Good Gardening

Lane County Master Gardener John Fischer shares how to grow quince in Oregon and offers tips for making homemade membrillo paste with less sugar.

Lane County Master Gardener John Fischer explains where your kitchen scraps go, why home compost bins shrink, and why soil always needs fresh organic matter.

KLCC's Climate Master John Fischer explains why composite decking made from recycled materials is a far more sustainable choice for home building than ancient cedar wood.

Lane County Extension Master Gardener John Fischer shares his top-rated roasted tomato soup recipe and tips for roasting garden produce.

Lane County Master Gardener John Fischer shares how to feed honey bees with late summer fruit and offers key advice for planting fall crops and cover crops.

Don't spray those maggots! As John Fischer explains in KLCC's Good Gardening, black soldier fly larvae break down garden waste overnight, turning your summer scraps into rich, fertile compost.

An Oregon bank chose to build around a tree rather than cut it down. Creative design choices can help reduce your environmental impact on everyday projects.

Pacific Northwest gardeners can plant thornless blackberry and raspberry varieties like Columbia Star and Joan J this fall for easier, pain-free harvests.

In this month's Living Less Unsustainably, there's nothing like a heatwave to make you realize how hot it is - and motivate you to keep your home cool with as little energy use and climate impact as possible.

The tendrils that beans, grapes, and even some less desirable plants - like bindweed - send up as they strive to reach new heights really seem to validate the idea that plants are creatures with purpose, and consciousness.

In this month's Good Gardening, KLCC's John Fischer explores how vegetable gardening offers more than fresh, low-cost produce—revealing seasonal patterns, supporting wellness, and deepening your connection to nature.

John Fischer loves growing vegetables from seed, but there are crops where he uses starts - sometimes for the plant's needs, other times for his.