10-Minute University™ is the trademark of short classes on essential gardening information, taught by Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardeners.
10-Minute University™ Handouts | 10-Minute University™ Videos
Instructional videos on the following garden subjects:
Growing Edibles – Blueberries, Fruit Trees, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening
General Gardening – Container Gardening, Raised Beds, Lawn Care, Ornamental Gardening, Pruning, Soil and Planting, Irrigation
Diseases and Insects – Diseases and Pests, PollinatorsGuest Speakers – Subjects include Clematis, Mulches, Soils & Bee Gardens
To view individual videos in each playlist click the three stacked lines at the top of the thumbnail to choose the video you wish to view. Available handouts can be found here.
Noontime Chats
Growing and Caring for Blueberries (59:04)
Growing & Caring for Raspberries (34:50)
Growing Early-Season Vegetables (55:50)
Pretty & Delicious Containers (49:36)
Starting Vegetables from Seeds (1:02:26)
Transplanting and Planting Tomatoes (1:04:44)
Pruning Trees & Shrubs (43:14)
Soil & Planting: Lessons from Research (1:09:33)
Raised Bed Gardening (1:01:12)
Spring Ornamental Gardening (58:09)
Orchard Mason Bees (54:20)
Slugs & Snails (1:00:26)
To view individual videos in each playlist click the three stacked lines at the top of the thumbnail to choose the video you wish to view.
Growing Edibles
Berries
Fruit Trees
Tomatoes
Blueberry Cultivars and Planting Tips (3:28)
Fertilizing and Mulching Blueberries (2:53)
Growing Blueberries in your Garden (26:10)
Pruning Blueberry Plants (2:58)
Growing and Caring for Raspberries (19:05)
Fruit Tree Training (6:15)
Low Care Fruit Trees (26:21)
Pruning a Fruit Tree (3:32)
Pruning Fruit Trees (22:26)
Growing Your Own Tomatoes (26:00)
Growing Tomatoes in your Garden (28:03)
Planting Tomatoes in your Garden (4:25)
Proven Practices (3:32)
Starting Tomatoes from Seeds (3:41)
Starting Tomatoes from Seeds (25:39)
Tomato Varieties (3:16)
To view individual videos in each playlist click the three stacked lines at the top of the thumbnail to choose the video you wish to view.
Vegetable Gardening
Early Season Vegetables (21:55)
Starting Vegetables in your Garden from Seeds (23:34)
Vegetable Gardening in Times of Drought (26:49)
Growing in Times of Drought (18:15)
Early Season Vegetables (13:45)
Growing and Harvesting Vegetables Year Round (19:02)
General Gardening
Container Gardening
Raised Beds
Lawn Care
Container Planting (5:00)
How to Grow Vegetables in Containers (26:24)
Growing Pretty & Delicious Containers (24:27)
How to Make a Raised Bed (5:29)
Raised Bed Gardening (24:51)
Lawn Care (27:55)
To view individual videos in each playlist click the three stacked lines at the top of the thumbnail to choose the video you wish to view.
Ornamental Gardening
Irrigation
Native Plants
Spring Gardening Tips (49:51)
Spring Ornamental Gardening (24:41)
High Impact Plant Combo’s (14:57)
Best Bee Flowers (24:49)
The Best Bee Flowers (5:50)
Making a Shade Garden (24:57)
Fall Cleanup in the Perennial Bed (20:43)
Techniques to Save Time & Money (24:38)
Using Drip Irrigation in Your Garden (5:18)
Native Plants (23:45)
To view individual videos in each playlist click the three stacked lines at the top of the thumbnail to choose the video you wish to view.
Pruning
Soil and Planting
Pruning 101 (3:39)
Advanced Pruning Methods (28:18)
Basic Pruning: Benefits and Tips (25:08)
Pruning Hydrangeas (5:37)
Pruning a Japanese Maple Tree (5:41)
Pruning Ornamental Grasses (3:54)
Pruning Roses (6:24)
Pruning Fruit Trees (22:26)
Pruning Ornamental Trees (17:56)
Pruning Shrubs (11:46)
How to Get Healthy Soil in your Garden (21:18)
Soil and Planting Lessons from Research (25:40)
Using Drip Irrigation in Your Garden (5:18)
Gardening in Clay Soil (25:56)
Diseases and Insects
Diseases and Pests
Pollinators
Common Pests and Diseases During the Fall and Winter (9:58)
Dealing with Slugs and Snails in the Garden (25:33)
Spring Pests and Diseases (24:28)
Attracting Pollinators (23:39)
Attractiveness of Native Plants to Bees (7:38)
Garden Bees Of Western Oregon (18:29)
How to Attract Orchard Mason Bees to your Garden (15:58)
How to Bee Friendly (7:22)
How to Tell the Difference Between Bees, Wasps, & Flies (15:02)
The Importance of Garden Pollinators (9:07)
Best Bee Flowers (24:29)
Attracting & Hosting Mason Bees (23:45)
Best Bee Flowers (24:49)
To view individual videos in each playlist click the three stacked lines at the top of the thumbnail to choose the video you wish to view.
Guest Speakers
Creating Great Bee Gardens – Gail Langellotto, pHD. May 11, 2020
Contaminated Soil Products and Compost – Weston Miller, OSU February 8, 2021
Linda Chalker-Scott, PhD, WSU – Mulches: The Good, The Bad, and The Really, Really Ugly. (51:25)
Edible Wild Plants with John Kallas, PhD. (40:42)
Twelve Months of Bloom: From Garden To Vase / Linda Beutler (1:15:05)
