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confident cyclist. Although many bike-related events have been canceled or postponed for May, you can still get started with biking safely AY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH AND A PER- through some online resources. The city of Eugene occasionally offers a class called fect opportunity to get some fresh air and “Confident Cyclist,” as well as another called “Smart Cyclist,” practice social distancing — even when and says Shane Rhodes, transportation options coordinator. if quarantines have been lifted. Eugene’s version of the online course is 90 minutes, and is a Biking has many benefits — it’s a low-impact exercise, and condensed version of the original eight-hour course based on something you can do on your own or with friends. It’s safe and curriculum by the League of American Bicyclists, with classroom and on-the-bike time. fun, particularly when you take the time to learn how to be a

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Eugene-Springfield is certified by the League of American Bicyclists as a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community. A new program sponsored by PeaceHealth called PeaceHealth Rides has placed dozens of light blue bikes at various spots in downtown Eugene, near the University of Oregon campus, in the Whiteaker neighborhood and other areas. These bike-share stations let users pick up a publicly available bicycle, ride it where they need to go, and then drop off the bicycles around the city. These smart bikes are outfitted with GPS tracking and built-in safety features. There’s a small normal usage rate of 10 cents per minute, and monthly memberships are available as well. 4 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS SOUTH VALLEY | MAY 2020

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“We cover the basics, rules of the road and defensive biking techniques,” Rhodes says. “And then we encourage people to come to a social ride that we host, usually the week after the class, when we do a community ride.” Last year about 20 people took the class, while many others participated in the ride. It’s open to all ages and abilities but geared to those ages 16 and older. Some of the tips include positioning within a lane before making a turn, biking alongside traffic and using the right gears for safety — helpful even if you’re not new to biking. “The classroom portion has really great information for people who aren’t feeling very confident about cycling,” Rhodes says. “Maybe they haven’t biked in a while and they want to get back out on the bike or just want to feel more comfortable with their biking skills. There are a lot of safety measures that we like to focus on.” While riders over age 16 are not required to wear a helmet, it is recommended. Bicyclists have the same rights and responsibilities to follow the rules of the road that car drivers do — one-way streets are one-way streets for bikes as well as cars. Cyclists do have the right to be in the road if they need to claim the full lane for safety reasons. This might be to stay out of the “door zone,” to avoid other hazards in the road, or simply because the lane is not wide enough for a car and bike to share the space. The class covers safety and gear, including proper helmet fitting techniques, and avoidance maneuvers in case

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they do come close to having a crash. “We encourage people to be courteous and when it’s clear and safe to do so, to move over to the side of the road a little bit to let someone pass, and then move back into the middle of the lane,” she says. “But it’s legal for bikes to be in the middle of the lane when it’s the safest and best place for them to be so we remind people of that.” If you are a cyclist in the bike lane, car drivers are legally required to yield before they turn in front of you, but of course, that doesn’t always happen. One of the most common crashes is the “right hook,” where vehicles pass you and turn in front of you. A smart cyclist is always extra cautious around streets and driveways when people might turn right in front, Rhodes says. It’s also important to note that cyclists can ride side by side, unless they are blocking the normal flow of traffic, in which case they should move to single file.

maintenance and stewardship. Check WE BIKE EUGENE or WE BIKE LANE for updates on Confident Cycling classes, webikeeugene.org and GEARs (Greater Eugene Area webikelane.org. Riders), eugenegears.org. A nonprofit EUGENE BICYCLE MAPS, promoting and encouraging bicycle eugene-or.gov/1849/Bike-Maps riding for transportation and recreation; SPRINGFIELD BICYCLE MAPS, members are active in trail maintenance springfield-or.gov/wp-content/ and stewardship. uploads/2016/12/Springfield2016_WEB. EUGENE VELO CYCLE CLUB, pdf eugenevelo.org. Different team and BICYCLE WAY OF LIFE CYCLING club weekly rides and events. Members CLUB, bicycleway.com. This local bike receive weekly email updates and shop usually offers easy, social bike rides detailed route mapping. through Eugene and Springfield. Check DISCIPLES OF DIRT, disciplesoftheir Facebook page for updated details. dirt.org. Members share a passion for These rides are mostly intended for mountain biking and are active with trail adults, with kids welcome.

