April showers bring May flowers! May in the Willamette Valley is a time of lush green colors spiced up with various flowers in bloom. Some of those flowers are weeds. So what’s up […]
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What’s Up With Weeds: April 2014
April in the Willamette Valley is a spectacular time as winter gives way to sunshine and new plant growth. So what’s up with weeds in the month of April? It’s Garlic mustard time […]
What’s Up With Weeds: March 2014
Prepare for battle March is the time of the year when we start preparing for the season-long battle against weeds. Like an army preparing for war, we make sure that our forces are […]
Top Ten Tips to Give Weeds the Brush-off
The term “weeds” is commonly used to refer to any undesirable plants, but fails to describe the onslaught of non-native invasive plants we see transforming our landscape today. More than just a gardener’s […]
What’s Up With Weeds: January 2014
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 2013
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: October
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
Remember September with a need to weed! September may be the best month of the year to target perennial weeds. As the hot days of summer shift toward the cooler days of autumn, […]
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 […]