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European Pine Sawfly
European Pine Sawfly is a relatively new pes in the PNW. Check your mugo pines (as well as others and look for caterpillar-like insects clustered on the needles of last season's growth (old needles not the new candles).
June 12 – Building a Pollinator Garden
Click Here to Register This Zoom class, sponsored by the King County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in Bellevue, will be March 20th, 9:30-10:30am. If you want to increase your gardening knowledge and skills, the Bellevue Demonstration Garden (BDG) Workshop...
March 20th – Top Ten Insects and their Natural Enemies
Click Here to Register This Zoom class, sponsored by the King County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in Bellevue, will be March 20th, 9:30-10:30am. The March 20 workshop will be presented by Sharon Collman who will speak about Top 10 Garden Pests and Their...
Rats!!@##!
When I stepped into the garden, I was expecting to find a nice big zucchini for a zucchini steak but alas, I only found part of a zucchini, bites out of two others, and half zucchini for the forth. I suspected snails as it seems have many more snails than slugs. But...
Bugs and Blights – the Website
The purpose of this website is to: 1. provide resources and webinars on diagnosing plant problems and on the critters (we call them pests) that munch on plants and also natural enemies that crunch on and burrow into, plant pests. Information will include photos to aid...
Good and Bad Bugs in the Vegetable Garden
September 12, 2020 – 2:00pm – 3:30pm Good and Bad Bugs in the Vegetable Garden – Take a tour of the King County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in Bellevue via Zoom to keep people safe. Sharon Collman, emeritus Professor, WSU Extension and adjunct in the...