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SUMMARY:Preserve the Harvest 6: Basics of Pressure Canning
DESCRIPTION:Online via Zoom and In-person  \nIn the sixth and final class in the Preserve the Harvest series\, we will cover the basics of Pressure canning.  Pressure canning is the only safe way to can low-acid foods\, such as vegetables and meats. You will learn the science behind pressure canning recommendations\, as well as the basics of using a pressure canner at home based on current USDA canning guidelines.  In addition\, there will be plenty of time for your canning questions after the presentation. \nA list of recommended resources will be provided via email the next day to those registered along with a link to a video recording of the class. The video will be available to watch for the next year.  Limited in-person spots are available for those that would like to see the live demonstration at Stilly Valley Health Connections in Arlington\, WA. \nRegistration \nCost is $10 per class or save when you purchase all six classes! \nIf you sign up for the whole series\, you will receive the video recordings from all the classes\, including those that have already occurred. \nTo register for the Online classes\nhttps://preserve-the-harvest-2026-online.eventbrite.com \nTo register for the In-person classes at Stilly Valley Health Connections in Arlington\, WA\nhttps://preserve-the-harvest-2026-in-person.eventbrite.com \n  \nFor more information\, please contact Rosy Smit\, WSU Snohomish County Extension Consumer Food Safety and Preservation Advisor\, FoodSafety.SnoCo@wsu.edu\, (425) 357-6024. \n 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/preserve-the-harvest-6-basics-of-pressure-canning/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, WA
CATEGORIES:Agriculture Events,All Events,Food Preservation,Home & Garden Event,Sustainable Community Stewards
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SUMMARY:Growing Groceries: Starting a Vegetable Garden
DESCRIPTION:Includes a discussion on site selection\, raised beds\, planning your crop calendar\, plant families\, inter-cropping\, succession planting\, and crop rotation. We’ll also talk about raising vegetables in containers including container types\, soil\, drainage\, fertilizer\, irrigation\, and strategies for maximizing your harvest. \nSpeakers:\nDiane Decker-Ihle has been a Snohomish County Master Gardener since 1990 and an avid gardener most of her life. She helped establish the WSU Extension Snohomish County Growing Groceries Program in 2009 and has been teaching Growing Groceries classes ever since.  She has been an advisor for several community gardens and managed her church’s food bank garden for many years. With B.S. degrees in biology and medical technology\, Diane enjoys learning the science behind the sustainable gardening techniques she teaches. \nLynn Riley\, a Washington State native\, has been growing vegetables most of her adult life\, first in pea patches around Seattle and later at her home in Snohomish County. A Master Gardener since 2015\, she enjoys growing food for family and friends and sharing her knowledge about vegetable gardening. Lynn currently serves as coordinator for the Kitchen Garden at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at Jennings Park in Marysville. The vegetable gardens there produce over 3\,000 pounds of produce annually for the Marysville Food Bank. \nGrowing Groceries\nIn partnership with WSU Snohomish County Master Gardeners\, the Growing Groceries program brings beginning and experienced gardeners together with speakers and topics focused on growing healthy food using sustainable gardening practices. \nNo matter if you have a tiny apartment deck\, small garden space\, or plenty of acreage you can grow fresh\, healthy food in a healthier\, more environmentally friendly way. \nDeveloped over the last decade\, our program goal is to increase community access to fresh\, healthy food by teaching the latest research-based techniques for growing food. \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs; contact WSU Extension at 425-338-2400 at least two weeks prior to the event.  \nWhere\nOnline via Zoom \nCost\nTake just the classes you want at $10 per class or take all 4 classes for $35! \nRegistration\nRegistration is now open for the Winter 2026 Growing Groceries Education series. Visit GrowingGroceriesWinter2026.eventbrite.com to register. \nOther classes in the series… \n 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/growing-groceries-starting-a-vegetable-garden/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, WA
CATEGORIES:Agriculture Events,All Events,Home & Garden Event,Sustainable Community Stewards
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261117T183000
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SUMMARY:Growing Groceries: Growing on a small scale - in raised beds and containers
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to grow food in small spaces. One of the best ways to maximize a small gardening area is to use containers\, pots and raised beds. These options offer flexibility and control over the growing environment\, making them perfect for beginners or those with limited space. Topics covered include size\, materials\, suitable crops\, drainage\, watering and harvest. \nSpeaker:\nRosy Smit was raised on a dairy farm in Canada and has been involved in growing food and agriculture since a young age.  With an undergraduate degree in Agro-Ecology and a M.Sc. in Soil Science\, she has grown vegetables\, flowers and herbs\, fruit and berries and assorted livestock on commercial and backyard scales and taught food system educational topics to all ages.  