Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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Photo of garlic Select healthy large cloves, free of disease. Photo by Rachel Beck Article By Tiffany Woods Fall is approaching but don't put away your hoe and gardening gloves just yet. September through November is the best time to plant garlic. Its roots develop in the fall and winter, and by early spring they can support the rapid leaf growth that is necessary to form large bulbs, said Chip Bubl, a horticulturist with the Oregon State University Extension Service. What type of garlic should you plant? Some gardeners like to grow...
Lotus Island Bulldog By Finn J.D. John For a small group of Portland-area businessmen in 1929, opportunity was knocking - or so they thought. Jantzen Beach, the legendary swim-and-play amusement park on Hayden Island in the Columbia River, had opened in 1928 to vast sell-out crowds, and was doing very well there. It was backed by some deep pockets, and was a showplace for the Jantzen brand of swimwear. And the businessmen happened to own a large piece of real estate on the other side of the island - the easternmost tip of it, in fact. Why not...
Big Hoodoo map SANTIAM PASS: A McKenzie River Ranger District project to improve forest conditions and reduce hazardous fuels in the Hoodoo-Big Lake area calls for salvaging dead lodgepole pine and commercial thinning on approximately 2,100 acres in the Santiam Pass area. The Big Hoodoo Project is located in an area south of Hwy 20, in and around the Hoodoo Ski Area and Big Lake. Within the project area, approximately 1,073 acres would be thinned and approximately 1,062 acres would be treated to reduce hazardous fuels. Other work would involve...
