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Shelton-Mason County Journal WHAT%COOKIN' sale • this weekend By NATALIE JOHNSON nataZie@masoncounty.com ['1 "rith sunny spring weath- /V er, eager gardeners flock V V to local garden centers to buy young plants to flesh out their flowerbeds. Betti Haskins said this year gardeners should spend their money not at a large store, but at a community plant sale, such as the one set to benefit the St. David of Wales Episcopal Church this weekend. "You're gonna pay a little bit more at the plant sale for some things that you could buy at Walmart. [but] the quality is bet- ter," she said. "All the plants that we have are locally grown right here. You're not buying some- thing that was propogated some- where else." The plant sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Da: vid's Parish Hall at 218 N. Third St., and will include hundreds of plants grown and donated by community members and paris- honers at St. David's. In the past, Haskins said, some members of the church have bought flowers to donate to the fundraiser, but this year she expects many of the donations to come straight out of members' gardens. "I've got some geraniums. I have some ling- onberries. There's a whole bunch of perennials," she said. "We've got one person who donates plants that's got 275 plants that she's bringing in. We have a 92-year-old that has 50 plants ready to bring in." Vegetable starts, shrubs and many other varieties of plants will be available at the sale, she said. Haskins hopes to raise be- tween $1,200 and $1,500 from the See Plant on page B-3 HARST00NENEWS Journal pnotos oy Natalie Johnson Ashley Biermann, left, and Seth Thompki.ns, visiting from Seattle, harvest shellfish Saturday at the second annual Hamma Hamma Oyster Rama. Bivalve bash packs Lilliwaup Shuckers, slurpers come from around the sound By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncouny,com Shellfish lovers from near and far gathered in remote Lilliwaup last week- . end for the Hamma Hamma Oyster Company's second annual celebration of the bivalve - the Hamma Hamma Oys- ter Rama. "I think it's a lot of fun. It's a nice es- cape," said Anna Mendenhall, who was Visiting from Seattle. "We'll be barbequ- ing them (,oysters) tonight." Others, like Seth Thompkins and Ashley Biermann, had some experience with shellfish harvesting, and came to Bobby Dutton, 4, from Shoreline, plays with a clamshell Saturday at the second annual Hamma Hamma See Oyster on page B-5 Oyster Rama. Thursday, May 10, 2012 Weather change ,lets us focus on gardens "r t is funny how our /minds work -- one or --,Ltwo days of sun and the memory of those long rainy days seem to vanish into the mist from which they came. And that is good because this past weekend the Westport beaches were open for razor clam digging and the weather was good. I was lucky enough to take my 10 year old grand- son on By MIKE his first CALLAGHAN trip to dig those elusive little bivalves. Now, my next chore will be to see if he will eat what he har- vested. And with this weather change all of us are think- ing about gardening. The annual Harstine Island Garden Club plant sale was a huge success this year. I got to the sale around 11 and there were only four or five tables with plants out of some 15 tables they started with. In fact, they had the least leftovers com- pared to recent years. Arlen Morris wrote in on behalf of the garden club to thank all it's members and the mem- bers of the community who donated time and plants to make this another success- ful event. Each successful ,,!