Attracting Native Bees and Beneficial Insects
Although the Northern Hemisphere is a week into spring, after a cold and snowy winter, the wet weather continues in Oregon. Many farmers in Western Oregon have complained that their […]
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Natural Resources Conservation Service Environmental Quality Incentives Program Organic Initiative
Did you know there is a provision in the 2014 Farm Bill that offers financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who want to implement conservation practices? Provided by the Natural […]
Learning from Nature
Although I am not a Master Composter, or soil scientist, I have spent many hours learning about soil and compost during the Master Gardener and Beginning Urban Farmer Apprenticeship programs, […]
Doctors Should Prescribe Gardening
So reads the headline of the Health section of the May 17, 2016 edition of The Guardian newspaper. In May, The King’s Fund published a study by the National Garden […]
How It All Began
My ancestors were farmers, both from my maternal and paternal side. My aunt Kathy has done extensive work on MacKenzie genealogy, and has found that I descend from Thomas Mackenzie […]