Monthly Archives: October 2017
Research Update: Studying Willamette Valley’s Native Plants
The post below comes from Aaron Anderson, a M.S. student in the OSU Department of Horticulture, and a member of the Garden Ecology Lab. ************************************* This past summer, we conducted the first field season of a study screening native plants … Continue reading
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Studying Urban Garden Soils
This post is modified from a submission from Michael Nelson. It details lessons learned from his survey of garden soils, across Corvallis, Oregon, and the Portland Metropolitan area. In September 2017, Michael sampled soils from about 25 gardens. These … Continue reading
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Tagged garden soils, soil sampling, soil test, urban soils
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Plant of the Week: Farewell-to-Spring
This entry is from Lucas Costner, an undergraduate horticulture major at Oregon State University. It highlights one of the plants that Aaron Anderson is using in his research. Clarkia amoena or, as it is commonly known, farewell-to-spring, is a personal favorite … Continue reading
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