{"id":3713,"date":"2012-02-28T00:28:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T00:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=3713"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:09:30","slug":"garden-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/library\/garden-news\/","title":{"rendered":"GARDEN NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"dropcap\">W<\/span><!--\/.dropcap-->elcome to our library<\/h1>\n<address>articles &amp; info<\/address>\n<p><a name=\"veg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Vegetables<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_HPTCAlwYOI\">Treasure Island Sweet Potatoes<\/a> &#8211; Beautiful foliage in the summer <em>and<\/em> delicious sweet potatoes in the fall!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_HPTCAlwYOI\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Two Vegetables in One\u2026 or Brussels What???\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4061\">Two Vegetables in One&#8230; or Brussels What???<\/a> &#8211; Val Easton writes about new Brassica &#8216;Petit Posy&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vegetables that do well for me in containers\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4063\">Vegetables that do well for me in containers<\/a> &#8211; By Kym Pokorny for the Oregonian<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"17 Types of Basil to Grow in Your Herb Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/types-of-basil-6500081\/\">17 Types of Basil to Grow in Your Herb Garden<\/a> &#8211; Delicious Varieties for Cooking With Different Flavors. Article by Peg Aloi in The Spruce<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nutritional Psychiatrists say eating vegetables can improve your mood\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/library\/nutritional-psychiatrists-say-eating-veg-can-improve-your-mood\/\">Nutritional Psychiatrists say eating vegetables can improve your mood<\/a> &#8211; a groundbreaking article from FreshPlaza<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Live to be 100?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freshplaza.com\/north-america\/article\/9672055\/tremendous-surge-in-demand-for-our-stokes-purple-and-ben-yagi-purple-sweet-potatoes-in-u-s-after-netflix-documentary\/\">Live to be 100?<\/a> &#8211; Tremendous surge in demand for Purple sweet potatoes in U.S. after Netflix documentary<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Purple Tomato, a new chapter in the GMO debate\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/library\/a-new-chapter-in-the-gmo-debate\/\">The Purple Tomato, a new chapter in the GMO debate<\/a> &#8211; transcript of a show from Boise State Public Radio, as reported by S\u00e1\u0161a Woodruff<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Everything You Need to Know About Urfa Biber, the Miracle Spice\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/library\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-urfa-biber-the-miracle-spice\/\"> Everything You Need to Know About Urfa Biber, the Miracle Spice<\/a> &#8211; By M. Elizabeth Sheldon, writing for Food &amp; Wine Magazine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"There\u2019s a whole new vegetable and some cool new varieties on the market\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4065\">There&#8217;s a whole new vegetable and some cool new varieties on the market<\/a> &#8211; By Kym Pokorny<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grab &amp; Grow Gardens\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4416\">Grab &amp; Grow Gardens<\/a> &#8211; We\u2019ve designed six regional vegetable collections with varieties chosen for flavor, productivity, and ease of care<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A hunger for beautiful edibles\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/news\/Article_Digger-HungerforEdibles.pdf\">A hunger for beautiful edibles<\/a> &#8211; Featuring Grab &amp; Grow vegetables, by Elizabeth Petersen for Digger Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Oregon's Legume Legacy\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=29719\">Oregon&#8217;s Legume Legacy<\/a> &#8211; OPB article on one of Oregon&#8217;s biggest crops<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Magic Beans\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4419\">Magic Beans<\/a> &#8211; Oregonian article with recipes, featuring Carol and Anthony Boutard<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Magical Heirloom Beans\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4422\">Magical Heirloom Beans<\/a> &#8211; Ann Lovejoy writes about growing and using heirloom beans<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Olives Research Project Helps Growing Interests in the PNW\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/library\/olives-research-project-helps-growing-interests-in-the-pnw\/\"> Olives Research Project Helps Growing Interests in the PNW<\/a> &#8211; From the OSU Extension Service<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edamameLHPbrochure.pdf\">Edamame Soybeans<\/a> &#8211; Brochure about growing and using edamames, with info from WSU extension service<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Believe-it-or-Not-veg-handout-2010.pdf\">Believe it or Not Vegetables<\/a> &#8211; Descriptions and hand-drawn illustrations of some very unusual vegetables. (pdf format)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sweetpotatoposter2013.pdf\">Sweet Potatoes<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 poster with ten of our colorful varieties<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu\/\">Vegetable MD Online<\/a> &#8211; Plant disease info from Cornell<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211;Dry Farming<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dryfarming.org\/\">The Dry Farming Institute<\/a> &#8211; Empowering growers to thrive using less water<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marketofchoice.com\/the-dry-farming-institute\/\">Market of Choice<\/a> &#8211; A local high-end supermarket explores ways to combat Climate Change<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adaptiveseeds.com\/characteristic\/dry-farming-adaptive\/\">Adaptive Seeds<\/a> &#8211; A farm-based seed company uses varieties with strong potential for adaptation to dry farming<\/p>\n<h3>&#8211;Tomatoes and Vegetable Grafting<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Behold the Tomato\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/library\/behold-the-tomato\/\">Behold