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Digging in: Why gardening with kids is worth the mess
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Digging in: Why gardening with kids is worth the mess

  • By KELSEY SOLTYSIAK OSU Hood River County Extension Central Gorge Master Gardener Volunteer
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Years later, gardening with my own toddler has become one of my favorite parts of parenting. She will refuse a tomato at the dinner table but happily take bites straight from the garden. There’s something about being outside, hands in the soil, that changes the experience entirely.

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How incarcerated Oregon youth are helping restore native plants and forests

  • Mia Maldonado
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Nestled in front of the Northern Oregon Coast Range sits Camp Tillamook, a 25-acre space that houses incarcerated youth and one of a few native plant nurseries along the Oregon Coast.  Several youth spend their mornings pulling weeds from nursery pots filled with red currants, snowberries and other native shrubs. On some days, they focus […]