Clallam Conservation District Planner Meghan Adamire and Clallam County Master Gardener John Stednick will teach home gardeners how to achieve the best soil possible in their gardens at “All About Garden Soil,” the next Digging Deeper educational series event, set for 10:30 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 19, on Zoom.

Knowing your soil — and understanding what to do to improve it — is the key to gardening success, event organizers say. Adamire and Stednick will discuss the nutrients necessary for good plant health and describe how soil characteristics impact nutrient and water availability to plants. They will outline the steps needed to collect a soil sample for testing and how to amend soil in response to test results.

“All About Garden Soil” will be held live via Zoom at wsu.zoom.us/j/92007991742?pwd=OWxtbmNBditKd3ordjA2WEFyME9PUT09. To join by phone, call 253-215-8782 (meeting ID 920 0799 1742, passcode 709395). You also can link to the presentation at extension.wsu.edu/clallam/master-gardener-calendar.

Adamire graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor’s degree in rangeland management and animal science. She has been a conservation planner with the Clallam Conservation District since 2004. Among her many responsibilities, Adamire manages the district’s native plant sale and soil testing program and helps home gardeners interpret soil test results and amend their soil.

Stednick graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in forest management and forest sciences. He worked in natural resources throughout his professional career and provided international consultations on water and soil resources management and sustainability. Stednick joined Clallam County Master Gardener in 2017 and has worked many hours at the Master Gardener Woodcock Demonstration Garden, growing vegetables for the Food Bank and helping build a composting bioreactor for the garden.

Digging Deeper presentations are free and open to the public, held on the first and third Saturdays of most months and cover basic gardening topics relevant to most home gardeners. Sessions are scheduled for 90-minutes to allow for demonstrations (or videos) and questions from viewers.

For more information about “All about Garden Soil” or the Digging Deeper series call 360-477-0116. To learn about other Clallam County Master Gardener events, visit extension.wsu.edu/clallam/mg/educational-activities.