She still thinks seed germination is magical and is excited to help more people learn how to grow their own food. \nGrowing Groceries\nIn partnership with WSU Snohomish County Master Gardeners\, the Growing Groceries program brings beginning and experienced gardeners together with speakers and topics focused on growing healthy food using sustainable gardening practices. \nNo matter if you have a tiny apartment deck\, small garden space\, or plenty of acreage you can grow fresh\, healthy food in a healthier\, more environmentally friendly way. \nDeveloped over the last decade\, our program goal is to increase community access to fresh\, healthy food by teaching the latest research-based techniques for growing food. \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs; contact WSU Extension at 425-338-2400 at least two weeks prior to the event. \nWhere\nOnline via Zoom \nCost\nTake just the classes you want at $10 per class or take all 4 classes for $35! \nRegistration\nRegistration is now open for the Winter 2026 Growing Groceries Education series. Visit GrowingGroceriesWinter2026.eventbrite.com to register. \nOther classes in the series… \n 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/growing-groceries-growing-on-a-small-scale-in-raised-beds-and-containers/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, WA
CATEGORIES:Agriculture Events,All Events,Home & Garden Event,Sustainable Community Stewards
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SUMMARY:Growing Groceries: Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants
DESCRIPTION:Learn proper soil and fertility management and how to grow healthy soil for healthy crops. You’ll learn the answers to: What makes a good soil? How do you improve it? What is fertility? To till or not to till?  In addition\, you’ll learn what is good compost\, where to find it\, how to use it to enrich your garden\, as well as how to make compost from your own kitchen and yard waste. \nSpeakers:\nPete Mackay\, a Master Gardener since 2015\, has been an active member of the Snohomish County Master Gardener program assisting with clinics\, demonstration gardens\, potting parties\, and the annual plant sale. Always eager to add to his expertise\, Pete takes part in the Native Plant/Animal and Perennial study groups\, as well as mentoring new Master Gardener interns and other organizational roles. \nJackie Trimble has been a Master Gardener since 2009\, but gardening has been a passion all her life. She considers herself a lifelong learner and continues to enjoy the peace and satisfaction that gardening provides and marvel at what she has yet to learn. She serves as President of the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation and as the chair of the Education Outreach committee. \nGrowing Groceries\nIn partnership with WSU Snohomish County Master Gardeners\, the Growing Groceries program brings beginning and experienced gardeners together with speakers and topics focused on growing healthy food using sustainable gardening practices. \nNo matter if you only have a tiny apartment deck\, small garden space\, or plenty of acreage you can grow fresh\, healthy food in a healthier\, more environmentally friendly way. \nDeveloped over the last decade\, our program goal is to increase community access to fresh\, healthy food by teaching the latest research-based techniques for growing food. \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs; contact WSU Extension at 425-338-2400 at least two weeks prior to the event.  \nWhere\nOnline via Zoom \nCost\nTake just the classes you want at $10 per class or take all 4 classes for $35! \nRegistration\nRegistration is now open for the Winter 2026 Growing Groceries Education series. Visit GrowingGroceriesWinter2026.eventbrite.com to register. \nOther classes in the series… \n 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/growing-groceries-healthy-soil-healthy-plants-2/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, WA
CATEGORIES:Agriculture Events,All Events,Home & Garden Event,Sustainable Community Stewards
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261208T183000
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SUMMARY:Growing Groceries: Seed Starting and Growing Transplants
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSpeaker: \nRosy Smit was raised on a dairy farm in Canada and has been involved in growing food and agriculture since a young age.  With an undergraduate degree in Agro-Ecology and a M.Sc. in Soil Science\, she has grown vegetables\, flowers and herbs\, fruit and berries and assorted livestock on commercial and backyard scales and taught food system educational topics to all ages.  She still thinks seed germination is magical and is excited to help more people learn how to grow their own food. \nGrowing Groceries\nIn partnership with WSU Snohomish County Master Gardeners\, the Growing Groceries program brings beginning and experienced gardeners together with speakers and topics focused on growing healthy food using sustainable gardening practices. \nNo matter if you have a tiny apartment deck\, small garden space\, or plenty of acreage you can grow fresh\, healthy food in a healthier\, more environmentally friendly way. \nDeveloped over the last decade\, our program goal is to increase community access to fresh\, healthy food by teaching the latest research-based techniques for growing food. \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs; contact WSU Extension at 425-338-2400 at least two weeks prior to the event.  \nWhere\nOnline via Zoom \nCost\nTake just the classes you want at $10 per class or take all 4 classes for $35! \nRegistration\nRegistration is now open for the Winter 2026 Growing Groceries Education series. Visit GrowingGroceriesWinter2026.eventbrite.com to register. \nOther classes in the series… \n 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/growing-groceries-seed-starting-and-growing-transplants/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, WA
CATEGORIES:Agriculture Events,All Events,Home & Garden Event,Sustainable Community Stewards
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