OSU entomologist Jack DeAngelis inspecting wood for carpenter ant damage – photo by Lynn Ketchum, OSU
The new Columbia County Ant Project:
- Ants of Columbia County Collection Form
- WSU Ant Resources (including ID guide)
- PNW Pest Press: Sugar Ants
- Texas A&M publication (homemade ant bait recipe pg. 7)
- Boric acid ant bait recipe
The Extension Office and the CCMG BugNutz (Insect Curation Club) want your ants!! Please bring us specimens in alcohol, labeled with location, date, time, weather conditions, etc. Collection vials and information slips are available at the office. Please see the August 2021 Country Living Newsletter for more details about collecting ants. We are compiling a database of Columbia County Ants and appreciate your help. Thanks!
Looking for CE Credits? See if there is a webinar/topic that interests you HERE.
Recent recordings of webinars to watch:
May 2022 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Seth Pauley, of Red Pig Tools, on: “The Story of Garden Tools and their Use: Artisans’ Insights”
April 2022 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Weston Miller, on “Adapting Your Yard & Garden for Climate Change”
March 2022 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Emily Martin on “Invasive Ornamentals in the Garden” and “SBWC Invasive Plants in the Garden Webinar – Resources – OSU Columbia County MG weeds in the garden presentation“
February 2022 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Dr. Nahla V. Bassil on “Adventures of a Plant Detective at the Corvallis Genebank”
January 2022 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Chip Bubl on “Garlic”
December 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guests, Dr. Kim Hummer & Dr. Lauri Reinhold on “How Gene Bank Repositories Preserve Genetic Diversity of Thousands of Traditional Crop Varieties and their Wild Species”
November 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Rich Baer, “Winter Care for Roses”
September 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Jeff Dallas, “Carnivorous Plants”
June 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Eric Butler, “Gardening with Pacific Northwest Native Plants: an Ecological Approach”
May 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Gentiana Loeffler, “Growing Wisdom Through Organic Gardening”
April 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Dr. Shaun Townsend, “The Science of Hops & Brewing”
March 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Helena Wagner, “Making Your Garden Age with You”
February 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Ann Amato, “Houseplants: Gardening Indoors” and accompanying handout: Houseplants-Gardening Indoors
January 2021 Chapter Meeting – Presentation by Guest, Alice Formiga, “A Short History of Seed and Nursery Catalogues”
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Monthly “Chat with Chip” Presentations
- Slides from August 2021 Presentation
Download: the Soil Temperature Conditions for Vegetable Seed Germination chart
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April 2021 Slides from Asparagus Presentation by Sonia Reagan
February 2021 Presentation by Sonia Reagan, “Keeping Chickens in Wintertime”
- PDF of the Keeping Chickens in Wintertime Slides & Notes
- PDF “Raising Baby Chicks” (without burning down the barn!)
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Native Bees with Deb Brimacombe 5/20/2020: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_pxfgurk4
Link to folder with additional Native Bee Resources: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvDl0B5NXEV5gaEHtmee3RdNixqVgQ?e=h2Up8S (Links to an external site.)
Backyard Honeybee Keeping with Linda Zahl 5/27/2020: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_bd5nzklq
Household Pests with Chip Bubl 6/8/2020: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_ae9g3lf3
Cool 3-min. video about mosquitoes: How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood | Deep Look
Home Food Preservation with Jenny Rudolph 6/10/2020: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_rxo9u6hh
Weeds with Chip Bubl 6/15/2020: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_lvfpq8y8
** Tune in Saturday mornings at 8:05 am to hear Chip Bubl & Daryl Boom on the “Garden Spot” on KOHI radio AM 1600!
