Master Gardener Columns
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Articles By Our Master Gardeners
These articles first appeared in the Yakima Herald-Republic.
- The Fun of Taking a Chance in Your Garden by Deborah Moucka, Master Gardener This time of year my various flower gardens are in their full glory. Bursting with blooms. Buzzing with bees. Butterflies are flitting around. I can […]
- Why Do Plants Have Scents by Carol Barany, Master Gardener Humans have delighted in the scents of flowering plants since the beginning of time, but flowers don’t smell good to please us. It’s insect pollinators […]
- Garden Tools by Caroline Crowley, Master Gardener No matter what you might hear from influencers and bloggers, gardeners generally don’t need a shed full of tools and expensive gizmos. The basics of […]
- A Gardener Turns 75 by Carol Barany, Master Gardener Some years ago a friend confided that she was going to stop gardening. She had just turned seventy five. For her, bending over to prune […]
- 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 […]