http://tilth.org Recent blog posts daily 1 2009-11-08T02:12:14Z http://tilth.org/blog/comprehensive-organic-gardening-course-fall-2011 From September 28-October 19, Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center taught a wonderful group of aspiring and seasoned gardeners how to garden organically! No publisher clockovitch 2011-11-01T16:45:40Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/summer-beauty-and-green-manure We invite you to the Open House and Tilth Plant Sale at Luscher Farm on September 17! No publisher clockovitch 2011-09-06T23:51:11Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/arrival-of-summer-2 Warm days and sunny skies bring life, color and happiness to the Oregon Tilth Demonstration Garden this summer! No publisher clockovitch 2011-07-28T22:32:57Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/may-june The great wet wonderland of the Pacific Northwest garden! No publisher clockovitch 2011-06-17T00:30:09Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/all-at-once.. It's a busy Spring in the Demonstration Garden at Luscher Farm. Huge thanks to our hard-working volunteers for keeping the garden weed free and well tended. Take a virtual tour of our beautiful, bountiful, and vibrant teaching space! No publisher connervoss 2011-05-18T18:13:36Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/spring-intensive Tantalizing windows of sunshine during this fickle Spring lend to a rather chaotic bed-preparation and planting regimen. No publisher connervoss 2011-04-26T18:41:56Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/straw-bale-bonanza Wet. Wet. Wet. After weeks of rain, we find ourselves in a holding pattern. The soil is far too wet to prep, and the few beds that were covered and/or mulched (in January) for early spring panting, have since found themselves occupied by greens, peas, onions, leeks, and a speckled smattering of lettuce. No publisher connervoss 2011-04-05T17:44:38Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/week-of-3-14-2011 Just as we step from Spring's starting-line, the month of March has us feeling somewhat winded already - but surely satisfied. This week marks the culmination of our initial Comprehensive Organic Gardener (COG) course, as well as most of our early spring plantings. No publisher connervoss 2011-03-22T22:04:21Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/week-of-2-21-11 Things are beginning to heat-up in the demonstration garden - the birds, the soil, the compost, our hands! This week we'll be transplanting our first batch of Spring Brassicas... No publisher connervoss 2011-03-09T19:24:22Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/week-of-2-14-2011 Reticent to dive in, wringing my numb hands, stomping my rubberized feet, I wondered if perhaps the beds were still too wet... No publisher connervoss 2011-02-19T01:30:16Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/week-of-2-7-2011 This time of year, the cold shoulder of the spring season, we are seeding our earliest crops, finalizing the garden plan, and remembering lessons from years' past. No publisher connervoss Garden Tour OEC Learning 2011-02-18T22:57:37Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/we-need-your-input Luscher Farm, home of Oregon Tilth's Organic Demonstration Garden sits on the Urban Growth Boundary of Portland, OR. As a public park, working farm, community garden, and teaching space, Luscher Farm provides a valuable, and unique, gathering place for the community. It is a regional destination, both historic and progressive in nature, and it needs our ongoing attention! If you've visited, or hope to visit in the future, please complete this online survey, and tell us about your relationship to Luscher Farm. Your input will help inform a master plan for the next quarter century - preserving, protecting, and enhancing this precious agricultural resource of the Willamette Valley! No publisher kathydang 2010-11-08T23:34:30Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/ok-now-its-spring.. It's funny how the sun changes everything! We're up to our eyebrows in weeds and greens, among other things... No publisher connervoss 2010-05-18T21:28:36Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/tilth-represents-at-pdx-food-and-climate-day Between tabling at City Hall's organic garden rededication and sitting on a climate discussion panel alongside author Anna Lappé, Oregon Tilth had a major presence at Portland's Food and Climate Day. No publisher rcass 2010-05-06T19:38:22Z News Item http://tilth.org/blog/spring-coggers-and-cloches Spring in the demonstration garden means a lot of things: seedlings are sprouting, greens are growing, shot-weed has shot, volunteers are our saviors, onions are out, the wind is relentless, and classes are everything! No publisher rcass 2010-03-26T20:06:43Z News Item