This is the time of year for camas plants to bloom, and Albany homeowner Allen Beasley has a fine view of a whole field of them. On Friday he invited me to take a look.
When Benton County moved some of its offices to the Kalapuya Building on Research Way last month, the spelling caught my eye. Why not Calapooia, which is how it’s spelled in Linn County?
While we’re wading through the cold puddles of late December, let’s check in on the climate front. And if you want to know why it’s so hard to take global warming seriously, take a look at the chart below.
A struggle for survival is taking place in the Willamette Valley’s farm economy. Either grass seed or specialty vegetable seeds may not survive. That’s the impression I got from a discussion at the Corvallis City Club on Monday. Grass seed growers, no longer allowed to burn their fields every few years, need an economical rotation […]
No news here: Scooters in a sudden storm
If you live in the Willamette Valley, nobody has to tell you that is was windy on Saturday afternoon.
Tags: Bird scooters, Willamette Valley, windstorm