Oregon Tree Hugger

Spring has sprung on me quite early this year. Take a garden tour with me and see what has decided to come up a month or two early over here.

Pouring rain isn’t enough to keep this gardener inside. Read on to find out what I had to do to help my garden through the downpour, and what lessons I pulled from the experience.

Are you getting confused while sorting through the many methods of pruning tomatoes? Try this no-nonsense approach to tomato care.

Repotting tomatoes is a technique that helps produce stocky, healthy and hearty tomato plants for your garden. In this post, I tell you how and when to plant and replant your tomatoes.

Have some free time on Wednesday, June 10th, a pair of gardening gloves and some hand pruners? Then come by Lost Creek Farm and help them recover from their huge losses at the hands of a recent hail storm.

Healing Harvest, a local horticulture therapy organization, had their annual plant sale this past weekend. I stopped by with the kids, took some great pics, and scored some great deals on many fantastic plants.

Why start from seeds? First of all, it is cheaper to start from a seed than it is to buy pre-started vegetables. Secondly, I can get a greater variety of plants, because mail-order seeds are very easy to obtain. Third, it is just kind of fun to grow your own and let your kids participate in the process. (And if it doesn’t work out, don’t put too much pressure on yourself—you can always buy vegetable starts from a store, a plant sale, or the farmer’s market later in the season! Want to know more? Read on for the rest of this handy guide.

Our mystery bulbs are finally sprouting! Read on for the pictures, and leave a note in the comments if you care to take a guess as to the identity of this midseason-blooming bulb!

I’m not sure why it has so many names—I had a really hard time figuring out what it was called in order to send a link to a friend. Regardless of what you call it, this is one MUST HAVE tool for any casual or serious gardener.