Utilizing the knowledge and expertise of the Washington State University (WSU) Master Gardener Program, Sharon Schlittenhard, WSU Master Gardener, answers your gardening questions and provides helpful information to make your Guemes gardening experience even more enjoyable. 

We'd like this to be a community project, so please send us your gardening questions, helpful hints, and suggestions.

Ask Sharon!

Sharon Schlittenhard, WSU Master Gardener, answers your gardening questions.

Gardening In July

A monthly gardening to-do calendar, courtesy of WSU, to highlight pertinent chores, as well as to stimulate questions and feedback.

The Guemes Island Produce Exchange

Orchard Mason Bees

The orchard mason bee, native to our region, is a gentle, beneficial pollinator of native and cultivated tree fruit...

Non-Lethal Methods of Controlling Deer Damage [184k PDF]

Spruce Tree Aphids

Do you have spruce trees in your landscape?  If you do, now is the time to look for the spruce aphid ...

Water Conservation In Gardens and Landscapes

Strategies for reducing water useage. [PDF]

If other timely garden to-do items or topics come to mind, please share them–there is always something to learn in gardening!

If you have an especially helpful gardening resource book, please let us know . WSU has an extensive list of resource publications that can also be utilized, but good gardening books are like favorite recipes–they asked to be shared!