the Tomato<\/a> &#8211; Martha Stewart Living features Wild Boar Farms tomatoes<\/p>\n<p>Grafted Tomatoes on Garden Time:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/52QJD6H4AYo\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/02\/09\/grafted-tomatoes-become-super-producers\/1903799\/\">Grafted tomatoes become super producers<\/a> &#8211; USA Today article, with video interview<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transatlanticplantsman.com\/transatlantic_plantsman\/2013\/02\/grafted-tomatoes-beat-diseases.html\">Grafted Tomatoes Beat Diseases<\/a> &#8211; by Graham Rice, the Transatlantic Gardener<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/hg\/index.ssf\/2012\/09\/grafted_tomatoes_out_grow_and.html\">Grafted tomatoes are growing larger and producing more than regulars in my garden<\/a> &#8211; by Kym Pokorny for <em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Garden News Issue 33\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4320\">Introducing Our First Crop Ever of Grafted Tomatoes!<\/a> &#8211; Our Garden News article about the history, methods, and benefits of grafting<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Can You Dig It?\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5567\">Can You Dig It?<\/a> &#8211; Garden advice from the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> featuring Amy Stewart and our grafted tomatoes<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grafted tomatoes get a green thumbs up from most gardeners\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5578\">Reader Response: Grafted tomatoes get a green thumbs up from most gardeners<\/a> &#8211; by Kym Pokorny for <em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grafted Toms\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5584\">Grafted Toms<\/a> &#8211; <em>Vancouver Sun<\/em> article about grafted tomatoes and Log House Plants<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Teaming Tomatoes\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4055\">Teaming Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; Gardening article about grafted tomatoes in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Register-Guard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grafted tomatoes: bigger, better for home gardeners\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4057\">Grafted tomatoes grab attention with improved vigor, production and disease resistance<\/a> &#8211; by Kym Pokorny for <em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"What\u2019s That You Say? Grafted Tomatoes?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenrant.com\/my_weblog\/2010\/07\/whats-that-you-say-grafted-tomatoes.html\">What&#8217;s That You Say? Grafted Tomatoes?<\/a> &#8211; Garden Rant post with Ann Lovejoy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.ces.ncsu.edu\/grafting-for-disease-resistance-in-heirloom-tomatoes\">Grafting for Disease Resistance in Heirloom Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; Publication from the NC Cooperative Extension Service<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growingproduce.com\/crop-protection\/research-shows-grafting-can-help-fight-foliar-diseases\/\">Grafting Can Help Fight Foliar Diseases, OSU Researchers Find<\/a> \u2013 Ohio State University research found that grated tomatoes are more disease resistant and have higher levels of flavonoids<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/greenhouse-floriculture\/fact-sheets\/grafting-techniques-for-greenhouse-tomatoes\">Grafting Techniques for Greenhouse Tomatoes<\/a> \u2013 Article by Richard McAvoy, University of Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/durham.ces.ncsu.edu\/2020\/06\/grafting-to-create-a-healthier-tomato\/\">Tomato Grafting Research Program<\/a> &#8211; North Carolina Cooperative Extension research, presentations, and handouts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntxe-news.com\/cgi-bin\/artman\/exec\/view.cgi?archive=39&amp;num=62171&amp;printer=1\">Tomato Grafting Project <\/a>\u2013 Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center research project (Ohio State University)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cals.arizona.edu\/grafting\/home\">Vegetable Grafting Information Website<\/a> &#8211; Research project from the University of Arizona and US Horticultural Research Laboratory<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oardc.ohio-state.edu\/graftingtomato\/tomato_grafting.pdf\">Tomato Grafting<\/a> \u2013 Organic farmer Jack Manix from Vermont shares his grafting experiences<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/graftinghandout.pdf\">Grafted Vegetables<\/a> &#8211; color handout with pictures and grafting info<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartley-botanic.com\/gardening-tips\/mary-kate-mackey\/grafted-vegetables\">Grafted Vegetables &#8211; You&#8217;re Going to Want Them<\/a> &#8211; by Mary Kate Mackey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthlymag.com\/blogs\/plantwise\/june-10-grafted-tomatoes\/\">Grafted Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; Blog entry from Portland Monthly&#8217;s Plantwise<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnyseeds.com\/t-video_tomato_grafting.aspx?source=HomePage1209\">Tomato Grafting video<\/a> from Johnny&#8217;s Selected Seeds<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tomato Time\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4059\">Tomato Time<\/a> &#8211; By Val Easton<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grafted tomatoes: bigger, better for home gardeners\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4057\">Grafted tomatoes: bigger, better for home gardeners<\/a> &#8211; by Val Easton for <em>The Seattle Times<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>&#8211;Fall &amp; Winter Vegetables<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fall-Winter-Gardening-Guide-2019.pdf\">Fall &amp; Winter Vegetable Guide<\/a> &#8211; Planting and harvesting chart for fall &amp; winter vegetable varieties<\/p>\n<h4><strong>&#8212;Chicories<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"A Chicory to Dismantle Late-Stage Capitalism\" href=\"https:\/\/heated.medium.com\/radicchio-is-having-a-moment-in-the-u-s-df9cb4bf72a5\">A Chicory to Dismantle Late-Stage Capitalism<\/a> &#8211; Kristy Mucci writes about radicchio<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bitter &amp; Bold\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/vegetables\/greens\/how-to-cook-with-chicories-endives-frisee-radicchio\">Bitter &amp; Bold<\/a> &#8211; Kristy Mucci writes about chicories in the January 2021 edition of <em>Food &amp; Wine<\/em> magazine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chicory Week\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicoryweek.com\/\">Chicory Week<\/a> &#8211; Seattle&#8217;s premier chicory festival.