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Our newsletter has information about currently featured plants along with seasonal garden tips, design ideas, and planting information.
Issue 1 (Delphiniums, garlic starts) print/pdf version
Issue 2 (Sweet peas, edible peas, perennials) pdf
Issue 3 (Nasturtium, baskets) pdf version
Issue 4 (Arctotis, veggies) pdf version
Issue 5 (Vines & screens, background plants, cut flower collection) pdf version
Issue 6 (Tea herbs, Woodfield lupine) pdf version
Issue 7 (Sun-loving coleus, nicotiana) pdf version
Issue 8 (Vegetables, foliage plants) pdf version
Issue 9 (Tropicals, more vines & screens) pdf
Issue 10 (Shiso & sunflowers) pdf version
Issue 11 (Impatiens, tropicals, coffee) pdf version
Issue 12 (Pesto, basil, beans) pdf version
Issue 13 (Cocktails, cerinthe) pdf version
Issue 14 (Ornamental cukes, gourds) pdf version
Issue 15 (Tropicals, fall & winter veggies) pdf version
Issue 16 (Pesto, basil, cilantro) pdf version
Issue 17 (Seasonal shrubs for cut stems) pdf version
Issue 18 (Pesto newsflash, fall tomatoes) pdf version

We'll start posting new issues of GARDEN NEWS again in February 2009. We hope you enjoy the above articles from 2008 until the new season arrives

GARDEN NEWS

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GARDEN NEWS will highlight currently featured plants along with seasonal garden tips, design ideas, and planting information. Take a look at previous issues in the library. Or sign up below to receive GARDEN NEWS by email starting again in February.

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News articles and plant info


Posters & Brochures


Ornamental Cucumbers poster
- An amazing array of spiky, spiny, colorful miniature cucumbers (jpeg format)

Vines & Screens poster (29 varieties, jpeg format)

Nasturtium brochure with descriptions and color photos (pdf format)

Nasturtium photocard signs for download and printing (24 varieities in pdf format)

Sweet Pea brochure with descriptions and color photos of many varieties. (pdf format)

Believe it or Not Vegetables - Descriptions and hand-drawn illustrations of some very unusual vegetables. (pdf format)

Fall & Winter Vegetable Chart - Planting and harvesting chart for fall & winter vegetable varieties (pdf format)

Fall & Winter Vegetable Gardening - A very informative 8-page guide published by the OSU Extension Service (pdf format)

Articles About Log House Plants & Our New Varieties


From ruby banana trees to peas in purple pods, they're delicious to see or eat
- Valerie Easton writes about a kaleidoscope of new annuals

Our Annual Fling - Indulge in the pleasures of some new annuals with Valerie Easton and the Seattle Times

Perennially Inviting - A sampling of fresh perennials for 2007 by Val Easton for the Seattle Times

2007 Introductions: Perennials, The thrill of discovering new plants every spring never fades - Kym Pokorny for The Oregonian, March 2007

2007 Introductions/Vegetables - Oregonian article with Kym Pokorny's picks for the new season

Pick of the Primroses - by Val Easton for The Seattle Times

Nursery brings home a world of great plants - Portland Tribune article by garden muse Barbara Blossom Ashmun

The Perks of Perennials - by Val Easton for The Seattle Times, April 2006

Growing up Gardening - Digger article about kids gardening by Elizabeth Peterson, Believe It or Not vegetables from Log House

Growing a Vision - Horticulture Magazine article by Valerie Easton, August 2004

A Growing Concern - Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine article by Valerie Easton, August 2005

At her fingertips, how a Gresham woman's magic touch gave primroses new life - Kym Pokorny article for the Oregonian

Sneak Preview - Plants Magazine article about 'YOU and ME' series primrose

Special Deliveries - Oregonian article featuring Echinacea 'Doppelganger'

Antique Primroses Make a Comeback - Ann Lovejoy's primrose article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Buy One Get One Free - Article about the new hose-in-hose primrose (Primula tommasinii) from Royal Horticultural Society's March 2003 issue of The Garden

