Garden
Symposium Set to Fuel Winter Gardening Dreams – by Rhonda Nowak
The Literary Gardener - October 2016 “Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in fall is missing the best part of the whole year, for gardening begins in January with the dream.” [...]
Jacksonville to Become the Most Bee-Friendly Town in Southern Oregon? – by Kenda Swartz Pepper
Love Thy Pollineighbor - October 2016 I was walking downtown one bright mid-July afternoon and came upon a bee in the middle of 3rd Street. She was on her back spinning frenetically. I reached down [...]
When Less is More: Tips for Garden Watering – by Rhonda Nowak
The Literary Gardener - September 2016 “Water is the vehicle of Nature.” ~Leonardo da Vinci, “Codex Atlanticus” c.a. 1600 The great “Renaissance Man,” Leonardo da Vinci, was obsessed with water. Over and over again he [...]
A Gardener’s Take on Shakespeare – by Rhonda Nowak
The Literary Gardener - August 2016 Here's flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping: these are flowers Of middle summer, [...]
Garcia’s “Lavandula” is Lovely
Jacksonville metal artist Cheryl Garcia is no stranger to creating alluring, larger-than-life metal flowers. Her famous poppies dotting the vineyards east of town may be seen on a daily basis by passerby’s as can her [...]
My Lavender Kitchen – by Sue Owen
My first memories of lavender are associated with my English maternal grandmother—as her signature perfume, yes—but also as a tiny muslin bag full of this sweet-smelling plant which I used to sleep with, tucked into [...]
How Plants Deal with Heat – by Rhonda Nowak
The Literary Gardener - July 2016 “Heat, ma’am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.” ~ Wit [...]
“Artist and Gardener” Now Open
Artist and Gardener, a new shop in Jacksonville, is a collaborative effort—between a gardener with a love of nature, plants, flowers and animals—joined by an artist that loves to draw and paint them! In the [...]
Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes: How to Preserve Your Tomato Harvest
The Jackson County Master Food Preservers presents Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes: How to Preserve Your Tomato Harvest, the third class in their canning and preserving series, at the OSU Extension auditorium, Saturday, July 16. Learn how [...]
Capture the Magic of Growing Container Garden Crops – by Rhonda Nowak
The Literary Gardener - June 2016 “Gardening in a small space shouldn’t restrict your ideas…Accept the challenge and discover new possibilities!” ~Philippa Pearson, Small Space Garden Ideas, 2014 When I was a little girl, I [...]