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"If You've Never Tried Growing Radicchio, Now is the Time\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/09\/realestate\/radicchio-growing.html\">If You&#8217;ve Never Tried Growing Radicchio, Now is the Time<\/a> &#8211; Margaret Roach&#8217;s wonderful article in the NY Times.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Italian Sagra\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@laneselman\/how-italian-sagre-inspired-the-culinary-breeding-networks-joyful-celebrations-of-local-vegetables-f4c5a5a909c9\">Italian Sagra<\/a> &#8211; Lane Selman&#8217;s article on how this uniquely Italian concept inspired the CBN&#8217;s joyful celebration of local vegetables.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Radicchio Revolution\" href=\"https:\/\/jason-5826.medium.com\/the-roots-of-the-radicchio-revolution-in-the-veneto-of-north-america-18b6fe8fc2a5\">The Radicchio Revolution<\/a> &#8211; Jason Salvo, owner of <em>Local Roots Farm<\/em> in Seattle, writes about the roots of the radicchio revolution.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em>Three wonderful Chicory resources, in PDF format, listed below:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Radicchio-Brochure.pdf\">Radicchio Brochure<\/a> &#8211; Osborne Seed&#8217;s beautifully detailed layout of many of the chicory varieties we carry<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Radicchio-Poster.pdf\">Chicory Poster<\/a> &#8211; Want to know where your chicory comes from?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RadicchioZine.pdf\">Radicchio zine<\/a> &#8211; More than 30 pages of drawings, recipes and information on this vastly versatile vegetable!<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"news\"><\/a><strong>Culinary Breeding Network<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lane-Selman-CBN-Bio4.pdf\">Lane Selman Bio<\/a> &#8211; Founder of the Culinary Breeding Network<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culinarybreedingnetwork.com\/mission\">Mission<\/a> &#8211; What&#8217;s the CBN all about?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culinarybreedingnetwork.com\/winter-vegetables\">Winter Vegetables<\/a> &#8211; So easy to grow!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Log-House-and-Culinary-Breeding-Network-Collection.pdf\">Log House Plants and the Culinary Breeding Network<\/a> &#8211; A Collaboration<br \/>\n<a name=\"posters\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Posters &amp; Brochures<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/butterflyhostplants.pdf\">Butterfly Bed &amp; Breakfast Project<\/a> &#8211; Butterfly host plants, 11&#215;17 poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/butterfly_banner.pdf\">Butterfly Banner<\/a> &#8211; Butterfly Host Plants &amp; Nectar Plants, 11&#215;33 banner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Row-7-poster.pdf\">Row 7 Vegetables<\/a> Row 7 Seed &#8211; a food company<br \/>\ngrounded in the notion that deliciousness might<br \/>\njust change the world!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/B%20&amp;%20B%20Nectar%20Plants.pdf\">Butterfly Nectar Plants<\/a> poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Butterfly-Caterpillar-ID-Card.pdf\">Butterfly-Caterpillar ID Card<\/a> Pocket-postcard of all 27 varieties!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-23BerryPoster-11x17V5.pdf\">Cane Berries Poster<\/a> &#8211; Plant in Fall and get a jump on next year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Radicchio-Poster.pdf\">Chicory Poster<\/a> &#8211; Want to know where your chicory comes from?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-Decorative-Pumpkins.pdf\">Decorative Pumpkin Poster<\/a> &#8211; Perfect for Halloween!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/db-poster.pdf\">Drunken Botanist Poster<\/a> &#8211; Colorful 11&#215;17 poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DB-QR.pdf\">Drunken Botanist QR code<\/a> &#8211; More on Amy Stewart&#8217;s book, and a QR code<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/catgrassposters.pdf\">Catgrass posters<\/a> &#8211; a variety of letter size flyers featuring catgrass<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Lavender-poster.pdf\">Lavender Poster<\/a> &#8211; Lavender Fields Forever<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-Geranium-Poster-1.pdf\">Scented Geranium Poster<\/a> &#8211; Fill the air with the sweet smell of Scented Geraniums<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-Tumbelina-Petunia-Poster-1.pdf\">Tumbelina Petunia Poster<\/a> &#8211; Tumbelina Petunias rock!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Fall-Winter-Garden-Chart-2024-5.pdf\">Fall &amp; Winter Garden Chart<\/a> &#8211; Planting and harvesting chart<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fall-winter-label-key3.pdf\">Fall &amp; Winter Label Key<\/a> See our Fall, Continuous and Overwintering labels<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/kalecabbage2016.pdf\">Flowering Kale and Cabbage<\/a> &#8211; Colorful 11&#215;17 poster with photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fruit-Favorite-Cards-Combined.pdf\">Favorite Cards &#8211; Fruit<\/a> Print-at-home Favorite Cards!