Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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We folks at the Community Garden are so proud. After a long and cool spring when everything was discouragingly slow, the pace picked up during the summer. We proudly announce that the garden produced 1,470 pounds of fresh produce to this area’s community food banks. The garden supplied veggies to the Wahkiakum Food Bank in Cathlamet and the West End Food Pantry at Johnson Park in Rosburg. Much has happened at the garden this year. With funding procured through the Health and Human Services Food and Nutrition staff, Heather Odum and Julie J...
The Community Garden in Erickson Park on Columbia Street in Cathlamet is a busy place and plants are poking up through the nicely ‘tilled soil. The weeds are being pulled. Soil is in good shape and it all looks good for this gardening season. Joyce reports that there are still a few plots available. Anyone who is interested in growing their own vegetables or flowers can contact Joyce at (360) 560-3496 for information to reserve a plot. Plots are approximately 12 ft. X 10 ft. Some are a little bigger. Just the right size for the veggies and f...
The birds are chirping, lawn mowers are putt-putt-putting, weed eaters are whining and the rototillers are chugging. It’s fever time to get yards and gardens shaped up. Wahkiakum Community Garden is prepping for the new season of growing. Volunteers have been busy on the sunny spring days cleaning and weeding and cleaning up, all in preparation for a new season of planting. A nice thing about a new season--it’s a new start with high hopes of a bigger and better garden. The community garden purpose is to provide spaces for those who wish to grow...
Fall is here, the tree leaves are drying and rattling in the wind. Already many are drifting to the ground. Looking up to the canopy, you can observe the wispy nests of the fall web worm. In late summer and early autumn the web worm moth may lay as many as 100 eggs on the underside of leaves, near the tips of branches. In about a week the eggs hatch. The caterpillars spin out their silk to protect themselves from birds and other predators. The webs cover the leaves that the caterpillars eat. At...
People have been raising and eating apples for thousands of years. Starting as a small bitter fruit in the Caucasus Mountains, they traveled the Silk Road to Greece, then Rome and with the Romans to all of Europe and the British Islands. The first apples got to the US on the Mayflower, the early colonists needing them not for their great flavor but because cider was an important part of their diet and economy. The lightly fermented beverage was safer to drink than water. Sometimes goods and...
WSU Master Gardeners and the Community Garden are sponsoring a free Seed Exchange on the morning of Saturday, March 9 (10:00 a.m.) at the Community Center. Even if you do not have seeds to exchange you are welcome to come and get some seeds for the coming season. Master Gardeners and other experienced gardeners present are always happy to give advice. Displays to help you learn about bees, worms and other things will be there. Cookies and door prizes and good ideas are available. Also there is a display showing how to test your old seeds for...
Dr. Margriet Dogterom, located in British Columbia, Canada, is a leading expert in Mason Bees. She has done extensive research on Mason Bees and has written several publications on the subject. Dr. Dogterom has created a Calendar of Mason Bee management: Early Spring: 1. Get nests and mason bee homes ready. 2. Hang bee home on East facing wall of garden shed or house, in the sun and out of the rain. Spring: 1. Place mason bee cocoons next to the nesting funnels, protected from rain. Early Summer: 1. After flight (6 to 8 weeks after start of spr...
Maybe the constant rains will cease. It is time to get out and consider the plants for your yard and garden. Landscaping for wild life has become a popular theme, primarily since so many of our birds and insects seem to not thrive with modern agriculture, modern landscaping and loss of habitat. The National Wildlife Federation, the Nature Conservancy and like other organizations have been promoting the use of native plants and gardening schemes to enhance the attraction of your garden to the small creatures. Recent research has indicated that...
The gardening season is now over. Our local Community Garden is into clean-up mode, and we are putting the garden to bed for the winter. The garden gang thanks all the gardeners, volunteers, and contributors for their help and support. This year the garden donated 1,540 pounds of fresh, seasonal vegetables and herbs to our local food banks. This included cabbage, carrots, kale, broccoli, beets, lettuces, cucumbers, summer squash, winter squash, green beans, tomatoes, Swiss chard, Walla Walla onions, parsley, oregano, chives, and possibly...
Spring and Summer are fast approaching. Now is the time to think about a vegetable garden, especially since food prices including beef and vegetables will be increasing. California, the nation’s fresh vegetable producer, is in the throes of a serious drought and much of the land will be out of production. It’s Victory Garden time! The local Community Garden plots will be available for sign-up in the next few months. There are some things to consider if you are thinking about growing your own vegetables. This year the community garden will cha...
Seven to 10 hardy gardeners regularly brave the cold Wednesday mornings to work on putting the Community Garden in Erickson Park on Columbia Street in Cathlamet to bed for the winter. These workers, some who garden a plot of their own and some who just want to volunteer, have weeded, rototilled, carted garden waste to compost piles, refreshed pathways with shredded cedar shavings, and much more. The final wheelbarrow load of straw and manure mulch for the season was emptied onto the garden December 12. The community garden has been put to bed,...
Now is the season when the local WSU Master Gardeners take stock of the year’s activities. A particularly high note is the number of Plant and Insect Clinic contacts last year. You can contact the Master Gardener clinic directly through the Extension Office or at the Two Islands Farm Market. Though the Master Gardeners are not great record keepers--so many of the questions happen at times when paper and pencil are not available--our moderate estimate of the number of contacts is 175 for the 2008 season. Inquiries to last year’s clinics ran...
