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Soil is the foundation of a productive garden. Make sure your soil is healthy for your plants and the diverse organisms that live in the soil and create organic matter.

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Get It Growing: Vegetable garden soil: More than meets the eye

Master Gardeners discuss getting the right soil in your garden

A home garden will provide plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables at their peak of ripeness and can reduce the money your family spends on groceries.

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Get It Growing: Growing healthy: 10 reasons to grow your own vegetables

Master Gardners begin their weekly column this week which focuses on growing veggies.

Master Gardeners provide gardening tips for November-February.

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Get It Growing: Set your winter gardening calendar

Master Gardeners provide tips for November-February before taking a winter break from their column.

Get It Growing: Your own apple orchard!

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Get It Growing: Your own apple orchard!

Whether you have space for dozens of trees or only a few, having your own apple orchard is…

Picking and storing apples

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Get It Growing: Apples, figs and pears – picking and storage

Master Gardeners give tips with orchard fruit care in the coming weeks.

The fungal disease Late Blight can wipe out a tomato garden in just a few days.

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Get It Growing: Protecting tomatoes from fungal disease

It has been a warm and dry growing season. Depending on the location of their gardens, many people…

Got flies?

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Get It Growing: Got Flies?

There are thousands of different fly species but only a few that are considered pests around the home.

Marilyn Stewart will talk with the community about growing hydrangeas on the Olympic Peninsula on Sept. 12.

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Master Gardeners help with hydrangeas

On Saturday, Sept. 12, Marilyn Stewart will talk with the community about growing hydrangeas on the Olympic Peninsula.

Peaches

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Get It Growing: Set your September gardening calendar

Master Gardeners provide tips for your September garden

Get It Growing: Organic pesticides - Are they safe to use?

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Get It Growing: Organic pesticides – Are they safe to use?

Is an organic pesticide “safe” to use? Whether organic or synthetic, pesticides kill pests. If used improperly, both…

Get It Growing: Creating your ‘Dream Scene’

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Get It Growing: Creating your ‘Dream Scene’

Whether you are doing your own landscaping or employing a professional designer/landscaper, these “basics” can help you in…

Master Gardeners provide basics for creating your dream space.

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Get iT growing: Landscaping: Creating your ‘Dream Scene’

Whether you are doing your own landscaping or employing a professional designer/landscaper, these “basics” can help you in…

Art Wolfe

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Get It Growing: Gardening classes, photographer Art Wolfe and lots of fun!

Is it time for you to treat yourself to some gardening-related education?