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/garlic-poster-2021.pdf\">2021 Garlic<\/a> &#8211; many delectable varieties with descriptions, uses, &amp; photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/gourds-poster.pdf\">Gourds<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster with 22 varieties pictured<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/graftinghandout.pdf\">Grafted Vegetables<\/a> &#8211; color handout with pictures and grafting info<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Introducing-Japanese-Haskaps.pdf\">Haskaps<\/a> Introduction to Japanese Haskaps, by Maxine Thompson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Heirloom-Cutflower-Mum-poster.pdf\">Heirloom Cutflower Mums<\/a> &#8211; Look at all these beautiful mums! Colorful 11&#215;17 poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pesticide_list_final.pdf\">Honey Bees<\/a> &#8211; pdf list of all products that are harmful to honey bees<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/indigo-poster.pdf\">Indigo Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; set of four 11&#215;17 posters with breeder info<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/indigo-poster1.pdf\">Indigo Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster featuring Indigo Rose<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/kale-poster.pdf\">Kale<\/a>&#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/KnF_11x7Benchcard.pdf\">Ketchup &#8216;n&#8217; Fries<\/a> &#8211; Benchcard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KnF_11x17Poster.pdf\">Ketchup &#8216;n&#8217; Fries<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 Poster<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ckBvP8gRJVQ?si=sj_bL9PhdpnZsw0O\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/mightymatobanner.pdf\">Mighty &#8216;Mato Grafted Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MightyMatoHandout.pdf\">Mighty &#8216;Mato Handout<\/a> &#8211; An informative history of the Mighty &#8216;Mato program<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/nasties2.pdf\">Nasturtium brochure<\/a> with descriptions and color photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/Photocards-nasties.pdf\">Nasturtium photocard signs<\/a> for download and printing (24 varieities)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/oca-poster.pdf\">Oca Tubers from the Andes<\/a> &#8211; handout with varieties and growing tips<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/cuke_poster_final.jpg\">Ornamental Cucumbers poster<\/a> &#8211; Amazing array of spiny miniature cucumbers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Natives-poster-low-res.pdf\">Pacific Northwest Natives<\/a> &#8211; Beautiful 11&#215;17 poster of PNW Native Annuals<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/purplepower3web.pdf\">Purple Power<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RadicchioRevolutionPoster-11x17-1.pdf\">Radicchio Revolution!<\/a> &#8211; Making the World a Bitter Place<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/rudbeckiaposter2.pdf\">Rudbeckia poster<\/a> &#8211; Full color 11&#215;17 poster with photos of 14 varieties<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/salanova-poster.pdf\">Salanova Lettuce<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster (8 varieties in pdf format)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/ShisoPerilla.pdf\">Shiso (Perilla frutescens)<\/a> &#8211; Letter-size flyer with shiso info and recipes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/strawberry-poster-legal-size.pdf\">Strawberry Poster, legal-size<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/sunflowerposter.pdf\">Sunflowers<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster with 25 varieties<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/Super-Dwarfs-banner.pdf\">Super Dwarfs Banner<\/a> 6 x 17 vertical banner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/Super-Dwarfs-flyer.pdf\">Super Dwarfs Brochure<\/a> read about all 8 varieties!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/Super-Dwarfs-logo-sign.pdf\">Super Dwarfs sign<\/a> check out the cool logo!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/Super-Naturals-Breeders.pdf\">SuperNaturals Breeders<\/a> &#8211; SuperNaturals Participatory Plant Breeders pdf<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/Sweet pea brochureA4vg.pdf\">Sweet Pea brochure<\/a> with descriptions and color photos of many varieties<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/sweet potatoes11x17_web.pdf\">Sweet Potatoes<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 poster with some of our colorful varieties<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/THH-flip-book-poster.pdf\">Traditional Healing Herbs Flip-Book<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/THH-flip-book-poster.pdf\">poster<\/a>! It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/themes\/loghouseplants\/flipbooks\/traditional-healing-herbs\/\">book<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/Vines-Screens-poster.jpg\">Vines &amp; Screens poster<\/a> (29 varieties, jpeg format)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/wildboar-poster-reduced.pdf\">Wild Boar Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 color poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/images\/hellebore_winterjewels.pdf\">Winter Jewels Hellebore poster<\/a> &#8211; Stunning hellebore series from the O&#8217;Byrnes<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"news\"><\/a><strong>Climate Change<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Climate-change-for-gardeners.pdf\">Climate Change for Gardeners<\/a> &#8211; Ann Lovejoy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doppelt_-Engage-All-Americans-in-a-Climate-Mobilization.pdf\">Engage All Americans in a Climate Mobilization<\/a> &#8211; Bob Doppelt, <em>The Register Guard<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardy-plant.org.uk\/docs\/publications\/journal\/40a\/beth.pdf\">Ecological Planting in the 21st Century<\/a> &#8211; Beth Chatto Symposium<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/The-Depravity-of-Climate-Change-Denial.pdf\">The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial<\/a> &#8211; Paul Krugman, <em>The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailygalaxy.com\/2019\/02\/usa-cities-will-experience-climates-with-no-modern-equivalent\">What to expect in US cities<\/a> &#8211; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, <em>The Daily Galaxy<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"news\"><\/a><strong>BioControls<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BioControls-and-Growing-Procedures.pdf\">What do we use?