WSU Snohomish County Extension

Snohomish County Extension’s Sustainable Community Stewards host a Repair Café to fix household items and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.

WSU Snohomish County Extension’s Beach Watcher program hosts their 12-week volunteer training course starting March 10.

WSU Snohomish County Extension hosts their Sustainable Community Steward (SCS) fall training series starting Oct. 2.

WSU Extension hosts training program for beach lovers who want to help protect Puget Sound’s waters, wildlife and landscape in Snohomish County.

SNOHOMISH, Wash. — We’ve all heard the story; someone bought a few beef, hogs, goats, or poultry only to have a series of mishaps. Just getting them home was worthy of a Tonight Show monologue. Breakouts and good neighbor roundups, late night emergency vet calls, nutritional problems, unruly and dangerous behavior, the list can be […]

EVERETT, Wash. — The mild climate of the Puget Sound AVA (American Viticultural Area) favors production of delicate wine grape varieties such as Madeleine Angevine, Siegerebbe, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. In addition to location winemakers know that excellent wine begins with carefully tended vines.

EVERETT, Wash. — According to the Puget Sound Wine Growers Association, conditions in the region are ideal for growing delicate vinifera wine grape varieties and more vineyards are being planted all the time.

EVERETT, Wash. — Eastern Washington tree fruit has a worldwide reputation, but new innovations are making it easier and more productive to raise tree fruit on the state’s “wet side.” Washington State University Snohomish County Extension is presenting three workshops on west side tree fruit growth and care.

Recent research indicates that the colony collapse disorder that decimated honeybee populations was the result of a recently-evolved partnership between a virus that attacks bee DNA and a common hive fungus. Now, scientists can start developing a treatment regimen that enables bees to resist this virulent attack.

EVERETT, Wash. — Vegetable and flower gardeners will have the opportunity to learn how to save on water (and money) as well as on work at an upcoming Washington State University Snohomish County Extension workshop on drip irrigation for gardeners.