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November 2023
Growing Groceries: Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants
Learn proper soil and fertility management and how to grow healthy soil for healthy crops.
Find out more »Repair Cafe
Have something you think can be fixed? Or, are you a fixer and like to help others? The Repair Café is here for you! Bring your vacuums, lamps, 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 necessary, and help you learn how you can do it on your own with videos or one-on-one instruction. Please…
Find out more »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 »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 »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 »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…
Find out more »Growing Groceries: Growing Berries in Western Washington
Topics include variety selection, soil preferences, fertility, pruning, pest and disease management, and cultural requirements for strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and other small fruits.
Find out more »February 2024
Growing Groceries: Seed Starting and Raising Transplants
Beginning with how and when to start to seeds, to watering techniques, thinning and transplanting, you’ll learn how to save money and be successful in starting your vegetables from seed.
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