<\/a> &#8211; A list of our biocontrol and growing procedures<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Using-Biocontrols-to-protect-butterflies.pdf\">Using biocontrols to protect butterflies<\/a> &#8211; As presented at the 2023 Far West show<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-sustainability-certificate.pdf\">Sustainability Certificate<\/a> &#8211; Sustainability Certificate<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"news\"><\/a><strong>Articles About Log House Plants &amp; Our New Varieties<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/shop\/saving-seeds\/\">Saving Seeds<\/a> &#8211; Two PDFs on how to save seeds (<a title=\"Seed Saving Crop Chart\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/crop_chart.pdf\">crop chart<\/a> and <a title=\"Seed Saving Glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/glossary.pdf\">glossary<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/New-edibles_-colorful-nutritious-and-delicious-_-Pacific-NW-_-The-Seattle-Times2014.pdf\">New edibles: colorful, nutritious and delicious<\/a> &#8211; Val Easton, <em>The Seattle Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Power Up on Purple\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/power-up-on-purple\/\">Power Up on Purple<\/a> &#8211; by Sophia Bennett for <em>The Register-Guard, <\/em>2014<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tea_booklet.pdf\">Tea: Guide to Growing Your Own Tea<\/a> &#8211; a 23-page booklet by Tsubaki Camellias<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Out-of-the-ordinary arugula, prickly pear cactus, Indigo tomatoes and other fascinating, new veggies\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/out-of-the-ordinary-arugula-prickly-pear-cactus-indigo-tomatoes-and-other-fascinating-new-veggies\/\">Out-of-the-ordinary arugula, prickly pear cactus, Indigo tomatoes<\/a>&#8230; <em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Joining Together\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=6055\">Joining Together<\/a> &#8211; by Jon Stinnett for the <em>Cottage Grove Sentinel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Can You Dig It?\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5567\">Can You Dig It?<\/a> &#8211; <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> article on Amy Stewart and grafted tomatoes<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grafted tomatoes get a green thumbs up from most gardeners\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5578\">Reader Response: Grafted tomatoes get a green thumbs up from most gardeners<\/a> &#8211; by Kym Pokorny for <em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grafted Toms\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5584\">Grafted Toms<\/a> &#8211; <em>Vancouver Sun<\/em> article about grafted tomatoes and Log House Plants<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5358\">New fruits and veggies look good, taste great<\/a> &#8211; Val Easton, <em>The Seattle Times, <\/em>2012<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Teaming Tomatoes\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4055\">Teaming Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; Article about grafted tomatoes in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Register-Guard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grafted tomatoes: bigger, better for home gardeners\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4057\">Grafted tomatoes: bigger, better for home gardeners<\/a> &#8211; Val Easton, <em>The Seattle Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tomato Time\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4059\">Tomato Time<\/a> &#8211; By Val Easton<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Two Vegetables in One\u2026 or Brussels What???\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4061\">Two Vegetables in One&#8230; or Brussels What???<\/a> &#8211; Val Easton on Brassica &#8216;Petit Posy&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vegetables that do well for me in containers\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4063\">Vegetables that do well for me in containers<\/a> &#8211; by Kym Pokorny for <em>The Oregonian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bright New Annuals Offer Splash for Summer\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4067\">Bright New Annuals Offer Splash for Summer<\/a> &#8211; by Val Easton for the Seattle Times<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New fruits, veggies are delicious to see as well as to eat\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4069\">New fruits, veggies are delicious to see as well as to eat<\/a> &#8211; by Val Easton<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A hunger for beautiful edibles\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/news\/Article_Digger-HungerforEdibles.pdf\">A hunger for beautiful edibles<\/a> &#8211; Grab &amp; Grow vegetables, Digger Magazine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New Vegetables 09\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4073\">New Vegetables &#8217;09<\/a> &#8211; by Val Easton<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Journey to the Mainstream\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/news\/Article_JourneytoMainstream.pdf\">The Journey to the Mainstream<\/a> &#8211; By Lorene Edwards Forkner for Digger Magazine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Log House Plants\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4107\">Log House Plants<\/a> &#8211; By Kelly Gates for Country Folks Grower<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"From ruby banana trees to peas in purple pods, they\u2019re delicious to see or eat\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4109\">From ruby banana trees to peas in purple pods, they&#8217;re delicious to see or eat<\/a> &#8211; by Val Easton for the Seattle Times<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fringe Plants\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4111\">Fringe Plants<\/a> &#8211; By Lorene Edwards Forkner for Digger Magazine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Our Annual Fling\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4113\">Our Annual Fling<\/a> &#8211; Indulge in the pleasures of some new annuals by Valerie Easton<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Perennially Inviting\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4115\">Perennially Inviting<\/a> &#8211; Fresh perennials for 2007 by Val Easton for the Seattle Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4117\">2007 Introductions: Perennials<\/a> &#8211; Kym Pokorny for The Oregonian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4119\">2007 Introductions\/Vegetables<\/a> &#8211; Oregonian article by Kym Pokorny<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4121\">Pick of the Primroses<\/a> &#8211; by Val Easton for The Seattle Times<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nursery brings home a world of great plants\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4123\">Nursery brings home a world of great plants<\/a> &#8211; Portland Tribune, Barbara Blossom Ashmun<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Perks of Perennials\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4126\">The