WSU Master Gardeners of Clallam County are prolific seekers of research based gardening tips to help the Olympic Peninsula Gardener. These articles and recorded presentations are specific to our area and written or presented by WSU Master Gardeners and invited experts, your fellow residents of Clallam County.
Green Thumb Education Series (recordings)
*These recordings are for personal educational purposes only. Please contact the Master Gardener Program Assistant before using these for public events, or if you would like to request a Master Gardener speaker for your meeting or event.
- Four Seasons, Forty Plants (May 11, 2023)
- Pollinator Plantings, Perfecting the Process (April 27, 2023)
- Garden Design: Two Views, Old and New (April 13, 2023)
- Diagnosing Environmental Stress (March 23, 2023)
- Nitrogen in the Garden (March 9, 2023)
- Firewise Landscaping (February 23, 2023)
- Fungus Based Insecticides (February 9, 2023)
- Where Are All The Weeds (January 26, 2023)
- The Strange Tale of the Poinsettia (December 8, 2022)
- An Orchard Floor Experiment (November 10, 2022)
- Western Washington Forest Health (October 26, 2022)
- Growing Inclusively: Supporting Local Food Security Through the Power of a Garden Plot (October 13, 2022)
- All About Lavender (September 22, 2022)
- Succulents (September 8, 2022)
- Forest Management for Landowners (August 25, 2022)
- New Vegetable Varieties (August 11, 2022) – Only available through December 2022
- Mushroom Cultivation, Carbon Sequestration, and Regenerative Soil (July 28, 2022)
- Nutrient Decline in Vegetables – What is the Evidence? (July 16, 2022) – Recording not available
- Scheduling Planting for Fall and Winter Gardening (June 23, 2022)
- Tips for Diagnosing Tomato Plant Problems to Set You on Your Way Towards Solving (or avoiding) Solanaceous Crop Problems (June 9, 2022)
- The Art & Science of Pruning Japanese Maples (May 26, 2022)
- Types of Iris and Their Propagation (May 12, 2022) Available through May 2023
- Permaculture Gardening (April 28, 2022)
- Aphids: Climate Sentinels (April 14, 2022)
- Harnessing the Power of Heat Units For Your Garden’s Success (March 24, 2022)
- Weeding Out The Truth (March 10, 2022) Available until August 31,2022
- Using Horticultural Oils (February 24, 2022)
- Native Plants in the Landscape (February 10, 2022)
- Renovation of An Aging Garden (January 27, 2022) – Only available for 2 weeks as per speaker’s request
- Tool Talk – Taking Care of Your Garden Tools (December 9, 2021)
- Deer In My Garden: A Love/Hate Relationship (November 11, 2021)
- Invasive Fruit Flies, Stink Bugs and Hornets: Where Are They Now? (October 28, 2021)
- Rare Fruits for Cold Winter Areas (October 14, 2021)
- The First Years of Your Orchard (September 23, 2021)
- Fungal Dominant Composting in this Time of Climate Change (September 9, 2021)
- Soil Amendments: Where do they Come From? Are they Sustainable? (August 26, 2021)
- Identifying Juvenile Forms of Beetles and other Insects in your Garden, Part 2 (August 12, 2021)
- Worms and Caterpillars: Identifying Juvenile Insects in Your Garden, Part 1 (July 22, 2021)
- How We Garden: Body Saving Advice from a Physical therapist (July 8, 2021) (Please excuse minor sound quality issues- our speaker experienced problems with low bandwidth during this recording)
- All About Galls (June 24, 2021)
- Growing Food Crops in Containers (May 27, 2021)
- Bee Spaces Hidden in Plain Sight (May 13, 2021)
- A Common Sense Guide to Fungicide Use (April 8, 2021)
- Climate Positive Landscape Design (March 11, 2021)
- Food Gardens in Uncertain Economic Times (February 25, 2021)
- Putting the Vegetable Garden to Bed (December 10, 2020) (We apologize that the introduction was cut off on this recording)
- Growing Figs (October 8, 2020)
Digging Deeper Webinar Series (recordings)
*These recordings are for personal educational purposes only. Please contact the Master Gardener Program Coordinator before using these for public events, or if you would like to request a Master Gardener speaker for your meeting or event.
- Fall/Winter Vegetable Gardening (July 16, 2022) – Recording not available
- Getting the Vegetable Garden Going (March 19, 2022)
- Spring Gardening Q&A (March 5, 2022)
- All About Garden Soil (February 19, 2022)
- Pruning Blueberries (February 5, 2022)
- The Woodcock Demonstration Garden- A Walk Through The Years (1987-2021) (July 24, 2021)
- Growing Strawberries (June 19, 2021)
- Newcomers to the Olympic Peninsula (April 10, 2021)
Continuing Education Webinars (recordings)
*These recordings are for personal educational purposes only. Please contact the Master Gardener Program Coordinator before using these for public events, or if you would like to request a Master Gardener speaker for your meeting or event.
- Growing Garlic with Pam Larsen (July 14, 2021)
- Intro to Grafting – 3 Techniques with Tom Del Hotal (March 10, 2021)
Vegetable Gardening
- Recommended planting times and vegetable varieties for the north Olympic Peninsula
- Using Old Seed
- High Yield Vegetable Gardening
- Is a Hoop House for You?
- Selecting Berries for your Backyard
- Landscaping With Fruits and Vegetables
- Why Did My Seedling Die?
- Sweet Ripe Luscious Tomatoes
- Two Dimensional Fruit Trees for a Small Yard
- Gardening For the Physically Challenged
- Reap What You Sow: Plant in July and August for a Late Season Harvest
- Why Fruit Trees Fail to Bear
Pests/Disease
- Leaf Miners
- Diagnosing Plant Problems
- Control of Codling Moth
- Slugs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails
- Fairy Rings
Landscaping Plants
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