Has the warm winter weather caught you off guard? It is easy to be distracted by the beautiful spring flowers that are gracing the landscape, but this warm weather is also causing invasive […]
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What’s Up With Weeds: February 2015
February brings hints of spring and assures us that the worst of the winter season is over, and it’s a great time to plant new plants outside. The cool wet weather still to […]
What’s Up With Weeds: January 2015
Weeds: The solution for your resolutions January is the perfect time of the year to reflect on the year that has passed, and plan for the year ahead. Many of us mark the […]
What’s Up With Weeds: December 2014
Deck the Halls! December is the month when our busy lives get busier. The December mad dash of shopping, baking, wrapping, and mailing, ultimately gives way to the holidays spent surrounded by our […]
What’s Up With Weeds: November 2014
A November to remember…to take care of those tools! By the time November rolls around, the rains of winter have returned to the Northwest. This is the time of year when we pull […]
What’s Up With Weeds: October 2014
October may be your last chance! It is the first full month of fall, and the signs of the season all around us. By October many of our most troublesome weeds have run […]
What’s Up With Weeds: September
What’s coming up? We are preparing for a busy fall season. Our WeedWise program will be focused on Knotweed control. Work is commencing along the Sandy River mainstem, as well as in the […]
What’s Up With Weeds: August
August is the month when a yellow flower has folks across Clackamas County seeing red. The yellow flower at the heart of the problem is Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea). This pernicious weed is […]
What’s Up With Weeds: July 2014
We wish we could declare independence from invasive weeds in July, but this is the month many weeds are flowering and setting seed. The hot summer weather that recently moved into the Willamette […]