Vegetable Gardening – Skagit County Master Gardener Foundation

Plant Fair 2025

The 2025 Skagit County Master Gardener Plant Fair is scheduled for Saturday, May 10.

Vegetable Seed Selection

Use this guide to make strategic selections when choosing vegetable seeds for planting your 2025 garden.

Cover Crops

Rebuild your garden soil with a winter cover crop which is considered a green, plant-based fertilizer that feeds the soil without animal products.

Drying Herbs

Capture the seasonal flavors by preserving fresh herbs. Get started drying, freezing, dehydrating and enhance your meals deep into the winter.

Gardening for All Abilities

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Whatever the physical challenge, take heart and continue to enjoy gardening by implementing some of these adaptive methods.

Pollinators

Learn about pollinators and open your eyes to the beauty and intricate connectivity of nature. As gardeners, we can make choices that will enhance or inhibit pollinators.

Veggie Gardening for Rookies

Interested in growing vegetables but wondering where to start? Master gardeners walk you through what to consider when starting a vegetable garden for the first time.

Indoor Grow Stand

Grow herbs and vegetables in the middle of the winter with an indoor growing stand.

Raised Beds

Winter is a great time to plan for next season and explore the many advantages of building raised gardening beds.

Seed Saving 101

Master Gardener Sheri Rylaarsdam shares the fun of getting started saving and sharing seeds from your garden.

Discovery Garden Open House June 24, 2023

Join us for a day of discovery and learning at the Skagit Master Gardener’s Discovery Garden in Mount Vernon

2023 Master Gardener Plant Fair

Skagit County WSU Extension Master Gardeners are preparing for their 2023 Plant Fair at the Skagit County Fairgrounds in Mount Vernon on May 13. Free Admission

Midnight Marauders

Master Gardener Diana Wisen discusses slug damage and eradication, one of the most discussed topics among PNW gardeners.

Cool Weather Vegetables

The marine-influenced weather in the Pacific Northwest is the perfect climate for growing cool-season vegetables.

Winter Sowing

The dark days of winter are upon us. As a gardener, this is the time of year we pull out the seed catalogs and start planning for next year.