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December 2023
Growing Groceries: Raising the Onion and Beet Families
The onion (Allium) family includes garlic, leeks, and shallots as well. The beet (Chenopod) family includes everyone’s favorite, spinach, as well as chard and quinoa. Discussion of both families includes variety selection, cultural requirements, common diseases and pests.
Find out more »Adult Mental Health First Aid Training
Snohomish County WSU Extension invites you to attend our FREE upcoming Adult Mental Health First Aid Training on 12/7 from 9:30am - 4:30pm, at Stilly Valley Health Connections, 3405 173rd Place NE, Arlington, WA 98223. Registration is required. Limited spots available. To register for Adult Mental Health First Aid Training, visit: https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4HEeKLKpC4XptdA More about this training: Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack — we’d start CPR or call 9-1-1. But…
Find out more »Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Snohomish County WSU Extension invites you to attend our FREE upcoming Youth Mental Health First Aid Training on 12/8 from 10:00am - 4:30pm, at Stilly Valley Health Connections, 3405 173rd Place NE, Arlington, WA 98223. Registration is required. Limited spots available. To register for Youth Mental Health First Aid Training, visit: https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bPL2hNizTE61Egu More about this training: Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack — we’d start CPR or call 9-1-1. But…
Find out more »January 2024
Growing Groceries: Basics of Irrigation & Weed Management
Join us for a discussion of several types of irrigation products and their application in the food garden. In addition, we’ll focus on the details of installing drip irrigation and its application for gardens and plants.
Find out more »SCMGF Sustainable Gardening Winter Speaker Series – January Jewels – Color for the Winter Garden
Join us for The Annual SCMGF Sustainable Gardening Winter Speaker Series, live at our NEW LOCATION: Everett Station Weyerhaeuser Room, 4th Floor 3201 Smith Avenue Everett, WA 98201 (free parking at the train station) Topic: January Jewels - Color for the Winter Garden Description: John will bring samples of colorful trees, shrubs and perennials to brighten the dark winter garden. He will also cover siting, culture and protection of winter interest plants in our unpredictable winters. And, a little…
Find out more »Free Styrofoam Recycling Collection
Do you have Styrofoam occupying your home? Filling up garages, corners, and closets? Well on Saturday, January 13th, you can bring your (clean!) Styrofoam to the Northwest Stream Center in McCollum Park! The WSU Sustainable Community Stewards will be waiting in the parking lot near the Center to collect your Styrofoam, which will then be trucked down to StyroRecycle in Kent to be recycled. Collection will take place from 10AM to 2PM. You can bring: rinsed and cleaned to-go containers…
Find out more »Growing Groceries: Growing Fruit Trees in Western Washington
Learn the basics of growing fruit trees in Western Washington including factors such as site selection, rootstock and size, varieties, pollination, pruning, nutritional requirements and diseases/pests.
Find out more »Growing Groceries: Raising the Pea/Bean Family & the Basics of Cover Cropping
We'll cover the Legume family which includes peas, beans (both green and dry), and lentils as well as the one member of the Solanaceous family that can be planted out early – potatoes! Discussion of all includes variety selection, cultural requirements, common diseases and pests.
Find out more »SCMGF Sustainable Gardening Winter Speaker Series – Organic Vegetables, Critters and Vertical Growing
Join us for The Annual SCMGF Sustainable Gardening Winter Speaker Series, live at our NEW LOCATION: Everett Station Weyerhaeuser Room, 4th Floor 3201 Smith Avenue Everett, WA 98201 (free parking at the train station) Topic: Organic Vegetables, Critters and Vertical Growing Description: Growing vegetables and fruit is fun until the rabbits and deer invite themselves to feast. Join Lisa Taylor, garden educator and author of the “Maritime Northwest Garden Guide” and “Your Farm in the City; An Urban Dweller’s Guide…
Find out more »Repair Cafe
January 2024 Repair Cafe Got broken stuff? Toss it? No way! Bring it to a WSU Repair Café! Do you have something fixable? Or are you a fixer and like to help others? The Repair Café is here for you! You can bring your vacuums, lamps, computers, bikes, jewelry…anything you might have and one of our volunteer fixers will diagnose the issue and do their best to make it usable again. They will show you their process, order parts if…
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