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MASTERGARDENER
By R. JEANNE REHWALDT green color through the winter. Grass in the Northwest con- It's a dark brown garden amend-
Use a fertilizer with approxi- tinues to grow slowly throughout ment or mulch with a nearly neu-
November in the Northwest mately a 3-1-2 (N-P-K) ratio. For the winter. Mow when ground tral pH.
can still be an active time for late fall use, choose a fertilizer condition permits, which proves You may opt for a "passive"
gardening. In addition to garden that contains mainly a slow-to be tricky with our wet winter pile of chipped garden trimmings,
clean up, it's a good month to release form of nitrogen. Highly weather. Be sure to keep thegrass clippings and leaves. It's
plant, or transplant, trees and soluble nitrogen can leach away lawn raked and free of fallen not necessary to turn or manipu-
shrubs. Wander a nursery and rapidly, not only being lost to the leaves, late compost piles unless a very
pick out some winter-blooming grass, but possibly contributing The leaves and other materials fast breakdown with lots ofgen-
shrubs, such as Camellia sas- to groundwater pollution, from November cleanups make erated heat is the goal. "Passive"
sanqua or winter hazel. When If moss is a problem in yourthis a great month to start a com- piles will break down to a useable
the rest of the garden has slowed lawn, you may apply an iron post pile if this valuable addition texture in six months to a year.
or stopped, you can look forward compound to kill it. But unless to garden management isn't al- Some materials must be ex-
to interesting winter-blooming you correct the excess shade, soil ready present. Compost, put sim- eluded from compost piles. Don't
plants, compaction, or poor fertilizer ply, is the broken-down residue add any food wastes. Undesirable
For those of you who have practices, it will return. Contrary of organic material, worked on vermin of various sizes and types
lawns, now is the most impor- to popular belief, lime will not by soil organisms, both the large -- raccoons, rats, opossums --
taut time of the year to ensure control moss, though it may ben- ones like worms and the micro- are attracted to food waste. Don't
a healthy lawn next spring, efit your grass by helping it take scopic ones. Compost that's fully add vigorous weed seeds such
Fertilize your lawn at the end of up nutrients you supply from fer- broken down doesn't resembleas Canada thistle or perennial
November to help retain a deep tilizer applications, any of the original components, weeds like morning glory with
Rep. Dicks, Sen. Murray announce series of Olympic Peninsul
U.S. Representative Norm Dicks and
U.S. Senator Patty Murray released a
draft proposal this week for Wilderness
additions on the Olympic Peninsula in or-
der to continue receiving input from the
public and local communities on the criti-
cal issue.
They also announced that they will be
asking their local offices to hold a series
~of four public workshops
next month to allow citi-
zens and communities to
provide additional feed-
back on the proposal.
"I am pleased to work
with Senator Murray in
developing a consensus
plan to provide addition-
al wilderness protection
Patty on the Olympic Penin-
Murray sula," said Rep. Dicks.
"Future generations
will benefit from the in-
creased protection of the watersheds and
forests that make the Peninsula such a
magnificent place. We willl be continu-
ing to gather public input as the process
moves forward, taking into consideration
economic development on the Peninsula
as well as the protection of Tribal treaty
rights."
Sen. Murray also addressed the value
YGii ;iiiiiiiiiiii
Norm
Dicks
ers and sub:
sentative D:
of the Peninsula. Peninsula-based conservation groups,plan would:
"Washington residents take great pride Rep. Dicks and Sen. Murray's staffs did -- design
in protecting our state's tremendous natu- extensive outreach on this proposal and new wilderr
ral beauty," said Sen. Murray. "I will Con- have a revised proposal that they would -- add
tinue to work with the community as we like to seek additional input on from the ownership
work to preserve our state's special places public. System;
while promoting our long-term economic The Olympic Wilderness proposal -- provi(
growth and prosperity. I thank Represen- would provide additional protection for pic Nationa
tative Dicks for his leadership in this pro- some of the most critical landscapes on to 201000 a~
cess, and I look forward to hearing from. the Olympic Peninsula. i :::: :: :' willing-selle
constituents in the coming months as we It w0~'ld designate new wilderness at- preserve to
put together a proposal that works for our eas on existing U.S. Forest Service land, cannot pure
families, communities and state." add rivers to the Wild and Scenic River eral Manag~
A wilderness and National Park expan- System and provide an opportunity for sional Actio:
sion proposal was brought to the Congres- 'targeted Olympic National Park preserve -- protec
sional offices two years ago by several additions through a willing-buyer, will- ational acce
ear
rod Ls that multiply in compost.
