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HOT STUFF!

See our CALENDAR OF EVENTS for other upcoming programs and workshops

2009 WSU Master Gardener Application and Brochure are available. Deadline for application is Oct. 30, 2009.

Check out the WSU Snohomish County Master Gardeners' Growing Groceries Project - Teaching citizens to grow their own food!

Community Garden Grants - Offered by the Snohomish Co. M.G. Foundation (information is on the SCMGF web site)

Bugs & Blights Monthly Series  Fourth Wednesdays, Everett

Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation web site

The Mole-Hill Gazette - Local "Mole News" and information

Pest Alerts!

NEW Spotted Wing Drosophila fact sheet from Oregon State Extension

October Pests- Western Conifer Seed Bugs

"Spotted Winged Drosophila"- a new fruit pest in our State

Bedbugs are making a comeback!- Read about this once-common pest and how to control it.
More bed bug info from the National Pesticide Information Center

Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder- News from EPA. 03/2008
2008 Bill to allow mole-trapping- Olympia is once more considering HB 1400, concerning the legalization of mole and gopher trapping.
New Blackberry Rust- found 2005 in Sno. Co.
Mole/Gopher Trapping Still Not Legal- See RCW 77.15.194, paragraph 3.
Exotic Seed Bug - Probable specimen from Everett found on 8 March 2005
Updated info on the WSU Whatcom County Extension site.

Brown Marmorated Stinkbug - Watch for this one!
Strawberry Latent Ringspot Virus Found in North America
European Paper Wasp - now common in Western Wa.
Viburnum Leaf Beetle - Got Viburnums? Look out for VLB!

See our virtual tours of the WSU Master Gardener Demo Garden in Marysville