolski ‘The Rogue Gardener’ will be the Master of Ceremonies… Read More.
Pollinator Week June 16-22, 2014
Governor Kitzhaber has proclaimed the middle week of June 16th to 21st as Oregon Pollinator Week. You can check out www.Pollinator.org for events during pollinator week but the easiest thing to do would be to plant a pollinator friendly plant for the bees!’ You get the beauty of the flowers and herbs and the… Read More.
Alyssum and Lettuce
In our veggie garden aphids and lettuce just seem to go hand in hand. The little buggers just love to get down in the leaves & so far the only control we’ve ever used was to just wash them off when we harvest. I was super excited when I read a great article about planting… Read More.
Hits and Misses
I was recently asked how we choose the varieties of plants we grow. So I thought I’d share how we determine who’s a Hit and who’s a Miss. The average gardener’s mailbox starts filling up with loads of seed catalogs in early January. When you grow plants for a living you can multiply that number… Read More.
Pretty Pretty Peonies
Peonies still take my breath away every spring! Despite their sweet and delicate appearance, peonies are one of the hardiest perennials you can grow. They don’t have a huge amount of rules for success, just give them plenty of sun, well drained soil, and a bit of organic fertilizer and they’ll reward you with blooms… Read More.