Perks of Perennials<\/a> &#8211; by Val Easton for The Seattle Times, April 2006<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Growing up Gardening\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4152\">Growing up Gardening<\/a> &#8211; Digger article about kids gardening by Elizabeth Peterson<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Growing a Vision\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4154\">Growing a Vision<\/a> &#8211; Horticulture Magazine article by Valerie Easton<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Growing Concern\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4156\">A Growing Concern<\/a> &#8211; Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, Val Easton<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"At her fingertips, how a Gresham woman\u2019s magic touch gave primroses new life\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4167\">At her fingertips, how a Gresham woman&#8217;s magic touch gave primroses new life<\/a> &#8211; Kym Pokorny for the Oregonian<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sneak Preview\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4169\">Sneak Preview<\/a> &#8211; Plants Magazine article about &#8216;YOU and ME&#8217; series primrose<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Special Deliveries\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4173\">Special Deliveries<\/a> &#8211; Oregonian article featuring Echinacea &#8216;Doppelganger&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Antique Primroses Make a Comeback\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4175\">Antique Primroses Make a Comeback<\/a> &#8211; Ann Lovejoy for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy One Get One Free\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4177\">Buy One Get One Free<\/a> &#8211; Article about the new hose-in-hose primrose (Primula tommasinii) from Royal Horticultural Society&#8217;s March 2003 issue of The Garden<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Full Bloom\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4179\">Full Bloom<\/a> &#8211; Local news article on Oregon nurseries, featuring Log House Plants<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Reputation for Innovation\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4181\">Reputation for Innovation<\/a> &#8211; News article about Log House Plants<br \/>\n<a name=\"seed\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Propagation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Master-Gardener-Propagation-Packet.pdf\">Master Gardener Propagation Packet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.sfgate.com\/homeandgarden\/article\/The-buzz-on-blue-tomatoes-5295725.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Buzz on Blue Tomatoes<\/a> &#8211; article at SFGate.com<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Seed Savers Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SSEcrop_chart.pdf\">Seed Savers Exchange<\/a>: Crop-Specific Seed Saving Guide<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/home\/seed-catalogues-have-something-for-everyone\/2014\/02\/11\/31ff3a5e-8cdd-11e3-9ed8-259977a48789_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seed Catalogues Have Something for Everyone<\/a> &#8211; Washington Post article<br \/>\n<a name=\"gardennews\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Garden News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our newsletter has information about currently featured plants along with seasonal garden tips, design ideas, and planting information.<\/p>\n<p>Our collection of previous issues:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/us4.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=0cdf199afdadbc1c8ec932f74&amp;id=ad8729dcb1&amp;e=[UNIQID]\">Issue 40<\/a> (Cool Wave pansies, drinking vinegars)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/us4.campaign-archive1.com\/?u=0cdf199afdadbc1c8ec932f74&amp;id=0b32e18495\">Issue 39<\/a> (More about GMOs, new varieties)<a href=\"http:\/\/us4.campaign-archive1.com\/?u=0cdf199afdadbc1c8ec932f74&amp;id=c9a8114633\"><br \/>\nIssue 38<\/a> (No to GMOs, yes to Wild Boar tomatoes)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=5384\">Issue 37<\/a> (Fall &amp; winter gardens)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 36\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4326\">Issue 36<\/a> (Tomatoes &amp; pruning)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 35\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4324\">Issue 35<\/a> (More spring veggies and grafting)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 34\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4322\">Issue 34<\/a> (Spring veggies)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 33\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4320\">Issue 33<\/a> (Grafted vegetables)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 32\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4318\">Issue 32<\/a> (Frost dates, flowersprouts, sweet potatoes)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 31\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4316\">Issue 31<\/a> (Fall &amp; winter vegetables)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 30\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4314\">Issue 30<\/a> (Watering)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 29\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4312\">Issue 29<\/a> (Tomatoes)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 28\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4310\">Issue 28<\/a> (Pollination)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 27\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4308\">Issue 27<\/a> (Spring greens)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 26\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4306\">Issue 26<\/a> (Tomatillos &amp; ground cherries)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 25\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4304\">Issue 25<\/a> (Peppers)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 24\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4302\">Issue 24<\/a> (Plant fairs &amp; markets)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 23\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4300\">Issue 23<\/a> (Vegetables)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 22\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4298\">Issue 22<\/a> (New Annuals)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 