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Get It Growing: Paper wasps in the vegetable garden
The paper wasp (Polistinae) is a beneficial insect to have in a garden, especially a vegetable garden. It…
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Get It Growing: Water-wise gardening for summer
Summer is just around the bend and water-wise gardening is on our minds to keep plants happy and…
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Get It Growing: Have you watered enough?
Perhaps you have been given watering instructions like this before: “During the growing season make sure your plant…
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Get it Growing: What’s wrong with my greenhouse tomatoes?
This week the plant clinic question comes just in time for tomato season: “With the purchase of my…
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Get It Growing: The majesty of the iris
Can you name the plant whose flower parts include the terms “standards,” “falls” and “beards” and, according to…
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Get It Growing: Dividing, propagating angel wing begonias
How many times have you thought about saving the gorgeous angel wing begonia that you have enjoyed on…
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Get It Growing: Growing berries in containers
Berries are a great addition to any garden. Although berry plants are most productive when planted in the…
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Get It Growing: Why did my seedlings die?
Today’s plant clinic concern comes from a resident who is new to the Olympic Peninsula: “My seedlings sprouted…
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Get It Growing: Using native plants as ornamentals
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Get It Growing: Gardening with window boxes
Window boxes are a special type of container garden. Like other container plantings, window boxes bring the garden…
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Get It Growing: Growing food in limited spaces
Do you think you need a big yard to grow a lot of vegetables? No, you don’t! You…
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Get It Growing: Ask the Master Gardeners
A question from a resident of Sequim who lives at low elevation: I have a raised bed garden…
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Get It Growing: Fungal disease causes and treatment
Fungi are everywhere; on our bodies, on our food, on our plants and in the air we breathe.…