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The Whiteaker Neighborhood News
February 2010
UPDATES City of Eugene Skatepark page link The link above will take you to the City of Eugene Skatepark page. There you can connect to designs, maps and everything available about the proposed Washington Jefferson Skatepark in Whiteaker. The above link connects to the private organization, "Skaters for Eugene Skateparks." West Eugene EmX Extension Project Links The above link takes you to an LTD page with many links to specific information about the West Eugene EmX Extension Project. |
February Whiteaker Your Neighborhood Association Wednesday Feb. 10th 7-9p.m., Whiteaker Community Council General Membership meeting, Whiteaker Community Center (Clark and N. Jackson). All invited to participate. Guests invited: LTD’s Cossette Reese to give updates on the West Eugne EmX Extension. Do you want there to be one? Where do you want it to go? By the Amazon? Come to these meetings and be heard. Members of Residents for Responsible Rapid Transit (3RT) are also invited. Also invited; members of Skaters for Eugene Skateparks to discuss designs for the Washington/Jefferson Park. As of this posting, Lee White of the Downtown Rotary Skatepark Committee has accepted our invitation. Is there a controversy? Should it remain the vital Neighborhood Commons it currently is? Whose Park is it? Designs and “safety” changes can be found on therattler.org or email eekley@efn.org Wednesday Feb. 17th 7-9p.m., Whiteaker Community Council Board meeting, Whiteaker Community Center (Clark and N. Jackson). All invited to attend. Wednesday Feb. 24th 7-9p.m., Whiteaker Community Council Sustainability Committee meeting, Whiteaker Community Center (Clark and N. Jackson). All invited to participate. Email Chair: Kari Johnson
Other Neighborhood Events Other Public Meetings About The West Eugene EmX Wednesday Feb. 3rd 5:30-7 p.m. West Eugene EmX Corridor Committee. Public welcome to attend. LTD station W. 11th and Olive across from the Kiva. Tuesday Feb. 9th 7-9 p.m. Jefferson-Westside Neighborhood meeting. Public welcome to attend. Methodist Church corner W. 14th and Olive. Behind the old library.
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Gardening Tips For February
The following gardening tips come from the OSU extension office.
Click here to go to their gardening page.
February
Oregon State University Extension Service encourages sustainable gardening practices. Always identify and monitor problems before acting. First consider cultural controls; then physical, biological, and chemical controls (which include insecticidal soaps, horticultural oils, botanical insecticides, organic and synthetic pesticides). Always consider the least toxic approach first.
All recommendations in this calendar are not necessarily applicable to all areas of Oregon. For more information, contact your local office of the OSU Extension Service.
* Have soil test performed on garden plot to determine nutrient needs. Contact your local Extension office for a list of testing laboratories or view EM 8677 online.
* Western Oregon: Plant seed flats of cole crops (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts).
* Central/eastern Oregon: Plant asparagus if the ground is warm enough.
* Tune up lawn mower and garden equipment before the busy season begins.
* Use delayed-dormant sprays of lime sulfur for fruit and deciduous trees and shrubs.
* Prune and train grapes; make cuttings.
* Prune roses in western Oregon; wait until May in high elevations of eastern and central Oregon.
* Monitor landscape plants for problems. Do not treat unless a problem is identified.
* Central Oregon: Gather branches of quince, forsythia, and flowering cherries; bring inside to force early bloom.
* Western Oregon: Elm leaf beetles and box-elder bugs emerging from hibernation; may be seen indoors. They are not harmful, but can be a nuisance.
* Make a cold frame or hotbed to start early vegetables or flowers.
* Plant onions outdoors in western Oregon as soon as the soil is dry enough to till.
* Check junipers and cotoneaster for webworm activity. Treat if necessary.
* Plant windowsill container gardens of carrots, lettuce, or parsley.
* Plan to add herbaceous perennial flowers to your flowering landscape this spring: astilbe, candytuft, peony, anemone.
* Make plans for an herb bed, for cooking and for interest in the landscape: parsley, sage, chives, lavender; plant next month.
* If weather permits and the soil is dry enough, spade or till garden areas for planting later.
* Spade or plow down cover crops or other organic matter.
* Use a soil thermometer to help you know when to plant vegetable and flower seeds.
* Good time to plant fruit trees and deciduous shrubs.
* Western Oregon: Good time to plant new roses.
* Prune deciduous summer-blooming shrubs and trees.
* Prune clematis, Virginia creeper, and other vining ornamentals.
* Pasteurize soil for starting seedlings in pots or flats.
* Fertilize rhubarb with manure or a complete fertilizer.
* Prune and trellis trailing berries and caneberries.
* Western Oregon: Fertilize lawns.
* Prune fruit trees and blueberries.
* Repair winter damage to trees and shrubs.
* Control moles and gophers with traps.
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