By Darren Morgan

Even the most hands-off and bug friendly gardener will sometimes need to make pest control decisions. But even while saving our plants from voracious attacks, we want and need to keep an eye on protecting the good guys — beneficial bugs, particularly pollinators. We can have happy plants and a healthy ecosystem if we make good choic...

Tacos have become such a part of mainstream American cuisine that on the West Coast other ethnic groups have begun topping the ubiquitous corn tortilla with their cultural culinary specialties. Forget the fish taco, ground beef taco, or shredded beef taco. Their time has come and gone. In Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland you can find Vietnamese and Korean food-truck chefs wh...

The new 2026-27 edition of the Plant Something Oregon Road Map to garden centers, specialty nurseries and public gardens is now available!

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Trees provide so much for our planet and for our very existence, and yet they require so little in return. Their roots help hold the soil together, the leaves give us clean air, the flowers give fruit, their canopy gives us shade, and the list goes on.

Living here in the Pacific Northwest where we are surrounded by tree canopies, it is easy to forget what a privileg...

Being born in Thailand, I’ve always loved seafood of all kinds: fish, clams, mussels, crab, cockles. You name it. I enjoy eating it.

But it wasn’t until much later in life when I lived in Baltimore, that I came across a puzzling combination: pork and fish. In the late 90s, there was a popular seafood restaurant in Fells Point called Atlantic. One of their signature ...