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Your Garden: OSU Gardener’s June Chores

Fruit Crops First week: Spray cherry trees for cherry fruit fly, as necessary, if fruit is ripening. Spray for codling moth in apple and pear trees as necessary. Continue use of pheromone traps for insect pest detection. After normal fruit drop in June, consider thinning the remainder to produce a larger crop of fruit. Pick ripe strawberries regularly to avoid […]

Rooting for favorites: Ugly vegetables deserve more respect

By Jan Jackson A steaming plate of lightly boiled turnips that have been sliced, sautéed in butter and sprinkled with a little sugar is a tasty thing to behold – as are big pots of winter stews and soups laced with rutabagas, parsnips, carrots, potatoes (and more turnips) and other ugly root vegetables that get a bum rap because of […]