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While school is closed, free bagged lunch will be available to any child younger than 18. No application or proof of income F YOUR INCOME HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE is required. Children do not have to be enrolled to receive a “stay home” orders currently in place and you are meal. Meals do not need to be consumed onsite. Check local struggling to find money to buy groceries, there information for times and locations in the following school disis help available. Food pantries and meal sites are still tricts: Central Linn, Corvallis, Greater Albany Public Schools, operating in many locations across Benton, Lincoln and Linn Jefferson, Lebanon Community Schools, Lincoln County, counties. You also may be eligible for the Oregon Supplemental Monroe, Philomath and Scio. Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon and the Oregon Food Bank have put together a comprehensive resource for finding food assistance. Many local organizations are brainstorming ways to get food to community members while keeping them safe and healthy. Some groups are looking at providing food boxes to community members when they are picking up school meals or how to coordinate home-delivered food boxes. “Even though this is a difficult time for our community, people are working hard to get food to those who need it,” says Athena Nofziger, registered dietitian, Samaritan Hematology and Oncology. “Please seek out resources. No one should be without food.”

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Please call the facility first to check availability, hours and days of service. Special procedures may be in place to make sure food sanitation and social distancing practices are observed. Food pantries may have to-go food boxes available, often on a weekly schedule. Meal sites are serving prepared meals to go. For a full list of services in Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties, visit the following sites for more information: ▶ Linn Benton Food Share ▶ Food Share of Lincoln County ▶ United Way of Linn, Benton & Lincoln Counties

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The local senior centers are closed to dining-in but are still providing delivered meals to the community. Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments has information regarding the local Meals on Wheels program. Right, Les Adams volunteers at the Lebanon Food Bank.

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For those who are concerned about going to the grocery store, try ordering groceries online from your local store for pickup or delivery. The online grocery programs will accept SNAP EBT cards. Keep in mind that it may take several days to get your delivery so make sure to plan ahead. Substitutions will be made for items that are not available. Some stores are also offering special morning hours for high-risk community members to do their shopping. Call your local store for more details or check online. ☸

SEATED SPINAL ROTATION: With the help of your steering wheel or seat, rotate fully. Repeat on the other side.

CHEST OPENER STRETCH: Hold on to the door at chest height, step away until arm is straight and turn your body away. Try turning your palm forward or up to change the stretch. Repeat on the other side.

HIP FLEXOR STRETCH: Hold on to the door for balance, step back with one foot, lift your heel, rock hips forward (tuck your tail) and bend both knees. Repeat on the other side.

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Extended periods of sitting can cause muscles in your body, especially those in the front of the body such as hip flexors, “Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets” quadriceps, chest, upper back and neck, - Oscar Wilde to tighten up. When tightness occurs in one part of the body, it will often lead to an HEN THE CALL OF THE ROAD COMPELS imbalance with the opposing muscle group. you to pack up the car and head out for When your hip flexors (front of your adventure, you’ll want to make sure you hip) tighten up, for example, it can pull are feeling in tip-top shape when you get Kim Miller to your destination. The journey may be half the fun, your hips forward (anterior tilt), which but not if sitting in the same position for long periinhibits your glutes and core muscles from being able to staods of time leaves your body stiff and your muscles bilize. Sitting can also exacerbate any low back issues or pain complaining. you might regularly have. Sitting puts 40 to 90 percent more

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UPPER BACK STRETCH: Holding on to the door for resistance, gently pull away as you drop your head between elbow and round upper back.

