{"id":21682,"date":"2024-12-10T08:43:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/?page_id=21682"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:07:34","slug":"master-gardener-columns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/mg-home\/educational-outreach\/master-gardener-columns\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Gardener Columns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-herou002du002dsize-xsmall wsu-hero--style-boxed \">\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__background\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__overlay\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__inner-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wsu-hero__title\">Master Gardener Columns<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">Cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles By Our Master Gardeners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These articles first appeared in the Yakima Herald-Republic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/2026\/06\/13\/the-fun-of-taking-a-chance-in-your-garden\/\">The Fun of Taking a Chance in Your Garden<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Deborah Moucka, Master Gardener This time of year my various flower gardens are in their full glory.&nbsp; Bursting with blooms.&nbsp; Buzzing with bees.&nbsp; Butterflies are flitting around.&nbsp; I can [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>June 13, 2026<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/2026\/06\/06\/why-do-plants-have-scents\/\">Why Do Plants Have Scents<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Carol Barany, Master Gardener Humans have delighted in the scents of flowering plants since the beginning of time, but flowers don\u2019t smell good to please us.&nbsp; It\u2019s&nbsp; insect pollinators [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>June 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/2026\/05\/30\/garden-tools\/\">Garden Tools<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Caroline Crowley, Master Gardener No matter what you might hear from influencers and bloggers, gardeners generally don\u2019t need a shed full of tools and expensive gizmos. The basics of [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>May 30, 2026<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/2026\/05\/23\/a-gardener-turns-75\/\">A Gardener Turns 75<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby 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 [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>May 23, 2026<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/2026\/05\/16\/patience-the-gift-from-my-gardenlilacs\/\">Patience, the gift from my garden lilacs<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Deborah Moucka, Master Gardener In a world that prizes speed and spectacle, my garden is teaching me the value of patience.&nbsp; Mother Nature has her very own timetable for [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>May 16, 2026<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/2026\/05\/09\/lilacs\/\">Lilacs<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Carol Barany, Yakima County Master Gardener Every gardener has a list of plants they wish they could grow, but can\u2019t, because of Yakima\u2019s freezing winters.&nbsp; I count it a [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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