21\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4296\">Issue 21<\/a> (Alliums)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 20\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4294\">Issue 20<\/a> (New intros, hellebore)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Garden News Issue 19\" href=\"http:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4292\">Issue 19<\/a> (Grab &amp; Grow Vegetables, cat grass)<br \/>\nIssue 18 (Pesto newsflash, fall tomatoes) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 17 (Seasonal shrubs for cut stems) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 16 (Pesto, basil, cilantro) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 15 (Tropicals, fall &amp; winter veggies) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 14 (Ornamental cukes, gourds) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 13 (Cocktails, cerinthe) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 12 (Pesto, basil, beans) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 11 (Impatiens, tropicals, coffee) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 10 (Shiso &amp; sunflowers) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 9 (Tropicals, more vines &amp; screens) pdf<br \/>\nIssue 8 (Vegetables, foliage plants) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 7 (Sun-loving coleus, nicotiana) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 6 (Tea herbs, Woodfield lupine) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 5 (Vines &amp; screens, background plants, cut flower collection) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 4 (Arctotis, veggies) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 3 (Nasturtium, baskets) pdf version<br \/>\nIssue 2 (Sweet peas, edible peas, perennials) pdf<br \/>\nIssue 1 (Delphiniums, garlic starts) print\/pdf version<br \/>\n<a name=\"delph\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Delphiniums<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"English Delphiniums\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4183\">English Delphiniums<\/a> &#8211; Detailed cultural and general information about these spectacular perennials<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Delphiniums Thrive with Pampering\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4185\">Delphiniums Thrive with Pampering<\/a> &#8211; Oregonian article on care<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hand-pollinating takes dedication\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4187\">Hand-pollinating takes dedication<\/a> &#8211; How to hand pollinate delphiniums<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New Heights English Delphiniums\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4189\">New Heights English Delphiniums<\/a> &#8211; Oregonian article about these extraordinary new dwarf varieties<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"herbs\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Herbs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Garlic Recipes &#8211; Our favorite method of roasting garlic and French Noixail<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Culinary Herbs\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4191\">Culinary Herbs<\/a> &#8211; History and tips for using herbs in cooking<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cocktail Recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4193\">Cocktail Recipes<\/a> &#8211; Enjoy a refreshing cocktail made with Cuban Mojito mint, lime-scented Margarita mint, or blue agave<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cocktails2.jpg\">Cocktail Collection<\/a> flyer with photos<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shiso, Perilla frutescens\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4195\">Shiso, Perilla frutescens<\/a> &#8211; Learn how to grow &amp; use this asian culinary herb. Includes recipes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pesto Recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4197\">Pesto Recipes<\/a> and Herbal Tea Recipes for you to enjoy<\/p>\n<p>Catnip &#8211; Nature&#8217;s Mosquito Repellent &#8211; Catnip Repels Mosquitoes More Effectively Than DEET<\/p>\n<p>Essential Oils of Herbs &#8211; Uses and history of essential oils, how to distill essential oils<\/p>\n<p>Luscious Lemon Grass &#8211; Enjoy this herb in your garden, kitchen, bath or boudoir, by Ann Lovejoy<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stevia, Sweet Herb of Paraguay\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4199\">Stevia<\/a> &#8211; Sweet Herb of Paraguay &#8211; How to grow and use stevia from your garden<\/p>\n<p>Swat Team &#8211; Catnip and other mosquito repellents reviewed in the Eugene Register-Guard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graftedvegetables.com\/\">Super Naturals Grafted Vegetables<\/a> &#8211; Mighty &#8216;Mato grafted tomatoes<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"butterfly\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Butterfly Gardening<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Welcoming Butterflies to Our Gardens\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4425\">Welcoming Butterflies to Our Gardens<\/a> &#8211; The life cycle of butterflies and how to invite them to your garden<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/welcome-butterfly-banner.pdf\">Butterfly Bed &amp; Breakfast Project<\/a> &#8211; Butterfly host plants provide the unique food source needed for each caterpillar\/butterfly species, 11&#215;17 poster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/butterfly-host-plant-banner-11x33.pdf\">Butterfly Banner<\/a> &#8211; Butterfly Host Plants &amp; Butterfly Nectar Plants, 11&#215;33 banner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/butterfly-nectar-plant-banner.pdf\">Butterfly Nectar Plants<\/a> &#8211; 11&#215;17 poster<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Flying Flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4427\">Flying Flowers<\/a> &#8211; Butterfly Garden advice from the North American Butterfly Association<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"BUTTERFLY BED &amp; BREAKFAST PLANTS\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4429\">BUTTERFLY BED &amp; BREAKFAST PLANTS<\/a> &#8211; Log House variety list, each butterfly is listed with its corresponding host plant<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Butterfly-Caterpillar-ID-Card.jpg\">Butterfly\/Caterpillar ID Card<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Using-Biocontrols-to-protect-butterflies.pdf\">Using Biocontrols to protect butterflies<\/a> &#8211; a PDF of our Biocontrol program, as presented at the 2023 Far West show<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Other Topics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/is\/AR\/archive\/feb06\/mosquito0206.htm\">Folk Remedy Yields Mosquito-Thwarting Compound<\/a> &#8211; ARS research on Callicarpa (beautyberry)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Milkweeds-Article.pdf\">Milkweed, not just for butterflies!