John Fischer

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — Against the backdrop of Talisman Sabre 25, the Indo-Pacific’s largest military exercise involving more than 35,000 troops from 19 nations, the Marines and Sailors of the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) accomplished what few forces can: multimodal and mobile command and control across thousands of kilometers of simulated contested terrain, synchronized precision fires with the U.S. Army and Australian Defence Force (ADF), and seamless combined maneuver with 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR). From the red earth of the Northern Territory to the grasslands of Queensland, the journey was a proving ground for modern warfighting.

Oregon is the Beaver State, but might better be called the berry state.

Planting cover crops now will give your garden a jump start next year, and provide you with some food to enjoy over the winter and spring.

Hi all, Lane County Extension Service Master Gardener John Fischer here with KLCC's Good Gardening. I try to use all of what comes out of my garden.

This is a great time of year to look at trees with their amazing fall colors, and get some ideas on which tree (or better yet, trees) you should plant in your yard next spring (this is not the best time to plant – more on that in a bit). And while autumn color is […]

Keep leaves from your yard, or ask your neighbors for theirs. Also, you can get leaves from the city of Eugene. They work as mulch to keep leaves down, and then decompose into soil themselves.

On your next picnic in the park, or bike ride by the river, be the person who picks up a forgotten soda bottle, and don't be the person who leaves something behind.

Removing about one-third of a plant each year should allow you to do the reshaping you desire.

Roses are blooming prolifically all over the Willamette Valley, and even indifferent gardeners are finding they have bumper crops.

Good Gardening: Vines