That's The Way It Grows 2011

By Lisa Marie Long

Home horticulture advice from Oregon State University Master Gardener Lisa Marie Long. This free eBook is a compilation of the 2011 articles published through the OSU Extension Service. Bonus: Includes the very first That's the Way it Grows from April 1997.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Marie Long
• Release date: Aug 24, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311046390

Lisa Marie Long

Romance author Lisa Marie Long brings strong women and sexy men together in the American West.Awards for Borrowed Hearts:**WINNER**, 1999 Greater Seattle Romance Writers "Emerald City Opener" award*FINALIST*, Best Long Historical Romance2002 Romance Writers of America's "Golden Heart" award, the highest honor for an unpublished romance writer.About Lisa:A lifelong reader and writer, author Lisa Marie Long loves weaving words to entertain and enlighten. Creating compelling characters and making them fall in love is a wonderful job to have.Lisa raises boys, chickens and cats with her husband in rural Columbia County, Oregon, the setting of her historical romance, Borrowed Hearts. An Oregon State University Master Gardener, Lisa has written over 200 articles on home horticulture for the OSU Extension Service, and was interviewed on Portland's KXL Radio on growing orchids.If you love strong women and sexy cowboys, then check out Lisa's books!

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That's The Way It Grows

by Lisa Marie Long,

Oregon State University certified Master Gardener(c)

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Table of Contents

Introduction

January - A New Season is Upon Us

March - The Amazing Seed

April - Plant Your Garden Now—Don’t Wait!

June - Pass The Peas—Some Stakes, Please

July - Improving Your Watering Practices

August - Bargain Hunting

October - A Gardener Gardens

November - Worms in my Grass

December - Grow a Crop on Your Kitchen Counter

The First One, April 1997

About the Author

Dear Fellow Gardeners,

I became a Master Gardener through the Columbia County Extension Service in 1994. I have very much enjoyed the last 20 years of helping other gardeners find answers to their home horticulture questions, whether it be about soil, pests, composting, plant diseases or orchid growing. I wrote the first of these articles in April 1997, as Vice President of the Columbia County Master Gardener chapter. Since then, I've written 199 more that I hope have entertained, informed and most of all, encouraged other gardeners to try new things. My goal with each article is to invite readers into my world to see the garden as something wondrous and amazing, from the tiny microbes to the towering trees. Many readers have followed along with me as my children have grown along with my garden. I hope you enjoy this compilation of articles from 2011.

January 2011 #163

A New Season is Upon Us

Even though we are in the middle of winter in Oregon (rain, rain, and Oh! Look at that; more rain), it’s the beginning of a new gardening season.

The prospect of going outside to work in the soil is dreadful, and from