NECK ROTATIONAL STRETCH: Look over your shoulder and use two fingers on the outside NECK STRETCH: Lower ear to shoulder, press opposite of your jaw to assist the twist. Bonus: This hand out and away and apply gentle pressure on top of stretch can help you check your blind spots head. Repeat on the other side. while driving. Repeat on the other side.

pressure on your lower back compared to standing, according to Cornell University. It will be worth your time to break up long stretches of driving with plenty of rest stops. Stopping and getting out of your vehicle every hour to walk for a few minutes, move and stretch, and use a restroom is ideal. Besides your muscles, don’t forget to keep those brain cells firing. Driving games are a great way to stay engaged,

help pass the time and entertain everyone in the vehicle. ▶ Try this one the next time you go for a drive: Take the letters in the license plate of a passing car and make a sentence out of them as if it were an acronym. Example: a plate that has the letters DWE could stand for Dancing With Elephants or Don’t Wash Elbows or even Drink Water Everywhere. You can play by yourself or compare your answer

with those in the car with you. Have fun with this game and safe travels. ☸ Kimberly Z. Miller, director of Health and Wellness and Healthy Living for the Eugene Family YMCA, is a 16-year veteran of fitness programming with an expertise in personal training and group exercise. She can be reached at kimberly@ eugeneymca.org.

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What makes this treatment so innovative is that it requires no medications, sleep LEEP PROBLEMS ARE AN studies or machines. equal opportunity torture. Instead, Wilcox That’s how educator and says it teaches you clinical psychologist Amelia J. to recognize and Wilcox describes insomnia or other types change beliefs that Amelia J. of issues that deprive us of a good night’s affect your ability Wilcox sleep. to sleep. It helps You lay there, tossing and turning. you develop good sleep habits and avoid Thoughts race through your mind, with behaviors that keep you from sleeping the most anxiety-producing thought well. likely to be, “Why am I awake?” It usually takes four to six sessions to It’s a problem many men and women rewrite habits; good outcomes require — both older and younger — know self-discipline and motivation. all too well. Even after busy or even “You’re going to hate me if you can’t exhausting days, sleep can still be elutolerate some discomfort for a month or sive. Either we can’t fall asleep, or we so while you develop new habits,” Wilcox awake in the night and can’t go back to says. “But the payoff is an improved sleep. And with the current pandemic on quality of life.” our minds, it’s no wonder we’re having CBT-1 is not recommended for sleep trouble feeling rested. apnea, restless legs and some psychiatric If counting sheep hasn’t been workdisorders. This process of “sleep hygiene” ing for you, consider one of the newest is not the current signature treatment for treatments for insomnia called cognitive these issues. behavioral therapy, or CBT-1. It is the first For those suffering from run-of-theline of treatment and endorsed by the mill insomnia, Wilcox starts at the pineal American College of Physicians. gland in the brain, which produces and

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secretes melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate biological rhythms such as sleep and awake cycles. Melatonin is inhibited by light and triggered by darkness. Stress also upsets the rhythm and can cause sleep troubles. “It is important to keep in mind that even good events can set off an episode of insomnia,” she says. “It could include an injury, moving to a new house, a job change, winning the lottery — the list goes on and on.” When we encounter stressful times in our lives, our brains invent different ways of coping. “It might include loading up on coffee all day, drinking to excess at night, taking naps, avoiding the gym, lolling around in bed in the morning,” she says. “These types of behavior may make sense in the moment, but they perpetuate the insomnia episode.” CBT-1 is designed to help you develop better coping strategies, Wilcox says, so you can return to a healthier sleep cycle. For example, we head to bed, but then get anxious, worrying about our sleep, what someone said to us at work that day, strange noises in the house, etc. “This cognitive arousal is also part of

what CBT-1 is designed to treat,” she says. If you normally get up at 6 a.m. five days a week, continue that habit into the weekends. Get up and out, and get some exercise. “Don’t give in to it — that desire to go back to sleep,” Wilcox says. Conversely, if at night you can’t get back to sleep after 20 minutes, it is best to get out of bed and read or do something quiet until you again feel sleepy.” Cognitive therapy helps identify your best sleep time and environment. Wilcox recommends sleeping in cooler temperatures and using “optimized” bedding, such as the use of weighted blankets, which are often clinically recommended to ease issues related to anxiety, autism and insomnia. Using a weighted blanket is better than “stacking” blankets, she says. They can be found online or at stores that sell bedding. Cost usually ranges between $80 and $150. Other ways to help relax the mind and body include

