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Butterfly bush needs considerate pruning
By Althea Godfrey
The many warm days over the last two weeks have gotten me into the garden, and what a luscious indulgence that is.
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Holiday fare - 11/24/2009
Whether you have your own garden or can reap the benefits of another's, the holidays are an opportunity to celebrate and elaborate on local flavors.
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Hot stuff - 7/31/2009
Hot and spicy or meek and mild — all types of peppers have their fans. This month Rogue Valley peppers start to mature.
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Herb-stuffed flank steak
Here's a delicious dish that any meat-eater will love — just don't tell them it's healthy, too!
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Kids and recycling
Put your kids in charge of recycling at home. If you make it a project and let them be in charge, we'll bet that you'll significantly reduce the amount of trash that goes to the landfill.
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Benefits of recycling have a far reach
What's most impressive about recycled and eco-friendly products is that each one was once a completely different item. I know; that's obvious. But stop and think about it. It's amazing.
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Restoration Farm
A garden or farm should operate like nature, by being fruitful, vigorous and varied with all kinds of plants and bugs — and not getting plowed every spring or trying to function like a factory,...
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Chimney balloon can hold in the heat
Most of us want to find ways to go green and maintain a budget. We need our dollars to go as far as possible.
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Don't throw it out
That aging computer you bought for $600 five years ago could cost you an additional $500 if you fail to recycle it under provisions of a new Oregon law that takes effect Jan. 1.
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Solar power coming to a store near you
NEW YORK — Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to...
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Electricity in the Field
At Blue Fox Farm, the tractor is old but the fuel is new.
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Christmas catalogs: Merry mail or holiday headache
It's a sure sign that Christmas is coming.
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Clean and Green
It's an old secret our grandmothers knew very well: There's no need to spend hundreds of dollars a year on exotic cleaning products full of questionable chemicals.
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Eco-home project tackles green-building myths
AKRON, Ohio — Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more.
