Green Thumb Lecture Series: Invasive Fruit Flies, Stink Bugs and Hornets: Where are they now?
Online presentation WA, United StatesMaster Gardener Coordinator, Laurel Moulton, will share the latest news about invasive fruit flies, stink bugs and hornets.
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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.
Green Thumb Lecture: Rare Fruits for Cold Winter Areas
Online presentation WA, United StatesClallam County Master Gardener, Tom Del Hotal, a Certified Arborist, member of the International Plant Propagators Society, and California Rare Fruit Growers, will teach gardeners how to take advantage of Clallam County’s unique microclimates to grow a wide variety of fruiting plants from many areas of the world, during his hour-long Zoom presentation on Thursday, […]
Green Thumb Lecture: The First Years of your Orchard
Online presentation WA, United StatesBruce Pape will provide tips to help get your orchard off to a good start, September 23, 2021 Learn how to enjoy excellent home harvested tree fruit from your very own yard from Bruce Pape, who has been nurturing fruit trees for over forty years. He will talk Thursday, September 23rd, about fruit trees in […]
Green thumb Lecture: Fungal Dominant Composting
Online presentation WA, United StatesRegular compost bins and the Johnson-Su Bioreactor Join Al Cairo on Thursday, September 9, 2021, for his hour-long Zoom presentation which begins at noon. Cairo, who, along with help from like-minded Master Gardeners, built a Johnson-Su Bioreactor in 2018 and 2019 at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, will discuss today’s critical climate reality and how gardeners […]
Green Thumb: A Common Sense Guide to Fungicide Use
Online presentation WA, United StatesMaster Gardener, Bob Cain, will teach a class about fungal plant problems and how to safely manage them on Thursday, April 8 at noon. Join Bob Cain, whose master’s and doctoral theses were based on how plants produce their own fungicides in response to infection, and how soil fungi produce antibiotics, respectively, to learn about […]
Green Thumb Lecture: Growing Rhododendron Species from Seed
Online presentation WA, United StatesPropagating species Rhododendrons from seed can be a rewarding experience! Bob Zimmerman, rhodie enthusiast and expert propagator, from Chimacum Woods Rhododendron Nursery joins us to share his tips and techniques for propagating Rhododendrons from seed at home. Find a direct link to the Zoom Presentation here. Green Thumb Education Series Presentations are held from 12 […]
Green Thumb Lecture: Fire Wise Gardening
Online presentation WA, United StatesJorden Van Delden, Washington DNR Wildland fire and Forest Health Specialist, on fire duty. Wildfires are becoming larger and more common across the western United States. Few people know that Clallam County has one of the highest risks for wildfire in western Washington. Washington Department of Natural Resources wildfire and forest health specialist, Jordan Van […]
Green Thumb Garden Tip Series: Honey Bee Keeping
Online presentation WA, United StatesPhoto Copyright Amy McIntyre/WSU Clallam County Extension Megan DePew of Sequim Bee Farm will present on honey bee keeping. Please join in live via Zoom by following this link. Green Thumb Garden Tip Series Presentations are held from 12 to 1 pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of most months. Talks are currently only being […]
Green Thumb Garden Tip Series: Growing Great Garlic
Online presentation WA, United StatesPhoto Copyright Amy McIntyre/WSU Clallam County Extension Long time organic gardener, Pam Larsen, will present "Growing Great Garlic," live via Zoom from noon to 1 pm on Thursday, August 13. Use this Zoom link to join the presentation live. Garlic is delicious and easy to grow here on the north Olympic Peninsula. In this presentation […]
Green Thumb Garden Tip Series: Phosphorus
Online presentation WA, United StatesImage Copyright Ahazard.sciencewriter/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International WSU Clallam County Extension Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt will discuss phosphorus in the garden, and the world ecosystem live via Zoom from noon to 1 pm. Click on THIS highlighted text to join the presentation live. Green Thumb Garden Tip Series Presentations are held from 12 to 1 […]