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Terrific tulips ... and more Greengable Gardens specializes in growing springblooming flowers

Photo by Dan Wise

Farmer Demetri Balint is surrounded by a field of daffodils almost ready to bloom. This field of flowers, east of Corvallis, will be harvested and shipped for sale.

By JOY MASSEY BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

Nothing says spring quite like a field of daffodils and tulips, a truly welcome sight in the Willamette Valley as the cold grey days of winter are left behind.

However, say Demetri and Viesia Balint, owners of Greengable Gardens, it’s actually those cold winters — along with the hot, dry summers — that make the area ideal for growing these colorful spring flowers.

The Balints and their crew produce more than seven million blooms annually.

They grow several varieties of daffodils

and more than 80 varieties of tulips in their fields along Highway 34, on their farm in Philomath and in their greenhouses.

The well-drained, sandy soil, deposited by the Willamette River during its many eons of flooding, has helped create the perfect spring flower environment.

“I call it my happy crop,” Demetri Balint says. “People buy flowers for all kinds of occasions and they love doing it.

There are very few grumpy people buying flowers.”

The flowers are sold at local stores and flower stands, including Market of Photo by Joy Massey Choice, Trader Joe’s, New Seasons, It’s hard to resist a field of colorful blooming tulips, such as See TULIPS p. 2 this one owned by the Balints.

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Kroger, Cappella, and the Corvallis Farmers Market.

They also have a flower stand at the farm, and fill orders online through their floral shop.

Balint grew up in the Eugene area, where his mother and grandmother, avid gardeners, instilled in him an appreciation for plants at a young age.

He earned a degree in agronomy from Oregon State University in 1979, and worked at Cenex in Tangent, as manager of the agronomy department.

Agronomy, a term most of us would have to look up, covers a broad range of crop science that encompasses subjects such as plant genetics, crop rotation, soil fertility, ecology, economics and pest control — pretty much everything a farmer would need to know.

At Cenex, Balint worked with farmers, and by 1988 became his own farmer — planting strawberries on leased land. Shortly after, he switched to planting flowers.

“Farming is asset-intense,” he says. “You need a lot of tractors and equipment. Flowers are a crop that requires less land and less equipment.

Initially I planned to do a lot of the labor myself, and build it up gradually.” He leased land on White Oak Road for daffodils, purchasing equipment and bulbs from Bob Anderson; and leased land on Peoria Road for tulips, where he also

Photo by Joy Massey

It actually takes 20 years to propogate a new species of tulip. Most tulip bulbs come from Holland, and originally from the master of tulip production — Turkey. had a flower stand.

During this time, he met his wife, Viesia, who owned a floral shop — The Flower Garden — in the Timberhill shopping center. Originally from Poland, she had earned a degree in horticulture from Oregon State University. The flower farmer and florist, the horticulturist and agronomist, proved to be a good match.

The two married and purchased 28 acres in Philomath that had all the infrastructure they needed to set up greenhouses and establish what became Greengable Gardens.

The house on the property

was originally built in the 1930s by the well-known local builder J. Thompson, who had installed a dam on Greasy Creek that ran through the farm and generated electricity.

In 1945 the house was purchased by the Shroyer family.

Mrs. Shroyer, known for her love of gardening, established a 14-acre perennial garden around the house, with a stillthriving underground irrigation system that delights visitors with its plant varieties and landscaping.

After years of development, Greengable Gardens now has four greenhouses, several

leased fields, and floral and gift shops. The Balints employ 15 year-round employees, as well as a crew of almost 100 during planting and harvesting.

“There’s a lot of training that goes into it,” Balint says.

“It takes some time to understand the plant, and to know when to pick it.” The tulips bloom over a four- to six-week period.

“We physically walk through the field four times to harvest,” he says, “since there are early-, middle-, and lateblooming varieties.” The daffodil harvest is more closely related to weather, and can be picked in as little as seven days, or over a 40-day period.

Greenhouses enable the farm to expand the season year-round.

Crop rotation is necessary to prevent plant diseases.

Tulips must be planted in a new field each year, and can only be planted in the same field every five years. For daffodils, the crop rotation cycle is only three years. In the off years, they plant pumpkins, potatoes or wheat.

Greenhouses enable the farm to produce tulips and daffodils year-round. Each greenhouse grows about 140,000 blooms. Bulbs are forced into early blooming by placing them into a cooler to simulate the cold snap of winter. Southern Hemisphere bulbs are purchased from Chile and New Zealand produce flowers from July to December. Northern Hemisphere bulbs purchased from Holland bloom from January to June. The field harvests

occur in March and April. The greenhouses also grow lilies, snapdragons and other flowers.

