Soil testing at home topic of Thursday talk in Port Angeles
Published 12:01 am Monday, February 8, 2016
PORT ANGELES — Meghan Adamire, Clallam County Soil Conservation District conservation planner, will discuss soil testing for home gardeners at noon Thursday.
The presentation will be in the county commissioners’ meeting room (Room 160) of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
Attendees can bring a lunch. The presentations are free and open to the public; however, donations to help offset copying costs for handouts are accepted.
Adamire’s presentation will cover the soil nutrients that are key to successful plant growth, how to take a soil test to determine if the soil lacks nutrients and how to amend soil using the results of a soil test.
Adamire has been a conservation planner with the Clallam Conservation District since graduating from Oregon State University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in rangeland management and animal science.
Her work involves helping horse and livestock owners with resource management, planning of riparian vegetation plantings along waterways, correcting fish passage barriers and managing the district’s annual native plant sale and soil testing program.
The “Green Thumb Garden Tips” brown bag series, sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners on the second and fourth Thursday of every month in Port Angeles, consists of educational programs designed to help home gardeners establish or improve gardening practices.
For more information, call 360-565-2679.
