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Party Sans Police

By Anonymous If you plan on hosting a BBQ or party in the spring (or any season for that matter), your first concern should probably be avoiding the $800 fine from your friends at the Eugene Police Department and the city of Eugene.

Hopefully this isn’t coming as news to you, but hosting an “unruly” party is a criminal offense in Eugene. The definition of an unruly party or gathering is intentionally loose, the main concern being consumption of alcohol and excessive noise. In order to be deemed unruly, a party must first have alcohol consumption (check).

Once alcohol’s presence has been confirmed, there is a laundry list of items that help you turn your fun in the sun barbecue into a crime scene.

You must meet at least two of the following qualifications in addition to alcohol consumption: • Illegal sale, service, possession or consumption of said alcohol (i.e. underage or public drinking/ intoxication) • Assault • Menacing • Harassment • Intimidation • Disorderly conduct

• Noise disturbance • Criminal mischief • Public urination/defecation • Littering • Illegal use of fireworks (fireworks may only be used between June 23rd and July 6th) Some of these items are somewhat up to interpretation, and the key to avoiding a whole legal ordeal is keeping up relations with your neighbors, because they are the ones who would call in a noise complaint. If a neighbor says they want your party shut down by 11 pm, shut it down by 11 pm. They have as much say in how your party goes as you do. If the party gets out of hand, calling the police is probably your best option. If you call it in, you probably won’t get fined. If you don’t want to call the cops on your own party, practice being courteous and remorseful in front of a mirror.

As far as fire safety goes, don’t be stupid.

Different properties have different policies regarding grills or campfires. Speak with your landlord before starting a bonfire in the front yard, as well as the Eugene Police Department.

Fire is fun, but also dangerous (duh) so practice good fire safety. Before starting any recreational

fire, check the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency website for their daily update on home wood heating in case of a cease burning notice.

Also, while it is sometimes okay to have a recreational fire (think BBQ or firepit) and to burn wood for heat in your fireplace, it is never permissible to kindle a “backyard burn” (AKA a bonfire) in Eugene or Springfield city limits. So, you know, there goes that idea. It’s pretty hard to hide a bonfire.

If you have any questions or concerns, the social host ordinance is posted on the Eugene Police website along with a pretty simple and concise explanation.

The point of the ordinance, and the main argument that made it law, was to encourage neighbors to be respectful of each other. If you live in west campus between two live-outs, you may not even need to warn them when you’re about to throw a rager. If you live with your parents in deep west Eugene, you should probably give your elderly neighbors a heads up, and maybe bake them some cookies.

Communication is key to avoiding the fine.

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Not So Spaceous? Go Herbaceous!

By Erin Weaver An herb garden in your kitchen is the ultimate sign of “Yes, I’ve got my life together.” Not only have you shown off your God-like ability to keep something alive for more than 24 hours, but the herbs you’ve raised are handy in elevating your recipes from “OK, I guess” to “Wow, do you have a Michelin star?” If you just want an easy, aromatic garden that will impress all your Pinterest-inclined buddies, we recommend planting the hardiest and most stubborn varieties of herb: parsley, chives or mint. If you’d like more of a challenge and are confident in your herb-rearing abilities, there’s sage, rosemary and thyme. When you’re “dealing with some very unstable herbs,” as it were, we’ve compiled a handy list of tips that will help you navigate plant parenthood.

CASA BASIL-ICA There’s limited space on your windowsill, so the herbs will need to be planted in small pots or one large one, if you don’t mind your plants intermingling. Terra cotta pots are some of the most breathable, but any planter will do as long

as it has drainage holes. Be sure to use dirt that drains well, which won’t be a problem if you’re buying starters or standard potting soil, and avoid using the earth from your yard or garden, as this could be clumpier or clay-based and can suffocate your plants. Some of the more overparticular herbs (we’re lookin’ at you, rosemary) also benefit from crushed eggshells in their soil. This can be achieved by sticking eggshells in a food processor and grinding until they’re of a more powder-like consistency – and you get the added benefit of telling all your friends the wild story of how you processed eggshells, you wild animal, you.

AVOIDING DEFENESTRATION Experts (though how one becomes an “herb expert,” we’ve no idea) agree that herbs in your garden need at least four hours of direct sunlight a day and typically thrive when placed on a windowsill. However, herbs have a very complicated relationship with the window: it gives them the light they need, but because the sun is only allowed from one direction, the plants will lean toward it. If their leaves touch the glass, however, some herbs get too cold

throughout the night. It’s therefore best to rotate your herbs continually so that they don’t angle in only one direction, which also keeps them from freezing against the glass.

