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Dirt Rich Farms “Director of Dirt” Kateen Fitzgerald will present “Working with the Weeds” at noon Thursday, Aug. 10, in Port Angeles. This presentation is sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners. (Amanda Rosenberg)

Permaculture principles topic of Thursday lecture

Kateen Fitzgerald will present a model for creating a naturally sustainable gardening environment at noon Thursday. The lecture will be in the… Continue reading

Dirt Rich Farms “Director of Dirt” Kateen Fitzgerald will present “Working with the Weeds” at noon Thursday, Aug. 10, in Port Angeles. This presentation is sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners. (Amanda Rosenberg)

A GROWING CONCERN: As season evolves, so must your chores

WE’RE SOON ON the backside of the midsummer season, so now is the time to start making many decisions regarding the garden. These decisions mostly… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Music center, and its teacher, remembered fondly

BACK WHEN: Music center, and its teacher, remembered fondly

SEVERAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED the July picture from the past as Smock Music Center at 625 E. Front St. The building was built in 1929, but… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Music center, and its teacher, remembered fondly

BIRD WATCH: Water provides the action for bird activity

I HOPE EVERYONE reading this has a birdbath in their yard or in another spot where it can be observed on a regular basis. That’s… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Seek information to help with dementia

A LOT OF us know a lot about dementia. It’s not necessarily because we’ve studied it, but more often than not, because we’ve lived it… Continue reading

Sequim journalist finds middle ground between collection, memoir in ‘Rain Shadow Country’

Sequim journalist finds middle ground between collection, memoir in ‘Rain Shadow Country’

Somewhere between a memoir and a collection of a journalist’s life work, one can find Tim Wheeler’s new book, “News from Rain Shadow… Continue reading

Sequim journalist finds middle ground between collection, memoir in ‘Rain Shadow Country’

BLOCK Fest events set up in Sequim, Port Angeles

BLOCK Fest will come to the Port Angeles Library on Saturday and to Sequim on Aug. 15. The session will begin at… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Gratitude crucial to a well-lived, -balanced life

IN JEWISH TRADITION when celebrating a special occasion or showing gratitude for a new and unusual experience, we recite a blessing from the Talmud called… Continue reading

Fourth Hog Wild event features rib cook-off

“Hog Wild — A Night of Games, Suds and Grub” will raise money for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation on Aug. 12. Tickets… Continue reading

Pharmacist Vivian Brown assists a customer at Walgreens.

Pharmacist to talk drug availability, pricing at Aug. 9 WOW! forum

Vivian Brown, Walgreens pharmacy manager, will present a free WOW! Working on Wellness forum on medications at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. “Whitewater Navigation of… Continue reading

Pharmacist Vivian Brown assists a customer at Walgreens.
Evening light reflects off white paper bark birches, the state tree of Wisconsin. This is a prime example of how indigenous plants can deck out the yard. (Andrew May/for Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: For eye appeal, you can’t go wrong with going native

ONCE AGAIN, I’VE embarked on another trip and so will yet again use this travel plan as a theme for my column. My excursion took… Continue reading

Evening light reflects off white paper bark birches, the state tree of Wisconsin. This is a prime example of how indigenous plants can deck out the yard. (Andrew May/for Peninsula Daily News)

BIRD WATCH: Bumper crop of luscious plums prompts orgy-like antics

BEFORE REFERRING TO something taking place in my garden, I thought it prudent to see Webster’s definition of an “orgy.” One definition for this word… Continue reading

HELP LINE: For your loved ones, remember to make a will

THE OTHER DAY a friend of mine lost her dad. It wasn’t unexpected, but as most of us know, there’s a limit to how ready… Continue reading

Car show, veterans standdown this coming week on Peninsula

A legal justice fundraiser, a car show and a veterans stand down are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: What do we truly have to worry about?

GERMAN CARDINAL GERHARD Müller was not pushed out, despite international news reports. The Associated Press said in a story I read July 2 that “Pope… Continue reading

Stalks of lavender radiate from a plant at B&B Family Farm in Sequim during Sequim Lavender Weekend on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Soak up the sun in Sequim, but harken to tasks in yard

SEQUIM LAVENDER WEEKEND is upon us, and those of you traveling through the Sequim area this weekend would have seen flashing signs, slowed traffic and… Continue reading

Stalks of lavender radiate from a plant at B&B Family Farm in Sequim during Sequim Lavender Weekend on Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

BIRD WATCH: ‘Inland Sea’ ideal and easy place to enjoy birding

SOMETHING ABOUT THE lone gull perched on top of the ferry landing’s dolphin was different. It looked smaller than the familiar glaucous-winged that are so… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Remember: New Medicare numbers are coming

DO WE ALL remember that Social Security numbers are coming off our Medicare cards? Right: More than a few of us have been observing for… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: 4-H leader helps youths grow

HORSEPLAY: 4-H leader helps youths grow

GROWING UP, I was the kid in the family that my parents pointed to and said, “She’s horse-crazy.” I disagreed then and now because I… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: 4-H leader helps youths grow
PENINSULA KITCHEN: Homemade fruit leather makes a good snack

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Homemade fruit leather makes a good snack

IN HER MOST recent Peninsula Kitchen column, Carrie Sanford shared some great tips for maintaining sanity on a cross-country road trip by being mindful of… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Homemade fruit leather makes a good snack