Sel,d those off to be commercially
dis ~osed of. Dbn't add any dis-
ea~ ed materidl, such as dogwood
lea ees with aqthracnose on them.
f you or a friend like reading
abe ut compos~, a small but thor-
ou~ h book on,~he whole process
is "Let it Rot Iby Stu Campbell.
Ca: npbell offers the useful obser-
vat ion that "No matter what you
no matter how many little
di', takes you ~nake, you are still
prc bably going to come up with
rea sonably gopd, usable composL'
For any gardening questions
yoL~ may havel please contact a
W~¢ U Master Gardener on Mon-
da~ s between noon and 3 p.m.
or,end us.an ~mail at gardener.
ma ~ter@gmailcom.
workshops
ling-seller process.
Th~ plan was devel-
oped With input from con-
stitue~ats and stakehold-
ers ir~ order to preserve
theseI sensitive area~
while Imaintaining work-
ing forests on the Penin-
sula. |
Th~ Olympic Wilder-
ness p roposal was crafted
after more than a yea
was spent gathering in'
put fr, lm local stakehold-
nitted to t he offices of Repre-
cks and S mator Murray. the
ate rough]y 130,000 acres ot
ess on For Service Land;
3 rivers , ithin public land
the Wih and Scenic Rive
e the opp rtunity for Olym-
Park (O2[P) to purchase
:res throu h a Willing-buyer,
r process for addition as:'~~
the park.] CurrentlyT"ONl~
hase landl within their Gen-
.'merit Pla~ without Congres-
; hunting, fishing and recre-
~S.
Department of Natural Resources head wants to help counties w
Commissioner of Public missioner of Public Lands acres of state forestlands on revenues to manage natural Goldmark proposes t(
Lands Peter Goldmark has Peter Goldmark said. "I be- behalf of 20 counties, mostly resources sales, plant trees distribute the funds based
proposed releasing $10 mil- lieve that we can afford to re- in western Washington. In after timber harvests, pro- on the 10-year average o:
lion from a state forestland distribute $10 million to the fiscal year 2011, those lands tect clean water and restore each county's revenue frorr
management account for dis- counties to aid them through generated $96 million in habitat on those lands. Much the Forest Developmenl
tribution to 20 timber coun- unprecedented budgetarynon-tax revenue that wasof the acreage was deeded by Account. If approved, th~
ties. challenges." distributed to those counties the counties to the state's account would still have
"Counties are cutting bud- The Washington State from the Forest Develop-care in the early 20th Centu- six-month cushion for opera.
gets and strapped for cash. Department of Natural Re- ment Account. ry after the lands were heav- tions.
When we can, we should sources (DNR) manages just DNR uses a portion, cur-ily logged and abandoned by Responding to a stron~
provide some relief," Com- more than a half millionrently 21 percent, of those private owners, timber market, the Board ol
Natural
lowered
percentt
25 peru
Ap_~, al
21 perce
earlier ~
revenue
ties Don
during
nium.
th cash
Resources has twice
the management
~ge this year - frorr
~nt to 23 percent ir
td from 23 percent t(
nt in October. Those
~ctions increase the
that flows to coun.
DNR's timber sale,,
the 2011-13 bien.
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Lutheran Church
Missotlri Synod
206 East Wyandotte Avenue
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Office 426-6353
Davcare 4273165
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phone: 426-8472
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