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Each month Master Gardener Marla Hovey will post tips for gardening success with a special focus on a particular vegetable or flower. She will also include a recipe of the month.
Please feel free to Ask Marla any gardening question. She will post her response here on GardenTime.
Growing Lavender!
Grow Lavender for it’s beauty, fragrance and yes, even baking! Marla discusses varieties of Lavender, tips for propagation and pruning and offers recipes for Lavender Sorbet and Shortbread. [Read more]
Helpful Hints For Success In Your Raspberry Patch
We all love those beautiful sweet red berries. With a little care, they will perform very nicely in your garden. [Read more]
And then enjoy the fruits of the harvest:
White Chocolate Raspberry Tart
Marla has enjoyed gardening since childhood where she learned all aspects of gardening from her parents. However, moving the the West side of the state brought about a totally different type of gardening.
For the past 30 years, she has learned through experimentation, research and most recently completing the WSU Master Garden Program in 2006.
Flowers are truly a favorite of her garden, but she does love her vegetables, too! She utilizes a greenhouse to grow her tomatoes which are already producing ripe sungold tomatoes!
Ask Marla your gardening questions!
Plant clinics are offered on Thursdays, 9:00-1:00 at the Anacortes Senior Center.
Articles On Gardening
Non-Lethal Methods of Controlling Deer Damage
Water Conservation In Gardens and Landscapes
Read Master Gardener Sharon Schlittenhard's answers to many gardening questions:
Pollinating plum trees
Pithy apples
Pruning young boxwoods
Best time to plant fruit trees
Grafted Spruce?
Rust on Hollyhocks
Lack of Rhododendron Blooms
Suffering Madrona
Planting Madronas
Yellow Transparents
Concrete Blocks For Raised Beds
Dwarf Varieties
Red Hot Pokers
What might help my Rhododendron bloom?
Pull up the plastic?
Why is our salal dying?
Is this a good time to move my blueberry bush?
Do dahlias need to be dug?
Will Madrone grow from nursery stock?
What types of fruit trees grow well on Guemes?
Will my boxwoods come back to life?
Is it time to prune my roses?
What options do I have for a dry, windy, seacoast area?
Should I prune my boxwoods before or after I move them?
Can you could give me a list of specific plants that the deer on Guemes prefer not to eat?
What is the best way to get roses to thrive on Guemes?
Is there anything that will thrive under my large cedar trees?
Has anyone ever compiled a comprehensive list of plants that our island deer don’t eat?
When is the best time to transplant woody landscape plants?
What is the best way to prune rhododendrons?