How to Apply for a Lane County Food Handler’s Card

How to Apply for a Lane County Food Handler’s Card

Lane County Food handler certification is a mandatory requirement for anyone working in the food service industry within the local community. Whether you are starting a career in a professional kitchen or helping out at a local cafe, the Lane County Environmental...
How to Start a Vegetable Garden in Willamette Valley Clay Soil

How to Start a Vegetable Garden in Willamette Valley Clay Soil

Lane County, Oregon Willamette Valley Clay Soil is a common challenge for gardeners from Eugene to Florence. If you have ever tried to dig a hole in the middle of a rainy November or found your garden beds turning into a sticky, impenetrable brick during a July...
How to Choose Native Plants for an Eugene Yard

How to Choose Native Plants for an Eugene Yard

Eugene, Oregon Eugene Native Plants are the most sustainable choice for homeowners looking to enhance their outdoor spaces while supporting the local ecosystem. In the southern Willamette Valley, we deal with a unique combination of heavy clay soils, wet winters, and...
Install Drip Irrigation in Willamette Valley Clay Soil

Install Drip Irrigation in Willamette Valley Clay Soil

Willamette Valley, Oregon Gardening in Lane County often means wrestling with heavy, sticky earth. If you have noticed your garden beds turning into a swamp during our wet winters and then cracking like a desert floor in July, you are dealing with the classic...
How to Build a Rain Garden in Your Eugene Yard

How to Build a Rain Garden in Your Eugene Yard

Eugene, Oregon Living in the Willamette Valley means embracing the rain, but for many homeowners, that water often becomes a problem. When heavy autumn storms hit, runoff from rooftops, driveways, and sidewalks can carve gullies into the landscape or flood basements....
Planting a Salmon-Safe Landscape in Willamette Valley

Planting a Salmon-Safe Landscape in Willamette Valley

Springfield, Oregon For those of us living in the Willamette Valley, the relationship between our backyards and our river systems is more direct than we often realize. In Springfield, where the landscape is shaped by the meeting of the Mc Kenzie and Willamette rivers,...