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Garden Coach on Community Supported Agriculture Programs

rhaglund — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:23:41 +0000

I’m so appreciative to live in a part of the world where delicious, local, organic, sustainable agriculture is readily available to me. Each week, year-round, I can visit any number of farmer’s markets in the greater Seattle area any day of the week. Not only can I purchase fruits and veggies, but whole grains, fresh [...]

Recycle Gardening Books by Donating to the Master Gardener Book Sale

rhaglund — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:38:56 +0000

My good friend and colleague, Kay, emailed the other day to ask if I had any old gardening books I no longer use that I could donate to the Master Gardener Fundraiser. I told her I’d do her one better — I’d post to the gardenhelp.org network of readers to draw from all of your [...]

Garden Coach on Cover Crop Resources

rhaglund — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:46:39 +0000

Timothy C. from Montesano, WA writes,

“I want to plant small fava beans as a green manure crop this spring. I am between Olympia and Aberdeen. Can anyone suggest a source of seed beans in the area, or a good online source? Thanks for your help. “
Timothy, my favorite Washington-local seed source is Irish [...]

Remove Moss then Donate and Recycle It!

rhaglund — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:28:32 +0000

It’s hard to believe, but the Northwest Flower & Garden Show opens one week from today! That means the show garden designers are scrambling for last items before they start building fantasy land in the Seattle Convention Center this weekend. The insanity starts on the empty convention floor on Saturday morning and continues until noon [...]

Brita Water Filter Recycling Program (& More)

rhaglund — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:58:34 +0000

Okay, so you probably aren’t filtering the water for your garden with a Brita filter, but we still thought this information was worldly enough to share with you. Sometimes, we like to get out of the garden and look at the whole world — the forest for the trees? So, when Katy sent me an [...]