OSU Extension Service, Marion County

🔥 Fire on the Horizon: Planning for Post-Fire Recovery in Stayton

Join us for a workshop in Stayton, OR, focused on practical steps landowners, residents, and communities can take to prepare for and recover from wildfire impacts.
Topics include:
* Assessing your risk
* Making a plan – set goals and plan actions needed in the event of a wildfire
* Getting practiced –options and methods for addressing post-fire woodland management needs
* Getting connected – types and sources of assistance you may need for timely post-fire response
* Learning from landowner experiences after the 2020 wildfires.

Whether you live in a wildfire-prone area or want to better understand post-fire recovery, this workshop offers research-based information and local expertise.

• Free but please register here: https://beav.es/fEb (also in bio)
• Please bring your own lunch and refreshments for the field tour.
• Dress for the weather, wear boots for walking in the woods.
• Be prepared to carpool in a van or possibly ride share with another participant.

🫙Before you start up the pressure canner this season, make sure your dial gauge is reading accurately.
OSU Extension recommends testing dial gauges annually to help ensure safe pressure canning.
Bring your dial-gauge pressure canner lid to the Salem Saturday Market and have your gauge tested for FREE by OSU Extension food preservation experts. We offer testing for Presto, Mirro and Granite Ware dial gauges (either on the lid or the gauge alone). We are unable to test All American lids.

📅 Saturday, June 20, 2026
🕘 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Salem Saturday Market, 865 Marion St NE

See you there!

Flavored vinegars are an easy way to add extra flavor to salads, marinades, sauces, sparkling drinks, and more ✨

From garlic and rosemary to berries and citrus, infused vinegars can be customized with a wide range of ingredients, and they make beautiful homemade gifts too.

This carousel covers:
• How to make flavored vinegars
• Infusion ideas to try
• Safe preparation tips
• Storage guidance

Based on guidance from:
Oregon State University Extension Service
“Flavored Vinegars” (SP 50-736)

Join Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Center for a FREE, family-friendly event featuring farm tours, equipment displays, gardening tips, food preservation demos, olive oil tasting and more.
 
Explore cutting-edge research in:
 🍓Berries
🌰 Hazelnuts
🌲 Christmas Trees/Forest Management
🌱 Integrated W**d Management
🌞 Agrivoltaics
🪴 Plant Pathology/Nursery
🫒Olives
🥕 Vegetable & Specialty Seeds
🪰 IR-4 Pesticide Registation
🧑‍🌾 Small Farms
🐝 Orchard Bee Association
🌼 Master Gardeners
🥫 Master Food Preservation
 
Hop on a hay wagon tour, meet OSU researchers and Extension experts, and enjoy a BBQ hamburger or hotdog provided by the Canby FFA Alumni. 🌭 🍔

📆 Saturday, May 30, 2026
🕙 10:00am to 1:00pm PDT
📍 North Willamette Research and Extension Center
15210 NE Miley Rd, Aurora OR 97002

Connecting through food, flavor, and community 💚

Last night at Mary Eyre Elementary’s multicultural family night, Marion County Extension and 4-H volunteers shared healthy recipes, refreshing infused water samples, and hands-on nutrition ideas with more than 600 attendees! Families enjoyed tasting strawberry + jalapeño infused water, cucumber + lime infused water, and a bright carrot, jicama, and orange salad inspired by Food Hero.

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by the table, asked questions, tried something new, and helped make the evening so welcoming and fun. We loved being part of a celebration that brought so many cultures and families together! 🌎🍓🥒🥕

The bright yellow covering parts of the Santiam Canyon right now isn’t wildflowers.

It's Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), one of the Pacific Northwest’s most aggressive invasive plants.

While it may look beautiful in bloom, Scotch broom is officially classified as a noxious w**d in Oregon… and honestly, its behavior is pretty obnoxious.

It spreads aggressively into disturbed landscapes, crowds out native vegetation, interferes with forest regeneration, and increases wildfire risk due to its highly flammable oils and dense growth.

One plant can produce thousands of seeds, and those seeds may remain viable in soil for decades.

The explosion of Scotch broom throughout the Santiam Canyon is a visible reminder of how quickly invasive species can transform entire landscapes after disturbance.

Learning to identify invasive plants is one small but important step toward protecting native ecosystems in Oregon.

Have you noticed Scotch broom spreading in your area lately?