Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 11, 2014
Page 11
OSU Extension
Warm Springs Planting Day—a good thing growing
by Yvonne Babb
OSU Garden Coordinator
The beaming sun and
warm winds have already
war med the soil deeply
enough that the War m
Springs Community Garden
started growing without
anyone’s help.
Old corn seeds and cobs
had sprouted stems and
leaves 6 inches tall. The left-
over potatoes had sprouted
leaves and all the children
soon discovered as they pre-
pared the soil by pulling
weeds that purple radishes
were already one inch-around
and nearly ready to eat!
The Oregon State Univer-
sity Extension Gardening and
Nutrition staff joined forces
with Edmund Francis, the
Warm Springs Community
Garden Coordinator with the
Community Wellness Pro-
gram to celebrate the first
day of planting at the Com-
munity Garden.
Yvonne Babb began coor-
dinating the preparation of
the bed and marking of the
rows. Then she did a plant-
ing demonstration so partici-
Courtesy photo.
Gardeners at the Warm Springs Community Garden.
pants could learn proper
spacing and depth of the
seeds, often referenced on
the back of each seed packet
so no need to memorize it.
Then we grouped the
plants by plant families to
make managing the soils and
environmental conditions
easier to manage. On the
west side we planted two rows
of corn to block the wind
and the extreme afternoon
sunlight. On that border we
planted members of the
squash family in large butte-
like mounds: cantaloupe, cu-
cumbers, and yellow squash
to spread out beneath the
rows to shade the soil and
conserve moisture (see the
map in our OSU garden pack-
ets)
After two rows of corn we
left a path and then planted
members of the nightshade
family: Solanaceae, pro-
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There’s no trick to it! Just
follow these simple steps:
Serve Up Fruit and Fun
Make healthy snacking easy:
Keep canned and fresh fruit on
hand and in sight for
snacks and meals.
Wash fresh fruit
and cut into bite
sized pieces when
ready to serve.
For pre-cut canned
fruit, drain the liquid
and put fruit pieces
into a container for
on-the-go mess-free
snacking.
Store cut fruit in
covered containers in the refrigera-
tor or freezer to use later.
Kids Can…
Wash fresh fruit to eat.
Make a picture on their plate with
fruit. Help make
Creamy Fruit Salad.
Give kids a clean
plate to make faces
out of cut-up fruit.
When they are fin-
ished they can eat
their artwork!
Dip fruit slices in
your favorite yogurt
or serve fruit over
cottage cheese. Mix
up Creamy Fruit
Salad.
Have kids help wash fruit.
Make a fun snack using fruit.
Creamy Fruit Salad
Ingredients
1 cup pineapple chunks
1 large apple, chopped
1 banana, sliced
1 orange, chopped
3D 4 cup low-fat piña colada
yogurt
Directions
1. Put pineapple chunks in a
medium mixing bowl.
2. Prepare apples, banana,
and orange as directed and add
to bowl.
3. Add yogurt to bowl and
mix gently with a spoon until
fruit is well coated.
4. Serve and enjoy!
For a different taste, try adding different fruits
like grapes, blueberries, huckleberries, or peach
slices.
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2. Click the Log In
Now button and enter the
following information
School Name: jcsd,
Jefferson County School Dis-
trict 509j
User name: read
Password: read
3. Select a book and start
reading!
nounced (sew-lan-ai-see-ae).
This included a row of toma-
toes, then a row of peppers.
This is another place to
plant eggplant which we rarely
grow in Bend. Each of these
plants form a bush so are
spaced 18 – 24" apart, but
unlike squash they are not
planted in mounds.
Four girls stopped by to
help plant potatoes, another
member of the Solanaceae
Family. Upon looking in the
bag, it was more like planting
spiders and octopus, with 2
inch roots forming imaginary
legs ready to climb out of the
bag into that dark, moist sweet
smelling “Mother Earth!”
Gardening with friends
and food was just as much
fun as it was work. You
missed the hands-on demon-
stration held Saturday, May
31—see photos, but there is
still time to grow a healthy
garden in just a few easy steps.
Don’ Wait, the time is
now!
1. Contact Edmund
Francis to register for a plot
in the Community Garden.
Contact OSU Extension in
the Education Building for
planting guidance and infor-
mation.
2. Study the garden plot
map and information and
decide on your plot size.
3. Buy the recommended
supply list after checking your
own supplies.
Contact Edmund Francis
if you have questions about
registration 541-553-2460,
ext. 4142 and the OSU Ex-
tension Office at 541-553-
3238 to find out about the
planting information.
Save money by growing
your own food and exercis-
ing in the garden; it’s fun,
healthy and rewarding to the
family! This land is some of
the best in the region, with
long growing seasons and fine
soils.
Learning to feed the fam-
ily will help sustain them into
the future.
Simple Steps to Grow-
ing at the Community Gar-
den:
(You can reach OSU Gar-
den Coordinator Yvonne Babb
at 541-480-6997.)
Extension 4-H Outreach
Program Coordinator
Oregon State University Extension Service is
recruiting for a full-time, fixed-term, Extension 4-
H Native American Outreach Program Coordina-
tor serving the Warm Springs community.
Salary is commensurate with education and
experience. To review posting and apply, please
visit http://oregonstate.edu/jobs. Apply to post-
ing #0012487. Closing date: 06/18/14. OSU is
an AA/EOE/Vets/Disabled.