West Valley Food Garden

  What are the common native bees in your garden?  Why are they visiting your garden?  What can you do as a gardener to help these beautiful and vital insects survive.   

Food Forests….exploring another idea to grow an abundance of food.   

There are many ways to water your garden. One of the most efficient, and also the best for your plants, is drip irrigation. This class will introduce you to the basics of setting up a drip system, including a look at some of the more common parts available for you to use in building it. […]

Back to Food Garden classes Melody Westmoreland, Yakima Master Gardener Crop rotation - why it’s important and how to make it simple. Cover crops - what are they, why consider them, and some different options.

Back to Food Garden classes You prepared the soil, watered and tended that wonderful vegetable garden and now it is time to learn all you can about harvesting, storing, and preserving  so you can enjoy all that goodness all winter.   Please come join us for this helpful class.

Back to Food Garden classes Many plants in your garden thrive with some support. Your indeterminate tomatoes tend to create a jungle in your garden if not controlled.  Keeping your veggies off the ground will help save them from disease and pests, and make it easier for you to move through your garden and maintain […]

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