meditation, yoga and tai chi. “They are wonderful helps,” Wilcox says. She definitely opposes bringing your smart phone to bed with you because the blue light emanating from the devices is received as daylight by your eyes and upsets your hormonal balance. “Never bring screens close to your head,” she says. “And no naps.” And the benefits of practicing better sleep habits? A good night’s sleep allows the mind to consolidate and clear debris from its memory banks, giving us a “clean slate for the next day,” Wilcox says. “It is protective of mood. Otherwise, you are cognitively fuzzy. “I am always impressed by how people feel when they get a good handle on sleep,” she says. ☸ Amelia Wilcox is an assistant professor of psychology at Lewis and Clark College, in addition to her private practice.

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OTH PALLIATIVE CARE AND HOSPICE CARE provide comfort to a person dealing with a serious illness, but the services available and when a person can receive each service is quite different.

Many kinds of palliative care programs exist across the nation, and it can be confusing to understand exactly what palliative care is and how it differs from hospice. Palliative care can begin as early as when a person is diagnosed with a serious illness and is appropriate while they are receiving treatment to attempt to cure an illness or extend life expectancy. Hospice care begins when treatment of a disease is stopped and when it looks like the person is not going to survive the illness. Hospice care is available when a person’s prognosis is about six months or less, if their health continues to progress the way it has recently. Hospice care includes more services than palliative care and includes needed medical equipment and medications; and various therapies, such as music therapy, pet therapy and massage therapy.

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A range of services helps families experience life’s final months according to their wishes, with comfort and dignity. Along the way, the hospice team educates the person and their family on what to expect at each stage and provides physical, emotional and spiritual support — all while managing pain and other symptoms of an illness. Hospice is a benefit covered by Medicare, Melissa Medicaid, the Veterans Administration and Lindley most private insurance plans. Hospice care should be available to all people; through the generous support of donors, Willamette Valley Hospice & Palliative Care makes sure hospice patients and their families receive the support they need, regardless of their ability to pay.

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Palliative care helps people with serious illnesses feel better. It prevents or treats bothersome symptoms and side effects of disease and treatment. Palliative care also offers support for the emotional, social and practical problems that illnesses can bring up. When a person feels better in these areas, they have a better quality of life. Palliative care can be offered at the same time as treatments intended to cure or treat a disease and a person remains under What is hospice care? the care of their own primary care provider. Palliative care Hospice care is specialized care and support for people with programs are offered in hospitals, at a doctor’s clinic, or in a any illness and a life expectancy of six months or less. Hospice person’s home. Willamette Valley Hospice & Palliative Care care is a choice to live the last phase of life, maximizing quality offers a home palliative care program that is paid for by most of life as the primary goal. insurance companies. ☸ A team of hospice experts, which includes a registered nurse, social worker, hospice aide, volunteers, therapists, and spiritual Melissa Lindley is the community outreach coordinator at counselors (if desired), guide a person and their family through Willamette Valley Hospice & Palliative Care. She has been every step of the journey. The team provides patient care and offering education on end of life issues in the mid-valley family support through frequent visits to the person’s home, for over 11 years. More resources on advance care planning, wherever the person calls home. Help is available by phone 24 hospice, and palliative care can be found at wvh.org or by hours a day for questions and necessary nursing visits. calling 503-588-3600. 12 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS SOUTH VALLEY | MAY 2020

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F YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FOOD SYStem and its impact on animals, soil, water and air, you might consider eating a plant-based diet. We often hear others say they are thinking about it, but that’s as far as they get. Maybe it’s time to think again. The move to a plant-based diet is becoming increasingly mainstream. Many restaurants specialize in serving only plant-based foods, and offer vegan or vegetarian items on their menus. What leads a person to adjust their diet to eliminate animal products? Some do so because of their sensitivity toward animals, in general. Others want to reduce the carbon footprint of processing and transporting food, while others believe getting nutrients from plant-based foods promotes better health. Katherine Deumling lives in Portland and is a strong proponent of plant-based foods. She is doing her part to influence us toward a vegan lifestyle. Katherine Deumling (above) manages a subscriptionbased website to help you eat a plant-based diet. 16 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS SOUTH VALLEY | MAY 2020

