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Shelton-Mason County Journal Hayden Pyle, an eighth grade student at Hood Canal helps transfer the school's greenhouse to an outdoor shelter. Journal photo by Kevin Spradlin mmunl spurs Veggies to be donated to hind helping with the Hood Canal Ki- dedication at 11 a.m. on Friday at the wanis Food Bank Community Garden. garden. The garden is located on the Hood Canal Food Banks The garden soon will be sprouting property of Mike and Kay Petz at 2360 beans, peas, broccoli, cabbage, car- Skokomish Valley Road: By KEVIN SPRADLIN rots and five different kinds of squash, The event is free and open to the hevin@masoncounty.com Hood Canal Kiwanis Club member public. Food and drinks will be served. TudiWhitright said Those who prefer seating arrange- "The soil is awesome," Whitrightments are asked to bring their own Hayden Pyle understands there are said. lawn chairs. many benefits from helping to feed less Hayden is among a group of stu- The garden's first harvest could fortunate people, dents with his school's Builders Club come as soon as July. Kiwanis Club But for the Hood Canal School and Greenhouse Club assisting teach- member Art Day said he borrowed the eighth-grader, life isn't always so com- ors Debbie Clymer and Jolean Gra- idea from a similar effort in Olympia. plex. ham, along with the Hood Canal Ki- Everything grown in the garden "I like not being in some boring wanis, with the project, will be donated to the Hood Canal classroom all the time," Hayden ex- The students and staff--all project plained as part of his motivation be: volunteers -- are planning a garden See community on page B-8 Journa photos by Natalie Johnson Mason County Master Gardener Sherry Clemmens helps set up for the group's annual plant at Shelton's Kneeland Park last Friday. The plant sale, along with a new two-year garden journal produced by the group, is intended to raise money to support the program in Mason County. Funds raised by master gardeners keep program alive By NATALIE JOHNSON nal a[ie@masoncounty.com The Mason County Master Garden- ers program provides many garden related services in the area, including running a community garden and of- fering educational opportunities for gardeners• However, the program, offered through Washington State University (WSU) Extension offices throughout the state, is struggling to overcome challenges presented by county and state budget cuts. In order to maintain services and programs in Mason County, and to keep program coordinator Jeanne Rehwaldt's position fully funded, lo- cal master gardeners have produced a two-year garden journal to sell as a fundraiser, said Pat Edmondson, Ma- son County Master Gardener director- at-large. The master gardeners' garden- ing journal is on sale at Lynch Creek Floral, Collins Chiropractic and Sage Book Store in Shelton for $25. "We got the idea -- we started off in December (2011) -- that we wanted to produce a cookbook," Edmondson said. While master gardeners and board members liked the idea of a cookbook, they heard that other master garden- er groups had produced a garden jour- nal, and decided to follow suit. Last weekend the Mason County Gardeners held its annual plant sale at Kneeland Park. "The whole group found that an educational too] ... was much stron- ger in terms of what we are about and wanted to share with the community," Edmondson said. The group worked for months to organize and compile information for the journal. The journal covers two years of gardening, includes informa- tion about local plants, local weather conditions and advises when and how to plant certain types of plants. "It's good for the novice and good for the experienced gardener," Ed- mondson said. "There's a whole sec- tion on roses." Each month in the journal also in- cludes several pages dedicated to per- sonal reflection, to allow gardeners to chronicle° the decisions they make in their garden. "It's so that you can learn from your experiences by documenting what you're doing one year ... and build on your experience," Edmondson said. Edmondson said she has person- ally benefitted from using a gardening journal before. "The best part is being able to look back on what I did and not having to make the same mistakes five years in a row," she said. "It makes a huge dif- ference especially over a two or three Get a history lesson at historic school "n recent years I can't remember a more beautiful Mother's Day. To all .island moms, we wish you a won- derful and joyous belated mom's day. The roar of lawn- mowers has picked up with the great weather. Keeping those field grasses short and clipped has made for a great grazing pasture for the flock or two of robins ~hat have found their way to our yard. There will be a By MIKE CERT meeting at 6:30 CALLAGHAN p.m. today, at the ..... North. Fire Hall. CERT is an emer- gency response group that plans ahead for any unexpected disaster. If you are interested you are more than welcome to attend. Flowers are blooming in the pres- ent yet the past beckons you. You have a wonderful opportunity to visit the history of Harstine Island and the old Grant School coming up on Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. In conjunction with the Mason County Historical Preservation Commission, historic Harstine Island Community Hall, built in 1914, (3371 E. Harstine Island Road N.) and the historic Grant School, now the Picker- ing Community Club, also built in 1914 (151 Community Club Road), will be holding open houses to share their past with visitors. Please join them for tours, conversations and refreshments at these two Mason County Historic Sites. Fol- lowing the open house on Harstine, the Harstine Island community choir will present their spring concert, so stay and enjoy the music in this wonderful old Community Hall. Looks like the Harst- ine Island Garden Club has a new presi- dent. Congratulations to Diane Edgin. • Along with elections, the club mem- bers revisited their planned opening date of their annual Saturday market season. This year it will open, as last year, on May 26, that great Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Given more good weather, expect to see many of your favorite vendors, along with the Women's Club market tables and maybe some new surprises. Just a note, keep in mind that the market shares the space with the community club's spaghetti dinner which is that evening, so they will not be serving up coffee and access to the hall rest- rooms will be through the front doors instead of through the kitchen area. Coffee's up and hot come the next mar- ket. Every morning when you get up, you begin a new story. Sometimes those stories are shared, some- times they are held close and dear to the heart. Stories can be told with just words or pictures. Lovers can speak volumes with a mere glance. But the most vibrant and touching stories are often told with music. The Harst- ine Island Community Choir invites you to join them May 18.19 and 20 for a concert featuring a unique collec- tion of musical stories. Opening with the traditional yet intimate sounds of praise interpreted by Joseph Haydn in Missa Sancti Nicolai, the choir jumps forward centuries in style but back See Journal on page B-8 See Harstine on page B-8 Thursday, May 17, 2012 - Shetton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1