Join us on Thursday March 24th for “Harnessing the Power of Heat Units For Your Garden’s Success” presented by Laurel Moulton, Clallam County’s Master Gardener Coordinator.

Join us on Zoom via this link.

Gardeners and farmers often use calendars to calculate when crops will grow and ripen, and when the best times are to employ pest man-agement strategies. Using a calendar alone, however, may not capture fluctuations in weather that can affect when pests emerge or when crops ripen. Warm up your knowledge on how heat units can affect good gardening practices and join Clallam County Master Gardener Coordinator Laurel Moulton for a Green Thumb Gardening Tips presentation from noon – 1:00 p.m.

In “Harnessing the Power of Heat Units for Your Garden’s Success,” Laurel will discuss what heat units are, how they are calculated, and how calculating heat units can help gardeners and farmers manage certain pests in a more effective and sustainable manner. She will al-so cover how heat units can help gardeners understand what crops are suitable for a particular location and where to find and use online tools that make heat units a more accessible tool.

Laurel has been a Master Gardener since 2006 and received her master’s degree in horticulture with a minor in entomology from Oregon State University in 2011. She is currently a member of the WSU Extension Integrated Pest Management Team and spends her time outside of Master Gardeners helping small farms in Clallam, Jefferson, and Kitsap County to accurately identify pests and crop diseases and develop plans to manage them sustainably. She enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for insects and growing food with the community.

Green Thumb Education Series Presentations are held from 12 to 1 pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of most months. Talks are currently only being offered by online streaming, due to current social distancing concerns with COVID-19. Please see instructions for accessing the live stream. Presentations and associated printed materials will be archived on the local articles and archived presentations portion of our website. These events are free, but donations to help support the WSU Clallam County Extension Master Gardener program are appreciated.