Spring Workshops are here!
Please join us for one or all of the following workshop dates:
Winter Seed Sowing in Milk Jugs
Sunday February 26th
From 1 to 3 p.m.
Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, Dog Barn
This is a free workshop put on by WSU Master Gardeners that includes some hands-on activities. The workshop will cover gardening information about early seed starting focusing on which seeds are best to start this early in the growing season. Attendees will learn about which seeds prefer cool conditions and which seeds prefer warmer growing conditions. Each attendee will have the opportunity to plant 2 prepared milk jugs for planting with the understanding that they will take one of the planted milk jugs home, and leave one for the Master Gardeners to grow out for the local Food Bank.
Preparing the Vegetable Garden
Sunday, March 19th
From 1 to 3 p.m.
Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, Dog Barn
A free gardening workshop put on by the WSU Master Gardeners with hands-on activities. In this workshop we will touch on how to identify a good site for a new vegetable garden. From there we will cover the kinds of crop families that do best in our climate briefly touching on key needs by family. Growing plants from the family together helps to make crop rotation easier to manage. Other cropping techniques including succession planting, which crops grow well together, fall & winter crops, and the use of cover crops may also be discussed.
Direct Sowing, Transplanting and Hardening Off
Sunday, April 16th
From 1 to 3 p.m
Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, Dog Barn
This last in our 2023 spring workshops from the WSU Master Gardeners with hands-on activities. In this workshop attendees will learn which crop seeds are best direct sown and when. Which crops do better if they are allowed to germinate indoors. Those seedlings that are grown indoors eventually need to be transplanted and slowly allowed to adjust to the out of doors through a repetitive process called hardening off. Attendees will learn how to handle and transplant fragile seedlings.
Extension programs and employment are available without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office.
Cooperating agencies: Washington State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Grays Harbor County.