She promotes a holistic approach to food and cooking by teaching classes, writing a blog and managing a subscription-based website, cookwithwhatyouhave.com. The website features more than 900 recipes, tips, inexpensive cookbooks and information on how to cook with what you have, to save both time and money. To access most of the information, Deumling charges $5.99 per month. But most of her blog articles can be accessed at no charge. Some of her recent blog titles include, “When olive oil and salt aren’t the answer,” “Fudgy and quick chocolate cookies,” “Noodles, broccoli and peanut sauce for busy nights,” and “When you start thinking about lunch at 10 a.m. …” She takes a simplistic approach to plant-based cooking. In her manifesto, Deumling says not to stress if you don’t have one specific item, or you have to eat white rice one night. “We know vegetables are good for us and they are so varied and beautiful and delicious,” she says. “Whether you eat mostly plants or have butter on your toast every morning or bacon in your greens, enjoy your food and let taste guide you. Cook when you can and don’t beat yourself up when you can’t.”

adding rosemary or ginger for seasoning. Her lentil soup is a template with many variations. Cilantro, radishes and scallions Deumling has been cooking since she was about 9 years old are served at her home every week, and “make everything better,” she says. Even more, her family sits together at the table because her mother suffered from debilitating migraines and for dinner without distractions from electronics. would be too ill to prepare some meals. But her mother also Deumling believes the rise in food sensitivities is a response had a sprawling vegetable garden and believed in the approach to the pollutants in processed foods as of cooking with what you have. They well as chemicals in the air, fish, plastics lived in West Germany for about 10 and other items. years, in a rural area with little access to “We know vegetables are good “There is a rise in toxins in everything convenience stores. for us and they are so varied and and we are absorbing them through our Later, a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship beautiful and delicious.” tissue and blood when we eat processed took Deumling to rural Italy and KATHERINE DEUMLING and sugary foods,” she says. “Our gut is Mexico, where she deepened her understanding of how and why people cook compromised from deadly bacteria and the way they do. She became involved it affects digestion.” in the “slow food” movement both locally and internationally, When eating out, Deumling recommends searching out which led her to learn about food systems, regenerative agrirestaurants that offer plant-based menu options. She favors culture and the combination of pleasure and politics. shopping at farmers markets, and supports community-supported agriculture. Food makes life richer and connects us, she says. With so much evidence regarding the benefits of plant-based While everyone is seeking a panacea, from paleo to keto, diets, Deumling sees the medical profession wholeheartedly “everyone agrees on vegetables,” Deumling says. promoting the concept. Kaiser Permanente, for example, is on Three staples in her kitchen are cilantro, parsley and scallions. For salads, she grates carrots, and adds radishes, seeds, the forefront of teaching its primary-care physicians about toasted nuts, herbs and tasty dressings. whole plant foods, and has brought in Deumling to teach and She also believes in simplicity — even if it’s not exciting — even give cooking demonstrations. ☸ but enjoys adding spices and sauces to make a difference. If you’re eating winter squash, for example, she suggests (Turn the page to try her recipes.)

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1/3 cup Greek or plain, whole-milk yogurt Olive, coconut or sunflower oil Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the cauliflower and stir and then cook without stirring for a few minutes to let it brown a bit. Add a splash of water and cover the pan and continue cooking for another few minutes until the cauliflower is just tender when pierced with a fork. Add a little more oil if the pan is dry and then stir in the spices and let cook for a few seconds. Add the chickpeas and stir well and cook until just heated through. Make sure not to burn the spices so turn the heat down if need be. Season generously with salt and serve topped with cilantro and yogurt.

