Pippinstock

09/11/2026

Think redlining is history? Think again!

🚫Hoffman et. al (2020) compared redlining maps from the 1930s with modern heat maps across 108 U.S. cities. The neighborhoods that were once labeled as "hazardous" for mortgage lending (predominantly Black communities) are now some of the warmest neighborhoods in those cities.

🌱Decades of discriminatory lending practices and disinvestment resulted in less green infrastructure and greater exposure to industrial development.

🔥Nearly 90 years later, these redlined neighborhoods are hotter and continue to face challenges such as fewer green spaces, limited gardening opportunities, and reduced access to fresh food.

🤝As gardeners, educators, and community members, it is important to view our work through a broader lens. Access to green space and healthy food are not distributed equally, and understanding history helps us build a more equitable and resilient future for everyone.

"Culture is the sea we swim in, so pervasive and all-consuming that we fail to notice it until we step out of it."
— Eric Weiner

🎥 Learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1xkF498RI&list=PLUXT-8pXC6Hi9IaiimaLMjA_hmHRyk616

09/06/2026

I got a bigger steam cleaner and it works beautifully to treat my chicken tractors for red mites. In the heat of the summer the mites can easily get out of control and be a problem for the chickens. I'll have to do this 3x before the fall to ensure I'm getting all of the life cycle. If anyone is looking for a solution besides chemicals, get yourself a good steam cleaner!

08/29/2026

Two trays of these are headed to the epic Farm to Table event on Sunday.

08/27/2026

Now is the time to eat local more than ever! If you are looking for local options and you live near me, the Clatskanie Farmers Collective Food Hub sources food within 100 miles and has a whole freezer of different kinds of local meats.

08/26/2026

Just a woman out-standing in her field 😆

08/21/2026

Life can be so beautiful

08/14/2026

🍎 BE READY FOR FALL: Get your PRESTO gauge tested!
📅 Saturday, Aug 15th | 10am–3pm Clatskanie
Stop by the OSU Extension booth at the Clatskanie Garlic Festival to make sure your pressure canner is ready for canning season.

Our fabulous Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers will be on hand to chat about:
🍄‍🟫Soil health
🌱Seeds & plants
🦋 Pollinators
🐌 Pests & weeds
💧 Water
🍑Dehydrating
🌶️ Fermenting
❄️ Freezing
🥫 Canning

🐔 And since I am there, we can talk chickens!

Your one-stop shop for all things food and soil ! Come say hi! 👋
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Clatskanie Farmer Collective
Columbia County Master Gardeners
OSU (Oregon) Master Gardener Program

07/03/2026

Excellent article of a model that I would consider doing if I didn't work full-time or I had farm help (or both!). For now, I'll take his backyard chicken course once it is available and see what I can incorporate into my current system for layers.

06/07/2026

Great article for native plants to grow in Oregon clay souls

Most plants struggle in Oregon clay without amendments, but these natives don't. They establish in heavy soil and improve it over time on their own.

05/31/2026

Excerpt from the book “Belonging” by Tokopa Turner

"Reflecting on our present day relationship with nature you could say that we are collectively and chronically disoriented….we are anesthetized to the enormity of that loss. Most people don't even realize what's missing because they've never known themselves as belonging to the earth.

In the grandness of what we as a species have created and called civilization, we've come to think of ourselves as conquerors of the wild. Forgetting in some pandemic amnesia, the true origins that make any of it possible. Some of us are remembering how to be an ecosystem.

A writer Vicky Robin suggests " Treat everyone within 50 miles like you love them “, and I would add that we include in our image of " everyone” as those with feathers, fur, and made of rock or water or plant. We must reconstitute a world through our many small contributions, collaborations, and togetherness. Because as times get tougher we will need to call upon a strong reciprocal web of skills and attributes.

To belong to a place is to be embedded in it. It struggles are your contentions, it's harvests are your wealth, it's needs are your purpose. There is no separation from the place where we live except for the one made by our own forgetting.

If you are lucky enough to live in a place surrounded by nature you are blessed with a lifetime of learning ahead of you. There are some things which if they are not passed down from your elders, can only be taught over the course of years (such as how long can you procrastinate picking nettles before they go to seed?). If the edges of knowledge are always beyond your reach, you can rest in the sweet humility of not knowing while being continuingly enriched by the gifts of discovery.”