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Longtime partners Klamath County Extension and Klamath County Library have joined again to deliver two fun nights of vegetable gardening trivia to kick off the gardening season. With one night focused on cool season plants and another evening for warm season veggies, Gardening Trivia Nights are a great way to brush up on knowledge about the ideal soil, sun, and fertilizer combinations for vegetable production.
Read MoreRoot vegetables such as carrots, beets, and turnips are among the true vegetables- edible plant parts corresponding to vegetative, or growing parts of the plant. Botanically speaking, seeds and plant parts that contain seeds are considered fruits. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers are fruits, containing seeds in a variety of arrangements. Beans and corn are actual seeds. True vegetables come from…
Read MoreAmong the most commonly grown garden foods, leafy greens are true vegetables: leaves, roots, and stems are associated with the vegetative, or growing, portion of the plant’s life cycle. The leafy greens spectrum includes tender baby lettuces eaten raw, as well as tough collards with thick, inedible midribs that need to be cooked at length for best results.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Twice each year there are open burn windows that allow Klamath County residents the opportunity to burn yard waste. Klamath County Public Health just announced the 2021 Spring open burning window. It begins at 8:00 AM, Saturday, April 10, and ends at 5:00 PM, Sunday, April 25.
Read MoreEvents of the past year, combined with an already strengthening local foods movement, have fueled surging interest in small scale produce farming in Klamath and surrounding areas. Several outlets for local products report potential vendors asking questions about how to get started in farming. Similar situations are cropping up across Eastern OR: veggie gardeners considering making the jump from home gardener to produce farmer.
Read MoreNeonicitinoids, or Neonics for short, are a group of pesticides commonly used worldwide. The group gained popularity in the 1990’s as substitutes for the organophosphate pesticides, which are highly toxic to mammals. At first, Neonics were celebrated for lower risk to people and pets, but mounting evidence demonstrates that Neonic use is problematic for bees, especially bumblebees, and other pollinators. This has led to restrictions on Neonic use in some countries.
Read MoreBefore fruit trees leaf out in spring, before the first signs of aphids, powdery mildew or obscure scale, home orchardists can undertake an important control step to minimize pesticide use later in the season. Application of dormant oil is highly recommended in the Klamath Basin for most fruit trees. Dormant oil, a preventative pesticide used both in organic and conventional production, is used against piercing-sucking insect pests, mites, and even some plant diseases.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Native tree and shrub seedlings are being offered for sale in Klamath Falls as part of an effort to encourage use of native plants in landscaping and restoration projects.
Read MoreBLY, Ore. — On the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon’s first Good Neighbor Authority timber sale and restoration operation is showing visible improvements to forest health.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin is holding its annual Potato Sale Fundraiser. Because helping kids is “no small potatoes,” Friends has available 20-pound boxes of premium potatoes for $20 until all boxes are sold.
Read MoreKlamath County School District students joined community members in the third annual Countdown to Crunch Monday, the first of a two-day Crunch to celebrate local farmers and producers and National Farm to School Month.
Read MoreDo you need an excuse to eat leafy vegetables? A community-wide celebration next week highlighting locally grown greens may be just the push you need.
Community members are invited to join more than 1,800 Klamath County School District students and staff Oct. 26 and Oct. 28 in the third annual Countdown to Crunch celebrating National Farm to School Month.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Following Thursday’s announcement of 54 new COVID-19 cases associated with an outbreak at Planasa Oregon Operations, specific details of the incident were not clear. The only association with MacDoel is Planasa has a presence there. Siskiyou County has no association with the outbreak.
Read MoreThe OSU Klamath Basin Research Extension Center will be hosting the “Grow It, Cook It, Like It Club.” The club is free to join for 2nd through 6th graders and will include interactive virtual meetings, in-person field trips to local farms, restaurants, markets and will include take-home activities.
Read MoreHILDEBRAND – Antique farm equipment will be dusted off and put to work on Labor Day weekend during the annual Hildebrand Threshing Bee. The free event opens at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5-6, at the Chimney Rock Ranch on Egert Road east of Dairy. Events wind down around 4 p.m. each day.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Falls Farmers Market will be providing fresh local agricultural products directly to the public each Saturday, beginning June 6 through Oct 17, 2020.
Read MoreFollowing the May 7, 2020 Press Conference of Governor Brown, and like so many other county fairs throughout Oregon, the Klamath County Fair, originally scheduled to take place July 30 to August 2, 2020, has been postponed as a direct result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Plants native to the Klamath Basin will be offered in a May 16 sale at the Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main St.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Twice each year there are open burn windows that allow Klamath County residents the opportunity to burn yard waste. Klamath County Public Health (KCPH) just announced the 2020 Spring open burning window. It begins 8:00 AM Saturday, April 4, 2020 and ends 5:00 PM Sunday, April 19, 2020.
Read MoreA bonsai study group will meet at from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Saturday, March 14, in the Klamath County Museum’s meeting room at 1451 Main Street, Klamath Falls.
A demonstration on potting a tree will be presented, and discussion topics will include watering and fertilizing of bonsai trees.
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