“We could put daffodils in the cooler the first of August, and they would be ready in December,” Balint says, “but people don’t want yellow flowers in December. They want red or white, so we wait, and bloom them after Christmas. By January, people are ready for yellow flowers.”

Mixed bouquets are made at the farm and sold throughout the local markets.

The Balints purchase most of their tulip bulbs each year from Holland.

“The Dutch have been growing tulips for over 400 years,” Balint says. “Tulips are native to the Persian Gulf, and as far back as the 14th century, the Dutch became enamored of the extensive tulip gardens of the Turks, and brought them back to Holland. They’re masters of tulip bulb production.”

Tulips are unique, he says, because it takes 20 years to get from a seed to a plant and they can’t be genetically modified.

“Any new varieties that you see on the market were started 20 years ago,” he says.

As the tulips start blooming around us, and appearing in shops and markets, we are tempted to bring a little of the spring flowers inside. A vase of bright pink or red tulips on a tabletop brightens our spirits and decorates our homes, with little hint of all that it takes to produce them.

But for the Balints, the results are worth it. Growing flowers is their life’s work. ■

OSU Extension expert hosts new call-in radio show

By KYM POKORNY

Once a week, Weston Miller settles into a studio at XRAY-FM radio in Portland, waits for a wave of the hand and turns to the microphone. “Grow PDX” is under way.

Miller, horticulturist with Oregon State University’s Extension Service, started the call-in series last October and has hosted 10 half-hour shows, each addressing different topics about gardening, horticulture or agriculture.

The program can be heard throughout the state by podcast, which is available on the XRAY website within 24 hours after the program has aired for two weeks.

Miller has plenty of experience delivering good advice and coaxing it out of guests. In the seven years he’s been with Extension, he’s secured a monthly gig on “AM Northwest” morning show on KATU, written arti-

cles for The Portland Outsider magazine, which has a circulation of about 35,000, and starred in five videos on the “Cooking Up a Story” online TV show.

The former high school teacher and professional landscaper has built a reputation around his media work.

After several people suggested Miller, the folks from the new publically supported XRAY-FM contacted him to offer a slot on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. Listeners can call 503-233-9729 or email news@xray.fm to ask questions or make comments.

“The show is all original programming,” Miller says. “I figure out the topics, write a script and send it to the guest for feedback.”

Recently, he chatted with Claudia Groth, a Master Gardener with Extension for more than 20 years, about the trials and joys of winter gardening.

“We’ve had some cold weather this winter,” Miller said conversationally.

“Some plants in my garden are looking pretty ratty. How do I know if these plants are still alive?”

Groth suggested letting your finger do the work.

“One thing you can do is scratch just the surface of the plants,” she said. “You’ll see green if they’re doing great. You can go from the tips down and see how far down it’s living. Sometimes the tips are burned by the cold, but the heart of the plant will be fine.”

In upcoming weeks, Miller will talk about nonprofit gardening and agriculture with David Greenberg of Growing Gardens on “Grow PDX” and go over the ins and outs of planting spring seedlings on “AM Northwest.”

Everything Miller talks about or writes about leads back to the

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research-based information available from OSU’s Extension.

“People are hungry for good information,” he says. “My goal is to give it to them.”

Nowadays, questions lean toward edible gardening. People call in, email him and use Extensions’s Ask an Expert feature to inquire about topics such as preparing beds, pruning blueberries or planting fruit trees.

“The subject comes up over and over,” says Miller, who grows vegetables and fruit in his own quarter-acre garden in southeast Portland.

On TV, the pace is fast and off the cuff. Miller provides the subjects and the hosts choose what they ask about.

On radio, he knows what questions he’ll ask guests and guides the conversation.

“My favorite aspect about my media work has to be the radio show,” he says. “I’ve found my element.” ■

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Sleep hygiene is more than clean sheets

As a sleep medicine physician, I’m often asked, “How can I get a better night’s sleep?”

In the field of sleep medicine, we often talk about sleep hygiene. It sounds like having a tidy, dust-free bedroom, but in reality it’s about taking steps to ensure the best quality of sleep each night.

Sleep is tied to important health issues such as weightloss, stress and heart problems, as well as simply having the stamina to make it through our day-to-day lives.

When you practice sleep hygiene, you are protecting yourself from disease and illness. It’s a good investment in you.

