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GiveBig for the MGFKC!
Mark your calendar for May 2 Do you want to help preserve the Master Gardener program here in King County? Click here to learn more…
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The Summer Garden
The Livin’ can be Easy in Summertime Our lawns and gardens in King County are finally waking up after a spring that was so much cooler and wetter than normal. However, summer is usually a period of...
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The Garden in Autumn
Planting fava beans at Shorewood High School Culinary Arts Garden – a Youth Education Garden in Shoreline, Washington. Gardening is a year-round activity in western Washington. That may be a bane or a...
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Cedar Flagging
Cedar flagging is a natural process that is often confused with a disease. Evergreen plants, including conifers and broad leaf types, naturally shed some old foliage each year. Stress factors, such as...
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President's Message
Every year I look forward to the plant sale, as do many of us on the board and the plant sale committee. As the chair of ornamentals, I arrive at CUH Friday morning, usually after Steve Layman, Bill...
View ArticleDecember Gardening in King County, WA
Lets see, we have sunny skies, 64 degrees, 2-3 MPH winds from the north, just another day in … Whoa that was some daydream. Most likely the forecast for San Diego, not up here in the beautiful Pacific...
View ArticleWatch your garden investment grow
Garden investment grown with trees Trees may not live forever, but they usually outlive the gardener who plants one to leave a lasting heritage. Think carefully about not only the kind of tree you...
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Soos Creek Open House
The Soos Creek Botanical Garden Open House: The Soos Creek Botanical Garden in Auburn recently opened its gates to the public with a 2-day open house (July 16th & July 17th) which included access...
View ArticleMason Bee Habitat Measurements
From 3/8th inch Plywood – “Cut and Assemble 2 ea 9X8 Sides 1 ea 12X8 Back 1 ea 12X13 Top 1 ea 9X13 Bottom This “box” will hold “six – ½ gal plastic milk cartons (just...
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Seeds for Thought
May 2013 Newsletter from the Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State. Read the newest issue This issue has stories about A Tribute to Tonie Fitzgerald Earthworms Remembering George Pinyuh...
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Green Beans Won't Sprout?
Listen to the One-Minute Gardener Gardening tips from OSU Extension’s radio archive. Turn on your speakers and listen to MG Anna Torgersen. Problems? Download the lastest version of Window Media Player...
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Worms In Your Raspberries?
This year that little worm may be the larvae for the Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) (aka Cherry Vinegar fly). The fly is new to the area and attacks cherries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries,...
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Will My Tree Blow Over?
It’s not unusual to find an assortment of large trees in residential landscapes throughout our coastal region. Many of these trees are native to the area and undoubtedly not much thought was given to...
View ArticleBlue Orchard Bees Mason Bees!
Pollination of food crops is essential to society, for without this pollination service, most fruits, nuts and other foods would simply disappear off our dinner tables. Today, the world depends on a...
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Many Reasons to Garden
So many reasons to garden: I’m struck this summer by the number of reasons people garden. Sometime in the last year I gave a division of Echinops ritro to my friend and fellow MG, Katie, who has two...
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The Garden in Winter
Just when you thought you could relax and pore through all those garden catalogs that have arrived, you realize that your yard and garden still need your attention. We’ll look at those catalogs later....
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The Garden in Autumn
Planting fava beans at Shorewood High School Culinary Arts Garden – a Youth Education Garden in Shoreline, Washington. Gardening is a year-round activity in western Washington. That may be a bane or a...
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Cedar Flagging
Cedar flagging is a natural process that is often confused with a disease. Evergreen plants, including conifers and broad leaf types, naturally shed some old foliage each year. Stress factors, such as...
View ArticleMason Bee Habitat Measurements
From 3/8th inch Plywood – “Cut and Assemble 2 ea 9X8 Sides 1 ea 12X8 Back 1 ea 12X13 Top 1 ea 9X13 Bottom This “box” will hold “six – ½ gal plastic milk cartons (just...
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Spring into the Garden
And now the fun begins. In King County, we wait impatiently for spring, even though our winters are relatively mild compared to the rest of the country. The bulbs you planted last fall are blooming,...
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