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Get It Growing: Heat up the garden
People often think it’s hard to grow warm season plants (e.g., tomatoes and peppers) on the North Olympic…
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Get It Growing: Ask a Master Gardener
Question: I have two hazelnut trees and fight with the birds for the harvest each year. When I…
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Get It Growing: April in the vegetable garden
There is so much to do and think about in the April vegetable garden that even seasoned gardeners…
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Get It Growing: Soil temperature can tell you when to plant vegetable seeds outside
There are so many wonderful reasons to plant vegetable seeds directly outside into soil this spring. More plant…
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Get It Growing: Gardening with kids
Most children love to explore the outdoors, so why not help them tend a small garden?
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Get It Growing: Ask a Master Gardener
Our deciduous trees and shrubs still had leaves when snow and cold temperatures abruptly arrived last November. Many…
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Get It Growing: The wild world of OMBs (orchard mason bees)
Pollination is necessary for gardens to flourish. By some accounts, 75 percent of food production requires pollination. Birds,…
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Get It Growing: Hello spring! March in the garden
Let’s start with the Word of the Month: “Oppugnant” is an adjective meaning opposing, antagonistic or contrary. Used…
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Get It Growing: Leaving the leaves where they fall?
Recent strong winds and heavy snow resulted in many deciduous trees losing all their leaves at once. Leaving…
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Get It Growing: Dealing with tree, shrub damage
Many trees in local landscapes still had their leaves when winter abruptly arrived in mid-November 2022. Strong winds…
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Get It Growing: Beautyberry: a fall spectacular
Beautyberry (Callicarpa) is a spectacular shrub hiding in plain sight during the spring and summer months. It’s a…
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Get It Growing: Witch hazel, the wonder winter flower
Witch hazel, a large deciduous shrub with forked branches and spider-like flowers, provides dazzling foliage in fall and…
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Get It Growing: Gleaning to feed those in need
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that almost 15 percent of Americans are at risk of going hungry.…