Home & Garden

There's an off-season for Umpqua Valley Farmers Market customers, but not for the vendors.

The latter have been hard at work growing, producing, creating and building the products they will bring to the market. Opening day is Saturday.

The Douglas County Master Gardeners recently graduated 36 people from the Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener Sustainable Gardening course.

Insect pollinators, including bees, wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies and moths, make great contributions to the world.

Very few of us grew up with our hands in the dirt, pulling weeds or planting seeds, as a parent tutored us on the fine points of vegetable gardening. Learning the secrets of gardening at an early age from a wise gardener is of course a great way to begin...

No such thing as TMI for a DIY that can be made ASAP

Lichens consist of a fungus and an alga (or cyanobacteria) that grow together in a symbiotic relationship. They lack leaves, stems and roots, but can produce their own food by using energy from sunlight.

Two lathes spit out wood chips as Sutherlin teenagers turned blocks into pencils, pens and wine stoppers. The students showed off their skills and wares to people passing their booth.

You've decided you want to re-seed your pasture or hay ground, but you are not sure what to plant, when to plant it and if there is anything you should do before spreading seed over the ground. There is definitely a sequence to the process,...