HERBS AS LANDLUBBERS Most herbs meet their end when their soil becomes waterlogged. Make sure there are drainage holes in the bottom of your pots, because if your plants sit too long in still water, they’ll rot. Always allow the soil to dry completely before you water it, as keeping it moist would actually be overwatering your herb. If you notice that the leaves of your herbs have yellowed, this is not your leafy friends asking for more water; rather, it’s actually a sign of rotting roots due to too much water, an indication commonly misread by us mere peasants who are not self-proclaimed “herb experts.”

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Student-Proof Gardening

By Gabriel Dufurrena To many, gardening is a chore. Most people want their yard to look nice, but couldn’t care less about how it gets that way. Landscapers are inexpensive and hardly noticed. Even if you’re home all day, the likelihood that you’ll notice some guy or girl bent below your shrubs with a pair of garden shears is pretty low.

To some, gardening is as good a pastime as baseball. It’s probably even better, because with gardening you’re working toward something to be proud of, whereas with baseball you’re working toward a good buzz and a farmer’s tan.

When you lease a house, it’s pretty common for the landlord to hire a landscaper to do your gardening for you. Typically, whatever they pay the landscaper is added to your rent, and most tenants don’t think twice about the cost. However, if you want to save a little money and take up a new, rewarding hobby, you may want to consider negotiating with your landlord about taking over the landscaping duties.

“I started doing my own gardening probably about a year ago,” says Kyler Mello, a returning student living in a beautiful house in east campus. Mello “already knew how to take care of the roses,” and learned most of what he knows about gardening from the Internet and his step mom.

Mello’s garden is a wonderful mix of wild and domestic. At this point of the season, all the wildflowers are mid-bloom, and there’s a blanket of purple wrapped around the porch of his house. Little yellow and white daisies pepper the perfectly-trimmed lawn, and the small tree and vines that surround the property are on the cusp of vibrancy.

However, Mello is mostly tending to his pride and joy, which has yet to bloom: a large rose bush just in front of the wood steps to the house. He bends over the bush and takes tender jabs at it with a pair of scissors, which he claims are irrefutably

better than garden shears for this sort of trimming.

He stands about a foot from the bush, leaning back and planning his next move, then swoops in and makes a diagonal cut against a chosen stem.

He repeats this process, working his way around the bush, tossing the trim into a thorny pile on the porch. It seems a very zen process, which he admits to, but while the actual act of gardening has certain zen properties and connotations, Mello claims his favorite part is when he’s done and has “made something beautiful.” For this particular flower, the process of trimming is never ending, and the reward comes once a year.

For spring, the name of the gardening game is flowers, and Mello has embraced the bountiful bloom. He points out, however, that not everything in his garden revolves around the season. Above the brick path to the left of his house, a tamed nest of sharp, brown vines coils around itself. He sort of chuckles when I ask what went wrong, and says they are supposed to look like that right now.

Apparently grape season is much later (which shows how much I know) and he claims that when they come in, the grapes are pretty fantastic.

No matter what exotic plants you have in your garden, if you have a yard in the Willamette Valley, you probably have grass. Mello’s former roommate and initial inspiration to start gardening, Scotty, was a self-proclaimed “grass-guy” who left a well-treated lawn behind when he moved. If nothing else, when you decide to ditch the hired landscaper, mow your lawn. If you fail to do so, your landlord will likely regret the decision to let you take over landscaping duties.

Above all else, remember: whether you find it fun or think it’s a chore, gardening has its reward.

You save money, potentially find peace of mind (although that may backfire depending on who you are) and, of course, create something beautiful.

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By Gretchen Henderson Growing up, I watched my mom tend to our picture-perfect garden. She refused to hire gardeners in fear of ruining her masterpiece.

Gardening was her form of therapy. There was something about getting her hands deep in dirt to produce a colorful scenery that was rewarding and therapeutic. I also remember strolling through rows of succulents and baby cherry blossom trees in the nursery of Home Depot as my mom sorted and pulled different plants and colors.

If your childhood was like mine, or you have a passion to be one with nature, then growing a personal garden has crossed your mind.

