Kristin VanHoose passed along a story about a thoughtful fan in Venice who gifted aging dance-pop queen Madonna with a small bouquet of hydrangeas. Madonna was in Italy promoting one of her new movies, which, not to editorialize, generally need all the promotion they can get. Unfortunately, the Material Girl was less than thoughtful in […]
Speaking of deadly invaders …
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Robin Rosetta of Oregon State University Extension / North Willamette Research and Extension Center / the @PNWNurseryIPM Twitter feed passed along word of a devastating pest that has established a presence in the San Diego, Calif. area — the goldspotted oak borer. Some 80,000 oak trees already have been killed by this pest. The Los […]
The return of a deadly invader
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Tansy ragwort used to be everywhere in Oregon. Well, now it’s back, according to Oregon State University. The non-native weed was introduced to Oregon in the 1920s, and without natural enemies to keep it under control, it spread everywhere. This was a major problem for farmers and ranchers, as tansy ragwort is deadly poisonous to […]
North Willamette Research and Extension Center gets interim leader
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Mike Bondi, a longtime staffer with the Oregon State University Extension Service, has been named the interim staff chairman and superintendent at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora, Ore., effective today. Bondi is replacing former superintendent Clark Seavert, who elected to transfer to the main Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, Ore. […]
Challenges escalate for comprehensive immigration reform
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For quite some time, the nursery industry has been at the forefront of the push for comprehensive federal immigration reform. This means enforcing the law to secure U.S. borders, providing a dependable labor source for industries that need it, and setting up a path for undocumented people already in the country to earn sensible adjustment […]
No beer, just bugs
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There will be no oom-pah music, no beer and no lederhosen, but there will be much to celebrate every Thursday in October as the North Willamette Research and Extension Center observes OktoberPest. Every Thursday in October, from 9 a.m.-noon, there will be a workshop at NWREC, 15210 N.E. Miley Road, Aurora, Ore. Seminars include “Outwitting […]
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