<\/a> &#8211; An interview with Eric Lee-M\u00e4der from <a href=\"https:\/\/awaytogarden.com\/\">A Way to Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cut-stems.pdf\">Seasonal Cut Stem Shrubs<\/a> &#8211; photos and descriptions of this new collection (in pdf format)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pruningfloweringshrubs.pdf\">Pruning Flowering Shrubs<\/a> &#8211; An overview of pruning concepts from Colorado State University Extension<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Calcutta\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4431\">Calcutta<\/a> &#8211; A Horticultural Adventure &#8211; Bob Lilly&#8217;s article about traveling in India with some plant-loving friends including our own Alice Doyle<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cocktail Recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4193\">Cocktail Recipes<\/a> &#8211; Enjoy a refreshing cocktail made with Cuban Mojito mint, lime-scented Margarita mint, or blue agave<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Noteworthy Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4433\">A Noteworthy Garden<\/a> &#8211; Explore the connections between Flowers, Color &amp; Music<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tropicals for Temperate Gardens\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4435\">Tropicals for Temperate Gardens<\/a> &#8211; Ann Lovejoy writes about growing tropical plants in temperate climates<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Plight of the Honeybee\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4439\">The Plight of the Honeybee<\/a> &#8211; Ideas for nurturing our native pollinators by Ann Lovejoy<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cerinthe major \u2018Purpurascens\u2019 (Honeywort)\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4441\">Cerinthe major &#8216;Purpurascens&#8217; (Honeywort)<\/a> &#8211; History, descriptions, and tips<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lupin \u2018New Generation Hybrids\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4443\">Lupin &#8216;New Generation Hybrids&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Winners of over 13 gold medals at Chelsea &amp; Royal Horticultural Society<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sun Loving Coleus\" href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?page_id=4445\">Sun Loving Coleus<\/a> &#8211; Coleus, a mainstay of shady American borders since the 1890&#8217;s, now boasts new cultivars that thrive in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>Grow to Know the World &#8211; RG article about plant origins of the world and the Grow to Know the World program initiated at Log House<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"blogs\" name=\"blogs\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Garden Blogs &amp; Columns<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/awaytogarden.com\/\">A Way to Garden<\/a> &#8211; A garden blog and podcast from Margaret Roach, gardening columnist for the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigblogofgardening.com\/\">Big Blog Of Gardening<\/a> &#8211; an organic gardening blog by Todd Heft<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunset.com\/home-garden\/landscaping\">Fresh Dirt<\/a> &#8211; Contemporary projects, style finds, scouting shots, deals, and more from the writers and editors at Sunset Magazine and Sunset.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardendesign.com\/\">Garden Design<\/a> &#8211; Inspiration and essentials for making the most of your garden space<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenrant.com\/\">Garden Rant<\/a> &#8211; Four gardeners from different corners of the USA weblog about their dirt gardening philosophy, with plenty of social commentary<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardentime.tv\/\">Garden Time<\/a> &#8211; William &amp; Judy&#8217;s weekly guide for the gardener based on Portland&#8217;s #1 garden show<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/gardening-blogs\/\">Gardening Blogs by Region<\/a> &#8211; a list of regional blogs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loghouseplants.com\/blogs\/greengardening\/\">Green Gardening with Ann Lovejoy<\/a> &#8211; an invitation for you to visit with Northwest garden writer Ann Lovejoy in her garden and kitchen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/hg\/\">Homes &amp; Gardens Tips<\/a> &#8211; daily tips from the Oregonian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/incrediblevegetables.co.uk\/blog\/\">Incredible Vegetables<\/a> &#8211; a research space dedicated to useful perennial edibles and future food crops<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrplantgeek.com\/\">Mr Plant Geek<\/a> &#8211; Michael Perry, &#8220;plant hunter&#8221; for Thompson &amp; Morgan, discusses his <em>Plant of the Month<\/em> series<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/advice\/health-and-wellbeing\/real-life-stories\">My Garden<\/a> &#8211; Royal Horticultural Society&#8217;s page about harnessing the power of gardening for good<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/plants\/plants-blogs\/plants\">New Plants<\/a> &#8211; Industry insider and garden writer Graham Rice shares details of new and exciting plant introductions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pithandvigor.com\/blog\/\">Pith + Vigor<\/a> &#8211; Rochelle Greayer&#8217;s blog about parlaying her love of science into a love of plants and garden design<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/author\/valerie-easton\/\">Plant Life<\/a> &#8211; Val Easton&#8217;s column in The Seattle Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahandmadegarden.com\/\">Planted at Home<\/a> &#8211; garden blog by Lorene Edwards Forkner, a freelance writer and award-winning garden designer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdxmonthly.com\/tags\/garden-design\">Plantwise<\/a> &#8211; 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