So Many Advantages and Such Bounty! Raised beds can elevate your vegetable gardening to new levels (in so many ways!). Advantages to growing vegetables in raised beds include better drainage, warmer soil, and easier access by the gardener. Another advantage…

Master Gardener Pam Pace, sage of the Culinary Herb Garden at Woodcock Garden, and fellow Master Gardeners Diane Young and Stephany Neuschaefer are offering a Digging Deeper Presentation about the practice and pleasure of a serious cook’s garden. Pam speaks…

The warm days of summer come with a list of tasks that fruit tree owners need to tackle in order to produce a bountiful harvest of great quality fruit and to keep their trees manageable and in good health. On…

Master Gardeners Patty Bacon and Roger Steinert Gardening should bring enjoyment, not discomfort. As we age or experience physical limitations, some gardening tasks can become more challenging. One of the first steps in gardening for life is to make gardening…

Can we imagine a greater joy than watching our garden plants progress through the growing season to that moment when the first beautiful “fruit” of our labors is hanging there waiting to be picked?  Or, is our greatest moment of…

Water is as crucial to your garden as soil and sunshine. Now, as the dry season begins on the Olympic Peninsula, it’s an ideal time to think about installing drip irrigation. By incorporating drip irrigation into your water-efficient plan, you…

To prune or not to prune . . . and how? . . . when? . . . where? We’ve all encountered varied guidance over the years, but somehow, when we stand before our plant with amputation tools in hand,…

If you’ve ever coaxed along a tomato plant only to end the season with a handful of green fruit, you’re not alone. Tomatoes love heat, and, as we all know, here on the Olympic Peninsula, that can be in short…