This pocket guide highlights fire-resistant plants that thrive in Willamette Valley growing conditions. It recommends groundcovers, perennials, shrubs, woody vines, and trees. There are too many annual plants available to list them all. In general, annuals are considered fire-resistant if they are kept well irrigated.
Welcome to the fascinating world of computers. Computers play an active role in everyone's life. Think about the things you do every day. You will soon realize that computers affect you directly in many ways. Banks, restaurants, department stores, toys, games, and even automobiles use computers in some form.
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Published May 1984. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Science is involved in many areas of dairying. The 4-H
Dairy Science Project emphasizes the "why's" of dairying. The
information you learn here should help you with other dairy projects.
You will learn some of the "why's" of selection, nutrition, milk
secretion, and reproduction as well as "how to do...
This study presents potential Low Impact Development (LID) solutions for the Ash Creek watershed and designs several tools to assist localities in implementing the solutions they may choose. Ash Creek is a tributary of the Willamette River flowing through Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence in Polk County, Oregon. Currently, Ash Creek...
The purpose of the study was to assess county extension agents'
knowledge of geotextiles; to determine their current level of
information and their location on an adoption-diffusion curve; and to
determine the agents' attitudes toward the potential use of
geotextiles in agriculture, specifically in soil erosion control.
A questionnaire was...
O&E Magazine is published by Oregon State University Division of Outreach and Engagement to engage the people of Oregon in learning and discovery. In this inaugural issue of O&E magazine, we celebrate the centennial of OSU Extension and look forward to the next 100 years of outreach and engagement with...
This brochure introduces the public to the Oregon Master Gardener program and welcomes those interested in becoming an Oregon Master Gardener volunteer to sign up on the website.