OrganicNation.TV features Port Townsend Farm! While visiting the Olympic Peninsula, we stayed on the beautiful Colinwood Farm in Port Townsend, Washington, where farm manager Jesse Hopkins showed us how greenhouses allow him to grow crops through the cold months of the year.  In this video, we follow the life-cycle of an organic zucchini plant from seed to harvest. Congratulations, Jesse!

It's a JUNE BUG!

Ten Lined June Beetle Coleoptera: SCARABAEIDAE Polyphylla decemlineata is very common throughout the PNW Region as a root feeding white grub which feeds on roots of crops, garden, and ornamental plants. For the complete article from WSU Dept of Etomology...click the bug!

WSU PLANT CLINICS! Are you ready to rip out your cabbages or burn down your spotted lilac leaves!?!? STOP!!! Bring your sad afflicted leaves or branches to WSU PLANT CLINIC!! We operate every Tuesday afternoon from 1pm sharp until 4pm, where a gaggle of Master Gardeners gather to help sort out your plant questions. No bug too small; no problem too big. EMAIL is plantclinic@jefferson.wsu.edu which they check each Tuesday. A PLANT CLINIC booth is set up on Fridays at the Food Coop in PT from 2 to 5:30.

Tent caterpillars spring upon us when conditions are dry-- For more online info on WSU's PESTSENSE;  http://pep.wsu.edu/pestsense/ including biology and Management Options! We've got answers!!

Want to raise cows for Meat or milk or grow blueberries by the bushel? Ask WSU Small Farms Program Director, Kate Dean kdean@jefferson.wsu.edu

Conium maculatum  POISON HEMLOCK!!!
One of the identifying features of the plant is the purple mottled leaf bases. Considered a Class C noxious weed, in Washington States. Very poisonous, especially the "fruits".     http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/WeedBoard       Eve Dixon at the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Board can tell you more about the Weed Control Program in our county. 

 

Wed, Jul 15 GREEN DRINKS! » Thu, Jul 16 Horse Project Meeting » Fri, Jul 17 WSU Master Gardener PLANT CLINIC! » Sat, Jul 18 4-H Horse Pre-Fair: July 18-19 » Sat, Jul 18 Natural Food Classes! » Tue, Jul 21 First Time Home Buyer's Class » Tue, Jul 21 MG Plant Clinic » Tue, Jul 21 Thinking Through THE LAND » Fri, Jul 24 WSU Master Gardener PLANT CLINIC! » Sat, Jul 25 Wild Angels Trail Trial » All Classes & Events »

Are you wondering WHERE to hold your next meeting? The 'SPRUCE ROOM' & the 'MADRONA ROOM' are state-of-the-art meeting rooms located right here at WSU. Click on "Room Rentals" on the left side of this page.

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Join 4-H!

4-H builds youth leadership through hands-on learning and community service. You can sew, cook, work with animals, or can preserves – or maybe you are a computer tech, athlete, artist, or metalworker. Click on the photo above to join  - it's FREE!
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BEES! Wild bees taking over your life? The Chimacum Grange Beekeepers Club can help!   The Club meets 9am on the 2nd Saturday of the month at the Chimacum Grange. Newcomers especially welcome. bbbuuuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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WSU's Laurie Meyer's Tree of Hope still shines even after the blossums have come and gone and lovely green leaves mingle with colorful ribbons to remind all of us that hope is alive in Jefferson County for all of us to share.