Oswego Lake Watershed Council
Check out the recording for This IS Kalapuyan Land, a virtual talk with Steph Littlebird, an indigenous writer and artist, and curator of a physical and online history, culture, and land acknowledgment exhibition of the Kalapuyan peoples. The recording includes Steph’s process of annotating panels from the museum’s prior exhibit on Kalapuyan peoples and curating contemporary Native artwork into the exhibition.
Sign up your preschooler or kindergartener for our summer nature camp! More info HERE!
Sylvia Finds a Way
A Book Review by Mary Ratcliff, OLWC Board Member
Are you looking for a book to share with your young budding naturalists? You should check out the delightful new children’s book by Stephanie Shaw, Sylvia Finds a Way.
Read Mary’s full review HERE!
Undies of 2023’s Soil Your Undies campaign have been buried!
See you in three months!
Learn more about our SYU Challenge HERE!
Weed of the Month: Garlic Mustard
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an increasingly invasive weed in our community. Native to central and western Europe, this fast-growing plant commonly invades sites such as parks, trails, roadsides, and streamsides. April is a great time to manage this important invasive weed on your property.
When crushed, the leaves generally give off a strong garlic scent. While it is true that this weed is edible, it is generally avoided by most grazing animals. Adult plants form dense patches up to 3 feet in height at maturity. The plant produces white four-petaled flowers in the spring and has kidney-shaped, deeply scalloped leaves. It can grow in full sun to full shade, making it very adaptable to wherever its seed may land.
Garlic mustard can be very difficult to control due to the large number of seeds it produces. Small patches can be controlled by pulling the adult plants before they begin to flower. Once plants begin flowering, be sure to bag and dispose of the plants as trash. Flowers from pulled plants CAN and WILL produce seed! When pulling garlic mustard, be sure to remove the entire taproot to prevent re-sprouting. Springtime is the best time to remove garlic mustard, while the soil is still soft from winter and spring rains.
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2023 Local Native Plant Sales
Whether you’re planting or planning, good things to know!
Click on the image above to find local sources of native plants, including local plant sales, as well as retail, wholesale and native plant seed suppliers.
For more resources including what plants to use for different conditions (sunny & dry, shady & wet, etc.), you may want to also look HERE.
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