Here are a few sleep hygiene tips for a better night’s sleep:

● Create a sleep-conducive environment that is dark, quiet and cool. ● Keep work out of your bedroom. As tempting as it may be to catch up on a few emails while lounging in bed, it is not a relaxing endeavor that promotes sleep. ● Put away the electronic devices like smart phones, etablets and laptops as they emit blue wavelength light that send signals to your brain that are counterproductive for sleeping. ● If you enjoy leisure reading before bed and use an e-reading device, buy blue-light blocking glasses or obtain software for your device that can filter out the blue wavelength light. You could also simply read a regular book. ● Establish a regular bedtime and wake time schedule to help set your body’s inter-

nal clock. ● Avoid caffeine, alcohol and nicotine products close to bedtime. ● Exercise regularly but avoid doing so at least three hours before bedtime. ● Establish a regular relaxing, non-alerting bedtime routine.

New funds and a county expansion program means more seniors and people with disabilities can have access to durable medical equipment.

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Lincoln County started the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) program five years ago and, since then, has evolved the program to provide essential equipment to seniors and people with disabilities who cannot afford it because they are uninsured or underinsured.

Under the Affordable Care Act, many of those clients now have health insurance, however, the medical equipment they need often is not completely

covered or not covered at all by insurance companies.

By partnering with a local medical supply store in Newport, RSVP has been able to have new equipment delivered right to the client’s door.

“This is an important feature of the program, as much of Lincoln County is considered rural,” says Holly Terlson, RSVP administrative assistant.

Since the start of the program, RSVP has been able to provide more than 120 Lincoln County residents with durable medical equipment. The program has run entirely on grant funds, provided by the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund.

Also, RSVP expanded in

2013 to become a tri-county program, covering Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties.

RSVP plans to expand many of the existing programs into all three counties, including the DME program.

The goal of the program, she says, is to eliminate cases of seniors and people with disabilities falling in their own home. According to the CDC, falls are the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries among older adults in the United States. By providing medical equipment to aid seniors in daily activities around the house, the DME program is combating falls and injuries.

For more information about acquiring durable medical equipment, contact this RSVP office at 541-812-0849 or visit rsvpoflbl.org. ■

By MARK REPLOEG, MD

With daylight saving time just around the corner, here are a few additional tips you may want to follow to help adjust to new time: ● Try to sleep a bit more than usual a few nights prior to and immediately following the time change to help reduce any sleep debt you may be carrying. ● Take a nap on Sunday afternoon if you need it, but not within a few hours of your regular bedtime. Remember, napping too close to bedtime can disrupt night-

time sleep.

Most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum health, safety and performance, but each person requires a different amount of sleep.

The amount of sleep it takes to wake up in the morning without an alarm clock is the amount of sleep your body needs.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, nearly one-quarter of America’s adults — or 47 million people — do not get even the minimum amount of sleep that is needed to be alert the next day. The good news is that you don’t need medicine or treatment to cure the problem … just some good

preparation and effort are all it takes to get a good night’s sleep.

If you feel like consistent sleep issues are affecting your daily life, ask your health care provider for a referral to a sleep specialist. Sleep medicine services are available in Corvallis and Albany, Lebanon. ■ Mark Reploeg, MD, is a board-certified neurologist and sleep medicine specialist with The Corvallis Clinic. He is also the Medical Director of the Samaritan Sleep Disorders Program for Samaritan Health Services.

Call 541-754-1268 or visit samhealth.org/Sleep for more information about sleep disorders.

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DIGGIN’ IT!

Two great gardening books to get you in the mood

By GRACE PETERSON MASTER GARDENER

One of the perks of being a garden writer is the plethora of invitations from publishers to review new gardening books.

Everything from asparagus to zucchini is being written about these days and you’d think every topic under the sun would have been covered by now.

But sure as rain, there is

something new hitting bookstores and my inbox every few weeks. I’m not complaining.

They make for an entertaining and educational escape when the weather is too inhospitable for real gardening, so I enjoy any opportunity to dive in to one. Here are two that I’ve been wanting to share with you all.

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As I worked my way through this charming book, most terms were familiar to me on some level, making it a worthy refresher course for the lifelong gardener.

Admittedly, there are a few terms that I always have trouble remembering. “Dioecious” for instance. This simply means a plant has only female flower-parts or only maleflower parts. Holly plants are a good example of this. In order for the female plant to produce those luscious red berries, a plant with male flower parts needs to be planted nearby. So Holly plants are “Dioecious” A plant that has both male and female parts is called “monoecious.”

