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Lush landscaping wins honors
For more than 40 years, Dean and Mary Wimer have called southeast McMinnville home. This year, their beloved yard caught the eye of the McMinnville Garden Club, which presented them with Yard of the Month honors for August.
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Summer is the time to plan for winter
Summer days may be the best time to begin preparing for the cold and wet of winter. Maintenance will be easier to tackle during summer's warm, dry weather.
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Keeping your home safe from wildfire
Fire, both indoors and out, is always a matter of concern for homeowners. That's especially true for those making their homes within the urban-rural interface, where wildfire poses a particular threat.
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Keeping cool
Tearing down your house and rebuilding it with adobe might not be practical, but modern insulation can help create a similar effect.
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Couple adorn lot with whimsy
YARD OF THE MONTH: It's not the farm they loved for so many decades, but Fern and Lyle Tresham have turned their large city lot into a place burgeoning with food and flowers, on a scale more easily manageable for a couple in their early 80s.
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Loads of lavender
First it was wine grapes. Then lavender. Yamhill County is coming up purple. Gardeners who want to join the Mediterranean craze may be delighted to find that lavender can answer some hard landscaping questions - specifically, what can you plant in sunny, dry areas, that will not only live, but thrive?
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In the Garden: Cannas can dazzle
With their exotic foliage and boldly colored blooms, canna lilies are a terrific choice for gardeners looking for long-lasting summer color.
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Event to showcase garden goods
Gardeners may want to circle the weekend of June 5-6 on the calendar. The Granary District Weekend Market will be teaming up with several partners to stage a Wine Country Yard and Garden Show, setting it up in a tent in the parking lot adjacent to the main market space.
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Winged invader threatens home growers
The Oregon State University Extension Service has released recommendations for home gardeners to try to avoid damage to ripening fruit from an Asian fruit fly that has recently invaded the Willamette Valley.
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In the Garden: Geraniums pack punch of color
Zonal geraniums are tender perennials treated as annuals in most parts of the country. Originally from South America, they're named for the horseshoe-shaped band of dark color in the leaves of most varieties.
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