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This is the simplest of curries. Just a few ingredients and the broccoli and garlic shine. I love to make this dish in the spring when green and then fresh (uncured) garlic is in the CSA share or at the market. The immature garlic is sweet and fragrant and you can use a lot of it without it imparting a sharp flavor. Serves 4 About 3-4 cups broccoli florets and 1 cup water (1 can’s worth of water–I chopped stems (see variations) just use the empty coconut milk can to 1 head green/fresh garlic or 2 stalks younger green garlic, finely chopped or 2 measure the water) or less if you’d like a thicker curry cloves regular, mature garlic, minced 2 teaspoons fish sauce (or salt to taste) 1 can coconut milk (full fat) Juice of 1/2 lime, more to taste 2 – 4 teaspoons green curry paste (spice Basil (optional) and Rice level varies quite a bit by brand) Everyone’s taste varies so experiment with the amount of curry paste. 2 teaspoons gives the dish a mild to medium kick and 3 is about medium. Add the curry paste and teaspoon of salt, if you’re not using fish sauce, to a large pot along with about 1 cup of the thickest part of the coconut milk and the garlic. Coconut milk is often partially solidified at room temperature and you want to use the thickest (or solid) part for this early stage though if it’s all uniform, which it sometimes is, just use 1/4 cup and call it good. Over medium heat cook the curry paste and garlic in that small amount of coconut milk for about 3 minutes, stirring frequently. (Add vegetables that need a bit longer to cook now such as green beans, eggplant, potatoes, carrots, peppers.) Then add the remainder of the coconut milk and one can’s worth of water and bring the curry to a simmer. Add the broccoli and the fish sauce, if using, and cook for about 4-5 minutes until it’s tender but still bright green. If you have basil, add a handful of whole leaves at this point. Finish with the juice of the lime and serve hot, over rice. 18 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS SOUTH VALLEY | MAY 2020

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Use the opportunity to turn weeding into a lesson by explaining what a weed is and why they can be bad for the environment by taking over native habitats. BIRDWATCHING: Grab some binoculars and a field guide, which are readily available online, and get outside. The National Audubon Society Field Guide to Birds for the Western Region is a good book, but there are many more. Birdwatching is another way to get kids involved in an outdoor activity. Get them engaged by having them draw and color the birds they see. FIND AN APP: Gail Langellotto, horticulture professor and state Master Gardener coordinator, suggests the app “Seek” by iNaturalist. “Seek will help gardeners and nature

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lovers to learn more about the flora and fauna in their garden, neighborhood, or nearby natural area,” she says. “It can be used by parents looking for homeschool type activities with their kids. This app is a beautiful combination of technology married with the natural world, and can help open up doors to kids and families who have always wondered ‘what is that plant?’ or ‘what is that insect?’ Discovery can happen anywhere.” GROW VEGETABLES: Consider starting a vegetable garden. During World War II, people were encouraged to plant Victory Gardens so they could eat fresh produce while food was being rationed. Approximately 20 million people stepped up, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.

There are many reasons to grow your own food — you know where your food came from and what types of fertilizers and pesticides, organic or synthetic, have been used; it tastes better than store-bought produce; it relieves stress, saves money and keeps you active. Many seeds and starts can be planted now, including radishes, carrots, beets, chard, kale, brussels sprouts, peas, broccoli, leeks and salad greens. Hold off on warm-weather crops like tomatoes, peppers, melons, corn, summer squash and eggplant until soil temperatures reach at least 65 degrees; 70-75 degrees is better. An inexpensive soil thermometer is all you need. Scott Thiemann, OSU Extension Master Gardener coordinator in Curry County, says to sow seeds of the same vegetable so kids can compare their growth. If you’re inclined, use the opportunity to teach them how plants grow. “Ensure that only one ‘variable’ at a time is changed,” he says. “For instance, the amount of water applied is an easy way to teach kids about plant needs and how to do a science experiment. Transplanting seedlings into larger pots and into the garden will also teach kids about the process and is a way to compare results and be scientists.” REFERENCES: Three worthy references are Extension’s publications: “Growing Your Own,” the “Master Gardener Series: Vegetable Gardening” (free for a limited time), and the “Educators Guide to Vegetables.” If you don’t have your vegetable seeds, starts or supplies yet, many garden centers are open. Some offer curbside pickup and some have catalogs. Oregon Association of Nurseries is keeping a list of nurseries that are open and what they provide. ☸

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