Situation/Question: A Port Townsend resident moved into a house less than a year ago where the yard had been neglected, and noticed a lot of brown bracken fern. She pulled/dug it up. However this spring it is coming up all over the place and she wants to know more about it and the best way […]
Situation/Question posed to Jefferson County plant clinician: A resident of Port Townsend lives on a lot that apparently used to have horsetail but it had been diminished significantly. However, it has returned and is spreading. Over the past year or two she has researched and attempted to get rid of it to no […]
Diseased samples of a juniper (see photos below) were brought in to the Jefferson County Master Gardener Plant Clinic for diagnosis. The samples were forwarded to WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center along with the following description: 12 year old planting of a low growing juniper. The name is unknown .2 years ago it started to die, The […]
Thank you for answering my email to master gardener’s blog in Port Townsend. These are the pictures of the trees in question at Manresa Hall. They look so beautiful and neither I nor Maxine know their names. It would be so wonderful, if you could help us. Thank you, Jennifer
Written by Madame Parsley I spend some of each day wandering , looking and learning in my yard. This is today’s magnificent find. I now have them in a jar for I.D. I don’t know who they are or what they are doing with their rear ends are stuck together and I can guess. I […]
Due to the New Year Holiday, the Jan 1 Board meeting will be held Jan 6 at Fiesta Jalisco in Port Hadlock – Details
Roger’s gift for the holiday party was a pink visor. Happy holiday’s, Roger!
Client called asking if we had a list of different mulches and their uses. Sent her: The Myth of Pretty Mulch http://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/bark-mulch.pdf and A Guide to Mulches (but read “Myth” document to distinguish between bark and wood chips) http://www.spokane-county.wsu.edu/spokane/eastside/Fact%20Sheets/C075%20Guide%20to%20Mulches%2009.pdf Other good reads: Organic mulch https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/0907033.pdf Hazards of rubber mulch: http://www.finegardening.com/its-red-its-rubber-it-safe-your-garden
The North Olympic Fruit Club will be having an apple and fruit show on Sunday October 19th from 11am until 4pm It will be at the Tri Area Community Center. There will be fruit on display and for tasting. Fruit trees will be there to purchase. Bring apples or other fruit to be identified. This […]
Kala Point Garden Tour Written by Frances L. Morning mist swirled around massive Douglas-fir, shaggy western red cedar and leaning, peeling madrone at Kala Point, as ten of us gathered on August 6 to begin our tour of gardens. We squeezed into two cars and by the time we reached Betty’s garden (Betty P. […]