College is not the ideal time to grow a garden for numerous reasons, like lack of space and limited funds. So although our little apartments may not allow us to be on the next cover of Better Homes and Gardens, we can still have a small slice of the garden dream for a fraction of the price.

1. SUCCULENTS You have seen them on windowsill seals and on your hipster friends’ desks. This plant is easy to care for, takes limited space and is budget friendly. If you are a frequent traveler or just can’t seem to remember to water anything, choose the cactus varieties. They can withstand your neglect.

Check out Pinterest for some innovative home

décor ideas with your new plants. Go crazy with a fish bowl terrarium or keep it simple with a posh pot. Just remember to give those succulents love every once and awhile.

sun but not much, making them the perfect plant for the ever-changing Eugene weather. You can find orchids under $10 in a variety of colors and sizes at Trader Joe’s.

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2. HERB GARDEN Have you ever tried to actually use your stove, yet you don’t seem to have all the herbs and spices? Grow your own! Spices are cheap, easy to grow and accessible when you need one piece of cilantro. You can find herb packets at your local Home Depot or Lowes. With the money you saved, buy some eye-pleasing pots for your plants.

4. ALOE Summer is right around the corner, and if you are prone to getting burned, buy an Aloe plant. These guys are an elegant touch to a side table and a lifesaver after a sunny day at the river. Much like succulents, they have limited maintenance. Add some rocks on top of the soil to add a fun touch. If you have a furry pet, remember to keep these out of reach. They are poisonous if ingested. Pierce Street Gardens will hold your attention for an hour with their wide collection of everything succulent and house plant.

The Home Depot Address: 1045 Green Acres Rd Phone: (541) 344-1312 Hours: 5 am–10 pm 3. ORCHIDS They require water once a month and make you look like you have your life together. What more would you want in a plant? They require some

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Succulents For The Rest of Us

By Erin Weaver Are you about as nurturing as the Sahara?

Does every plant you try and coddle wither and die? Good news, friends! Succulents have taken the country by storm, occupying every Pinterest board and Anthropologie catalogue in sight, and it’s not too late to get in on the craze (even if you’ve of a green thumb in the past). Succulents and cacti are great in the tight spaces of dorm rooms and crowded student housing alike, and will sit happily on any windowsill for as long as you choose to forget about them – which, believe it or not, they take rather kindly too. They’re some of the most forgiving, resilient little plants out there, but that doesn’t mean they’ll thrive in every condition.

To help you strike the perfect balance between apathetic and overbearing, we’ve compiled some tips and tricks to keep your succulents as happy as possible.

PLACE THEM SOMEWHERE WELL-LIT – BUT NOT ALL THE TIME – TO NAVIGATE THE TERRITORY BETWEEN MAXIMUM

SUNLIGHT AND SUNBURN. Succulents generally like as much sunlight as possible, but if you start to notice that those little waxy leaves are taking on patches of light brown, give them a break from the direct sunlight and move the plants to an area that gets light only during certain hours of the day.

This often entails moving the succulents off the windowsill and into another sunny swath of the room, and generally only applies to the littler succulents; ever-stubborn varieties of cacti are also usually unaffected by this phenomena.

THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF UNTIMELY SUCCULENT DEATH? OVERWATERING. This is where you shed your green thumb sensibilities and adapt the attitude of an uninterested parent. The general advice is to simply leave your succulents alone (much like the requests of petulant children: “Get out of my room, Mom”). However, this doesn’t mean ignoring your succulents entirely. As tenacious as they are, succulents can be fussy about their water intake. Aim to mirror the following cycle as much as possible: get a succulent’s soil

soaked through and saturated with water, and then let it dry completely (and repeat until your succulent eventually outlives you, and you have to pass the duty off to your grandchildren!).

While other varieties of plants like their soil moist at all times, this will kill off the more dessert-inclined succulents and cacti.

PLAN ON DEALING WITH PLANTS THAT TRY TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME, AS IT WERE. Does your succulent have little “arms” that have shot away from the base plant and are clammering over the rim of the pot? Does your succulent look like it’s trying to escape? Then it’s time to re-pot! Much like goldfish, most varieties of succulents and cacti grow to the size of their container – and then some. While a huge succulent can survive in a small space, it would be much like a human being living in a walk-in closet: doable, but cramped. If you really want your succulents to thrive, plan on repotting them about once every year (or sooner if your plant is particularly speedy in its growth).

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