Master Gardener Columns
Cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973
Articles By Our Master Gardeners
These articles first appeared in the Yakima Herald-Republic.
- Patience, the gift from my garden lilacs by Deborah Moucka, Master Gardener In a world that prizes speed and spectacle, my garden is teaching me the value of patience. Mother Nature has her very own timetable for […]
- Lilacs by Carol Barany, Yakima County Master Gardener Every gardener has a list of plants they wish they could grow, but can’t, because of Yakima’s freezing winters. I count it a […]
- Gardening While Renting by Kelly Klingman, Yakima County Noxious Weed Board Are you a gardener at heart, but think you can’t have a garden now because you rent your home? Well, don’t despair! […]
- North America’s Newest Weed Pest by Sue Bird, Yakima County Noxious Weed Board Did you hear about North America’s Newest Weed Pest? It was found near Yakima! We need everyone to help find, contain, […]
- Spring Plant Sales by Carol Barany, Yakima Master Gardener “One minute, you’re young, hip, and carefree and the next minute you’re photographing vegetables in your garden.” “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can […]
- Chips For Your Garden by Carol Barany, Yakima Master Gardener In a perfect world, we could recycle most of the organic waste our gardens generate by composting it ourselves on site. When that’s not […]