Another term I always seem to forget is “pollarding.” This is the act of pruning in which you remove the upper branches of a shrub or tree to encourage new growth at the base. I had to do this with a few overgrown shrubs last fall. Many gardeners will pollard their purple smoke bush (Cotinus

ssp.) every year. This keeps the freshest, healthiest foliage right at eye-level.

For a new gardener or anyone who wants to better understand the terminology of gardening, “Garden-pedia” is a must.

There are several helpful and informative cut-flower gardening books on the market. A new one on my shelves is “The Cut Flower Patch: Grow Your Own Cut Flowers All Year Round” by Louise Curley. Nestled within pages of informative prose are breathtaking photos (especially welcome during the dreary winter months) taken by photographer Jason Ingram. This book will provide you with everything you need to know in order to create a beautiful cut flower garden and stunning indoor flower arrangements.

The author covers every-

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You’ll see plans for a simple, small cutting garden to a larger, more advanced one. At the end of the book you’ll find a seasonal calendar of gardening chores to undertake during that particular time of the year. And if all of that isn’t enough there are pages upon pages of beautiful flower arrangements to inspire the reader. ■ Tips: Pull back last fall’s leaves from emerging bulbs and perennials to allow them to stretch and grow. Also, be on the lookout for slugs and snails that will gobble up those precious plants. Some coolweather seeds can be sown now such as lettuce, spinach, poppies and bachelor buttons.

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Volunteers sought for Aging Research Center

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By MICHELLE KLAMPE

The Center for Healthy Aging Research at Oregon State University is recruiting volunteers to join a registry for possible participation in future studies related to the health and wellbeing of middle-aged and older adults.

People age 50 and older who live in Oregon are invited to sign up for the LIFE Registry. Those who join the registry will receive information about opportunities to participate in OSU research. Joining the registry does not obligate volunteers to be in any study.

The registry provides OSU researchers affiliated with the Center for Healthy Aging Research with contact information for people who may be interested in participating in studies or are a good match for a particular study. When a registry member is contacted, they will receive information about a study and then can decide whether to participate.

The registry is used by about 40 OSU faculty members affiliated with the Center for Healthy Aging Research. Studies conducted by faculty affiliated with the center might involve biological processes, exer-

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cise, balance, diet, families, psychological processes or new technologies for helping older adults to age in their own homes. Registry members have participated in several studies related to driving, for example, including research on the understandability of traffic signs and using back-up cameras.

Studies vary in length; some can be completed in less than an hour while others may last for several months or more. Depending on the type and nature of the research, studies may be completed online or over the phone, or they may take place on the OSU

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The registry includes about 500 people now and organizers would like to add 500 more volunteers. The goal is to include volunteers of all backgrounds and there are no health requirements. Registry information is confidential and will be released only to Center for Healthy Aging Research faculty and their staff.

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Interested volunteers may also call 541-737-4993. ■

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WILD WORLD

Cascades Raptor Center’s two-fold mission is to rehabilitate, educate

By DEB ALLEN BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS

There’s a vast diversity of birds on this planet and they greatly impact our ecosystems.

As humans, we have a responsibility to respect and protect the wild around us, while lessening our negative impacts.

Sadly, human activities are linked to billions of bird deaths every year. But there are ways we can lessen our adverse effect on our natural world, and Cascades Raptor Center (CRC), is here to help.

The CRC is located on the eastern perimeter of Spencer Butte on Fox Hollow Road in Eugene. It was founded in 1990 with the mission to prevent injuries and rehabilitate injuries primarily inflicted on raptors.

“A raptor is a predatory bird, but they are not the only predatory bird,” says Kit Lacy, CRC education director, who is partnered with a stately, living example — Pip — a peregrine falcon perched on her hand as she speaks. Pip is one of the honored, feathered CRC residents that works with the staff to educate the public.

“What makes a raptor a raptor is how they go about hunt-

ing,” Lacy says. “They hunt other animals using their feet.”

As she talks, visitors watch while Pip’s strong talons grip Lacy’s leather glove only a few feet away. “We have over 30 different species that call Oregon home. Oregon is a very raptor-rich state because we have so many different types of habitat.”

Thus, it makes perfect sense to have an education and rehabilitation center in western Oregon to promote the wellbeing of raptors.

“Basically, our mission is to foster a connection between people and birds of prey,” says Louise Shimmel, CRC founder and executive director, “and we essentially do that in two ways and for one reason: Wildlife rehabilitation and public nature education. And the goal is to enhance people’s appreciation and respect, and therefore stewardship of the wild world.”

So what can the human population do to prevent injury to raptors, as well as other bird species?

Shimmel says “collisions” are the biggest cause of mortality among birds throughout the world.