Full Bloom - A local news article about Oregon nurseries, featuring Log House Plants

Reputation for Innovation - News article about Log House Plants

Delphiniums


English Delphiniums - Detailed cultural and general information about these spectacular perennials

Delphiniums Thrive with Pampering - Oregonian article on care

Hand-pollinating takes dedication - How to hand pollinate delphiniums

New Heights English Delphiniums - Oregonian article about these extraordinary new dwarf varieties

Herbs


Cocktail Recipes - Enjoy a refreshing cocktail made with Cuban Mojito mint, lime-scented Margarita mint, or blue agave

Shiso, Perilla frutescens - Learn how to grow & use this asian culinary herb. Includes recipes.

Pesto Recipes and Herbal Tea Recipes for you to enjoy

Catnip - Nature's Mosquito Repellent - Catnip Repels Mosquitoes More Effectively Than DEET

Essential Oils of Herbs - Uses and history of essential oils, how to distill essential oils

Luscious Lemon Grass - Enjoy this herb in your garden, kitchen, bath or boudoir, by Ann Lovejoy

Stevia - Sweet Herb of Paraguay - How to grow and use stevia from your garden

Swat Team - Catnip and other mosquito repellents reviewed in the Eugene Register-Guard

Vegetables


Magic Beans - Oregonian article with recipes, featuring Carol and Anthony Boutard

Magical Heirloom Beans - Ann Lovejoy writes about growing and using heirloom beans

Edamame Soybeans - Brochure about growing and using edamames, with info from WSU extension service

Vegetable harvest all winter? If you plant soon - A classic winter gardening article from Sunset Magazine

Believe it or Not Vegetables - Descriptions and hand-drawn illustrations of some very unusual vegetables. (pdf format)

Fall & Winter Vegetable Chart - Planting and harvesting chart for fall & winter vegetable varieties (pdf format)

Butterfly Gardening


Welcoming Butterflies to Our Gardens - The life cycle of butterflies and how to invite them to your garden

Flying Flowers - Butterfly Garden advice from the North American Butterfly Association

Other Topics


Vintage Clay Pots - see photos of specimen plants in vintage terracotta clay pots

Seasonal Cut Stem Shrubs - photos and descriptions of this new collection (in pdf format)

Pruning Flowering Shrubs - An overview of pruning concepts from Colorado State University Extension

Calcutta - A Horticultural Adventure - Bob Lilly's article about traveling in India with some plant-loving friends including our own Alice Doyle

Cocktail Recipes - Enjoy a refreshing cocktail made with Cuban Mojito mint, lime-scented Margarita mint, or blue agave

A Noteworthy Garden - Explore the connections between Flowers, Color & Music

Tropicals for Temperate Gardens - Ann Lovejoy writes about growing tropical plants in temperate climates

The Plight of the Honeybee - Ideas for nurturing our native pollinators by Ann Lovejoy

Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' (Honeywort) - History, descriptions, and tips

Lupin 'New Generation Hybrids' - Winners of over 13 gold medals at Chelsea & Royal Horticultural Society

Sun Loving Coleus - Coleus, a mainstay of shady American borders since the 1890's, now boasts new cultivars that thrive in the sun.

Grow to Know the World - RG article about plant origins of the world and the Grow to Know the World program initiated at Log House

Garden Blogs & Columns


Fresh Dirt
- Contemporary projects, style finds, scouting shots, deals, and more from the writers and editors at Sunset Magazine and Sunset.com

Dig in with Kym - Kym Pokorny's blog from The Oregonian

NW Gardens - Ann Lovejoy's column in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Plant Life - Val Easton's column in The Seattle Times

Ketzel Uprooted - gardenblog by Oregonian Ketzel Levine, a public radio slut with a red hot passion for plants

Garden Rant - Four gardeners from different corners of the USA weblog about their dirt gardening philosophy, with plenty of social commentary