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Outdoors

We Fought the Lawn

And the bees won

Gardening 4 days ago

In the early days of spring, lawn mowers buzz throughout Lane County, an American ritual that affects the buzz of bees and other pollinators.  Manicured … Continue reading →

Eugene Weekly Presents Our Annual Planting Guide

Prepare your gardens!

Gardening 4 days ago

Planning is one of the most important elements of gardening. It is also one of the easiest steps to overlook, especially for the beginner. Knowing … Continue reading →

Grow Your Own

The best time to start cultivating your own food is now

Gardening 4 days ago

My husband and I met in the dark and stormy winter months. When spring finally made her appearance, we were hanging out on the reg, … Continue reading →

Nearby Old-Growth

A hike through ancient trees is closer than you thought

Outdoors 4 weeks ago

Quick, what’s the closest old-growth forest to Eugene? The Delta Old-Growth Grove on the McKenzie River? Nope — those trees burned in 2020, and they … Continue reading →

Next-Level Snowshoeing

Trek around Clear Lake or up Potato Hill

Outdoors 2 months ago

So you’ve been snowshoeing once already? Perhaps you tried the easy loop I suggested last month to Gold Lake and the Marilyn Lakes. Now you’re … Continue reading →

Hiking in Snow

Beat cabin fever by snowshoeing to the Marilyn Lakes

Outdoors 3 months ago
Scott Hovis on snowshoes by the frozen shore of Marilyn Lakes

Don’t succumb to cabin fever, even if the weather’s gloomy and your favorite mountain trails are buried under snow. Here’s an easy hike you can … Continue reading →

Nurture the Bees, Please

Your garden can house and feed native bees

Gardening 9 months ago

Any observant person with a garden knows that where there are flowers, there will also be bees. But bees are in trouble, and we can … Continue reading →

Walking on Sand

Get out and experience the wonder of the Oregon dunes

Outdoors 11 months ago

Oregon’s central coast — from Florence to Coos Bay — was once a vast expanse of moving sand 40 miles long and up to three … Continue reading →

Easy E-Bike Rider

E-bikes can be fun and useful to ride, and Corvallis found a way to help low-income people buy them

Outdoors 11 months ago

It’s one of those rare sunny spring Oregon days as I’m cruising downtown Eugene on an e-bike from Electric Avenue Sports. The sun is shining … Continue reading →

Back to Basics

A longtime rural gardener finds the secret to success is to aim low

Gardening 1 year ago

Every year about this time, I look out at the garden that takes up a large swath of our property next to the house, and … Continue reading →

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