Homeowners have a multitude of options for pest control. This guide suggests ways to control garden pests using safe and ordinary household chemicals. The good news is that the ingredients needed can be found in your kitchen or medicine cabinet. Examples include baking soda, beer, vegetable oil, chile peppers, vinegar,...
Beginning with Dr. Robert L. Ticknor (retired) in the late 1950s, nursery crops research has been an important activity at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center. The Center, a branch of both Oregon State University's Agricultural Experiment Station and its Extension Service, is just north of Aurora, a historic...