Pam Windom Keller Williams Realty Eugene & Spfld

Home & Garden Feature:

Sustainable Landscape Training

I am happy to say that the Lane County Extension Service is alive and well in our local community! After their loss of funding during a recent election, I was very concerned that we were going to lose a tremendous resource to our community. The folks at the extension service have moved mountains to continue to provide fantastic services to our local community including:

The Master Gardener Program and associated hotline provides not only sustainable landscaping training, but hotline & walk-in services to help you identify pests & invasive plants, provide garden advice and training in composting & pruning

~ Hotline hours & walk-in service provided

from 10-1 & 2-5 Monday-Thursday

The extension office is located at

783 Grant Street in Eugene, Oregon

~ Sustainable Lanscape Training:

Upcoming Workshop June 29-30

Workshop includes training in mulch & compost, pest control, lawn care, watering efficiently and more. To register call the hotline at 541-344-4885 or visit their website at http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/gardens

~ Pruning Classes: May-August

Workshops include training in fruit thinning, sucker removal, rhododendron prunining and more. Visit the extension website for specific dates/times/locations.

The Master Food Preservers Program provides training in food preservation, food safety and more.

~ Upcoming Workshops Include:

Emergency Planning: May 13th

Feeding Your Family ~ Good Times & Bad: May 20th

Jams & Jellies: June 17th

Pickling Tomatoes & Salsa: August 26th

Canning Meat: September 29th

Canning Tuna: 8 special classes will be scheduled to accomodate folks interested in canning tuna. If you would like to attend one of these courses call the extension 541-344-4885 for specific times and dates.

If you have not utilized the services of the Lane County Extension Service, I highly recommend their services for all your questions about gardening, nutrition and food preservation. They are a tremendous resource and a "Value Added" member of our community.

Eugene, Oregon

Real Estate Market Statistics

April, 2011 Report

A comparison of real estate market statistics for Greater Lane County, Oregon from March of 2010 to March of 2011 shows closed sales down 17.5%, pending sales down 30.9% and new listings down 33.8%. That being said, the increase in sales from February to March in our current year proved formidable, reducing the active residential inventory from 12.4 months at the beginning of the year, to 8.6 months ending the month of March.

Real Estate Market Statistics

A review of local real estate market statistics over the past few years gives the appearance of a carnival ride. Sale prices continue to be affected by the influx of shortsale and foreclosed properties coming onto the market, but folks looking to purchase have had wonderful opportunities...especially if they were able to take advantage of the government tax credit.

Rates have remained low.

The Average Sale Price has

dropped nearly 10% in the past year.

As spring leads into summer, there will continue to be great opportunities for those that look to purchase real estate.