After 71 years, it takes more than a global pandemic to stop the Nehalem Bay Garden Club – still growing strong and the plant sale goes on, starting on their usual day,…
Category: Gardening
Kendra’s River Inn HomeGrown Farmstand Dedicated to Shelly Bowe Opens May 6th; Proceeds from HomeGrown to be Donated to Local Food Programs
By Laura Swanson Have you been wondering what that little building at the east end of Kendra’s River Inn parking lot is for?? We are happy to announce the opening of “Shelly…
Library Park Planting Day Celebrated
By Neal Lemery, For the Tillamook County Pioneer Photos by Don Best Some projects just keep forging ahead in our community, despite the pandemic and directives to close down many businesses and…
Alder Creek Farm Online ONLY Plant Sale Starts May 1
From Lower Nehalem Community Trust Community Garden Coordinator Karen Matthews: Thank you to everyone who has inquired as to when and how we will carry on with our Annual Plant Sale. We…
Why I love gardeners
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks Terri Maragos for sharing this essay from John Benson that was shared with the Nehalem Bay Garden Club in January of 2018. As gardening has become a top activity…
Seed to Supper Gardening Course Combats Food Insecurity: FREE Gardening Classes Offer Tillamook County Residents Skills to Grow Their Own Food
Seed to Supper is back for its sixth year in Tillamook County. This twelve hour class series gives novice adult gardeners the tools they need to successfully grow their own food. Designed…
The Extra Day
By Neal Lemery Leap Day. It only shows up on the calendar every four years, and sometimes not even then, being quirky and a human invention to try to define and measure…
Give Seeds a Chance: Seed Exchange and MORE Sunday, March 1
Give Seeds a Chance: Seed Exchange and MORE will be held on Sunday, March 1, 2020 from 12-3 at The White Clover Grange, 36585 Highway 53 about 2 miles from Highway 101…
Ready for Spring? Get Buzzing with FREE Mason Bee Event Feb. 29th
Are you interested in raising MASON BEES to pollinate those early native plants? Entomologist Rich Little will be lecturing on that very topic Saturday February 29th, 2020 at the OSU Extension Office…
Get your hands dirty & give back! Plant Nursery Volunteer Days Start Thursday, Feb. 13th
Tillamook, OR. – Spring-like weather making you antsy? We have the cure – spend a little time out in the fresh air, digging in the dirt! Throughout the spring, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership…