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Get It Growing: Ask a Master Gardener
Question: How do I know when to harvest the pumpkins I am growing in my garden?
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Get It Growing: Therapeutic horticulture at home
Therapeutic horticulture involves passive or active engagement of people connecting with plants and nature. The act of gardening…
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Get It Growing: Is a hoop house for you?
A hoop house is a way to provide more control of your growing environment. A hoop house can…
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Get It Growing: Warming up to extending the vegetable growing season
Residents of the North Olympic Peninsula are fortunate that there is rarely a time when the soil freezes…
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Get It Growing: Ask a Master Gardener
Q: Our plum tree usually produces lots of fruit. Some years, it is so heavily laden, we prop…
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Get It Growing: How to create butterfly-friendly gardens
Butterflies are some of the most beautiful creatures on the planet, but their existence is threatened by loss…
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Get It Growing: A spotlight on succulents
Succulents are the best plants many gardeners probably aren’t yet growing. In the land of Douglas firs, rhododendrons…
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Get It Growing: Plant in august for a late season harvest
Some may think August is a bit late to be sowing vegetable seeds in the garden. But for…
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Get It Growing: Ask a Master Gardener
My neighbor recommended that I put mulch on my flower beds. How much will I need? Will I…
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Get It Growing: Time for a terrace?
Steep and moderate slopes can be found in virtually any setting and can present landscape challenges. Perhaps it…
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Get It Growing: Making the most of what you’ve got
Do you think you need a big garden to grow a lot of vegetables? You really don’t! A…
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Get It Growing: Kitchen composting with worms
Worm composting is a fun and easy way to recycle fruit and vegetable waste. Also known as vermicomposting,…
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Ask a Master Gardener
Question: What is wrong with my plum tree? Many of the plums are misshapen, much larger than the…