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Super Simple Garden Recipes: Roasted Tomato Sauce
Have more tomatoes than you can eat fresh? Turn them into sauce!
What veggies can I plant into my Central Oregon garden in early - mid-July?
What veggies can I plant into my Central Oregon garden in early - mid-July?
Should I prioritize planting spinach in my garden?
Should I prioritize planting spinach in my garden?
What should I do to get ready for spring veggie gardening?
How should I get my garden ready for spring?
Should I install hardware cloth on the bottom of my raised beds?
Should I line my raised garden beds with hardware cloth?
When do I install pathway material in my raised bed garden?
When do I install the pathway material in my garden?
BUG Gardeners: Michael & Rainey and Michael & Jules
You don’t have to be named Michael or have a partner named Michael to engineer a cover for your raised bed garden. After visiting the Bend Urban Gardens Demonstration Garden and checking out our prototypes, these gardeners were inspired to create covers of their own to fit their unique spaces.
How do you use your greenhouse to extend the growing season?
We love our greenhouse! It’s not only an amazing place to chill in our hammock swing on a sunny fall, winter or spring day, but we harvest food from it all year long without using any supplemental heat! We purchased plans for a climate battery from Ceres after reading The Year Round Solar Greenhouse. Then, we worked with Branch Brothers Construction to bring it to life!
Which type of cover(s) for frost and pest protection are right for my raised garden beds?
Which season extension and pest protection tools are right for your garden?
What are these mosquito looking gnats flying around my plants?
The good news is that fungus gnat adults don’t typically harm your plants, but are just really annoying. However, they can carry fungal diseases and their larvae can drain plant roots of their nutrients. We have been fortunate to avoid fungus gnat infestations by practicing good pest and disease prevention. But, recently we had to intervene…
Super Simple Garden Recipes: Tortellini w/ Beet Sauce & Microgreens
Abra Berens 2019 book, Ruffage helped liven up this weekend’s meal plan with a beautiful sauce that utilized beets in a way I’d never tried before. I attempted to pass off the vibrant red sauce as a Valentine’s dish/gift. Unfortunately, my husband wasn’t up for a bowl of this on its own, but he did give it a taste. If you are up for a food adventure or are responsible for feeding a little human who enjoys purees, this may be worth a try!
What edible plants do well in the shade?
While most popular garden veggies need at least 6 hours of sun to thrive and give you a meaningful harvest, there are edible plants that are adapted to shade, too!