Welcome

The purpose of this site is to answer your gardening questions and to supply you with common sense information. Keep coming back to oregongardeningdude.com from time to time. I will be adding new information as time permits. Please e-mail me with any gardening or landscape question that you may have or you can post a comment/question on my blog-(link to the left of this page) and I will answer and post it.

Within this site hopefully you will find information to make gardening enjoyable for you. There is information on planting bare root trees, taking care of roses, fertilizer, as well as other areas of gardening. Again,, if you have any questions, please e-mail--that is what this site is mainly for-- Happy Gardening--Chuck

Gardening information-August

Now that August is upon us, there is still a lot of things you can be doing in your yard & garden. First off--if you haven't fertilized in a month or so, do so now. That way you will be able to fertilize again in the early fall. Try using a slow release fertilizer--it should last 2 to 3 months, then you can use a lower nitrogen type fert in the fall. If your lawn is brown in spots--check your watering coverage, if your lawn looks browner after you mow it--then it needs some fertilizer. Now is the time to plant your fall crops( if you live in the lower elevations of Southern Oregon). You can plant--Carrots, Garlic, Cabbage, Lettuce, Radish---anything that doesn't take too long to mature(except garlic) and likes cool weather. Start pinching off the new growth of tomatoes( this will put energy in to the tomatoes themselves and help them ripen faster. Remember to pick your Zucchini before it gets too mature( they get hard and bitter)---Have fun with the fruits and vegi's of your labor