“The primary problem we

Photo by Tim Greenfield

Louise Shimmel, founder and executive director of Cascades Raptor Center, holds Lorax, a great horned owl. Lorax was found in Hermiston after falling about 45 feet from her nest. Her wing was broken and, though it healed, no longer can fully extend.

see, that is not very preventable, is collision with vehicles, and that brings in about half the owls,” she says. “Overall, it’s about 30 percent of what we see.” Those include collisions with cars, planes and trains.

However, windows are actually the largest contributor to avian mortality rates. Shimmel suggests following the advice of the American Bird Conservancy for reducing these risks.

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While collisions with windows and moving vehicles are not easily preventable, Shimmel says there are some steps we can take to reduce threats to wildlife.

One of those is to reduce the risk of lead poisoning. Shimmel says birds are poisoned from eating meat which contains lead from ammunition.

“Soaring hawks and eagles are scavengers,” she says. “If they see a pile of food they’re going to eat it.” Hunters have the option of using non-lead bullets. Visit huntingwithnonlead.org for more information.

Rodenticides pose another great, yet preventable, risk to birds of prey.

“We do see a fair amount of rodenticide poisons,” Shimmel says. “People are reaching for it but they don’t understand the ramifications. It’s true that one bite will kill the current generation, but they don’t kill right away. So this animal walks around being really debilitated, bleeding internally for days. And then if he’s eaten by something else — it could be a cat, it could be a fox, it could be a bird of prey — then they, too, get poisoned. It’s much more effective to have a family of barn owls than it is to put a bunch of poison out.”

Shimmel says birds and owls like to make nests, even in urban areas. When it comes to maintaining your yard, avoid pruning trees in the spring when it is more likely you may disturb nests. Look for wildlife-friendly solutions and products to fertilize and use for pest management.

“Bird feeders are nice, but what’s even better is planting native nut, seed and berry producing plants, so that you’re creating a year-round food source,” she says.

Also, avoid using barbed wire fencing. “To birds, it’s really lethal,” Shimmel says.

“They don’t see it very well and they get hung up on it.”

The CRC treats about 200 injured or orphaned birds each year. Staff and volunteers find releasing a recovered bird back into the wild quite rewarding. Yet, not all patients recover well enough to survive in the wild.

Pip was a young bird when found with a broken leg. He was taken into the CRC for surgery and his bone was pinned. Unfortunately, because of the anesthesia used during the surgery, Pip’s heart and breathing stopped more than once. He was resuscitated but, because he could not tolerate the anesthesia, they had to finish the surgery prematurely and were not able to externally fixate the pin. So his bone did not heal normally.

“That kind of disability is a game-ender, especially for a high-speed predator,” Lacy says. When the CRC staff realized Pip would not be releasable, they assessed his ability to begin a different lifestyle in captivity. He passed the assessment faster than any other raptor known to Lacy.

“He won our 2014 rookie of the year award — traveling and doing off-site programs, meeting more people than some of our seasoned veterans here,” Lacy says. “So he has been a fantastic addition to our team.”

The respect, understanding, affection and connection the staff and volunteers hold toward the raptors at CRC is evident. It is quite a privilege for humans to partner with these wild birds in a mission to educate the public. The CRC offers many avenues of connection and education enrichment for people of all ages.

“Our programs are very specifically age-related,”

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Shimmel says. “There’s some nice literature out there now on age-appropriate education.”

In the Reading with Raptors program, for example, a CRC staff member takes both a bird and a storybook about that bird and visits with young children.

One example might be bringing a great horned owl paired with the book “Owl Moon.”

“What is really important at that age is empathy, and to develop compassion,” she says.

During the last Sunday in the months from May to September, the center hosts Family Nature Discovery

Days on various themes.

For instance, a springtime theme could be about eggs. At the end of July, the “Wildlife Maimed Hospital” provides a popular learning experience for children. Stuffed animals will be opened at the seam and inserted with a broken Popsicle stick, then sewn back together. Children find the “injured” animal, rescue it, assess its injury, then apply bandages.

Animals that have “bugs” will be treated for parasites and given water. Then, while the “patients” remain in the hospital to heal, the children visit the many resident birds throughout the center. When they return, the children get to “release” the bird back into

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Photo by Deb Allen

Through Handler Talks, scheduled at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, the publc can get a close-up view of, and more education about, raptors. the wild.

The CRC offers various enrichment and group membership programs for numerous senior organizations as well.

Valuable insight is gained from those who have invested their lives into studying, working with and understanding the magnificent wildlife around us. ■

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