Spring Gardening Guide for the Willamette Valley

Spring is just around the corner, which means it's time to start planning your garden!

This year's gardening guide features several businesses that offer garden-related services in the Willamette Valley. Many of these businesses also have extensive knowledge about raising chickens, beekeeping, rainwater harvesting, etc. Their advice can be very helpful as you take your garden to the next level.

Volunteers needed for work-party at Oregon School for the Deaf Urban Farm

(The following information furnished by Marion-Polk Food Share)

Come one, come all! All are invited to come lend a hand as we plant and prepare at the 2-acre Oregon School for the Deaf Urban Farm.

Gardening classes in Salem

Related Links

Spring Gardening Guide

www.livingcultureonline.blogspot.com

Marion-Polk Food Share Community Gardens Program

www.youtube.com

Pringle Creek Community Blog

www.pringlecreekcommunity.blogspot.com

Local groups team-up to offer urban agriculture classes

Posted by Nate Rafn

I spoke with a few people at Pringle Creek yesterday about their new Urban Farmer Certification program. Starting in January 2011, Pringle Creek will join Friends of Salem Saturday Market, OSU Master Gardener Program, and area farmers to teach a ten-month course on growing food in urban settings. Students will learn about garden planning, seeds, insects, composting, etc.

For more information on this great program, visit the Pringle Creek Community blog.

Note: Living Culture plans to cover this story in the coming months. Stay tuned!

Pringle Creek and Food Share
from the Living Culture Archive