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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!  […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]