Master Gardener Columns
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Articles By Our Master Gardeners
These articles first appeared in the Yakima Herald-Republic.
- 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 […]
- Puncture Vine by Marguerite Kirby, Yakima Master Gardener Researching and then making a presentation on ‘How to Eradicate Puncture Vine’ (Tribulus terrestris) was my final assignment before I became a WSU Yakima […]
- ArborFest 2026 by Carol Barany, Yakima Master Gardener The Yakima Area Arboretum, located in the heart of our city, is a vibrant swath of green offering visitors a connection to nearby nature […]
- Going Native in the Garden by Debra Kroon, Yakima Master Gardener It may be the rare gardener these days who has not heard about the push to encourage more use of native plants in our […]