March 2010 ECHO Magazine - Cooking up romance

Annual WEDDING, ROMANCE IN THE MOUNTAINS & COOKING Issue

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• Cooking “Alabor of love” for Craig Nevil

• Partners in life and work

• Love in the bowling

lane

Couples who bowl together _____ to-gether, and from the sport of bowlingyou learn _____ about life.

To fill in the blanks, three SeniorMixed League couples were asked for alittle help. The 48-member, 12-teamleague gathers on Mondays, at theRodeo Bowl in Ellensburg – the perfectplace to catch them in the act.

Ronald’s Gene and Dorothy PrattThe Pratt’s have been married for

64 years. “We’ve been bowling for 26years,” Dorothy said. “Bowling is a socialevent, and we love the game. Like life,bowling is all about controlling youremotions, instead of getting angry. Itteaches you,” she smiled, “how to rollwith the punches,” no pun intended.

Gene acknowledged his wife andthen added, “Like life, bowling de-mands you reach out and hit yourmark. What’s more, when you have alousy day bowling, you learn it’s notthe end of the world. Some days will begood. Some bad. You gotta learn to letthe little things go.”

TUNDRA by Chad Carpenter

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Learningabout life from a

‘fast lane’

Gene & Dorothy Pratt Bruce & Judy Montgomery

Ralph & Paula Griffin

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Tax returns since the 1980s revealedthe number of businesses jointly ownedby married couples far outpaced thegrowth of proprietorships in general, andthat the trend was growing. Althoughspending two-thirds of a waking life witha significant other obviously must createadditional challenges for a marriage, twoUpper Kittitas County working couplessay it’s just a matter of grasping a handfulof fundamental secrets.

David and Cynthihah Wallacehave been married for 25 years, and for

the last twothey’ve co-owned theQuiznos fran-chise onDavis Streetin Cle Elum,w o r k i n gsometimes asmany as 40-hours a weektogether.“You have tohave a good

friendship before you experiment withworking together in the same busi-ness,” she said.

“No two people can agree oneverything,” he said. “For that reason

you have to learn to give a little.” Acknowledging her husband, she

laughed, “There will be days when it’sgotta be okay that he’s right and I’mnot, and vice versa. Common goals areimportant, too, as well as understand-ing each other’s roles.”

He said at the end of every day, theyregroup: “We talk about what hap-pened during the day. Overall, we’velearned to laugh a lot of things off. Youhave to have a sense of humor.”

Ivan and Claudia Osmonovichown the Cle Elum Bakery, a 100-year-old landmark in the city. They’ve beenworking together for 20-years, elevenof those as a married couple.

“We bake at night together,” shesaid, “and we’ll talk family talk, or some-times wedon’t talk atall. When wemove aroundthe bakery,we move liked a n c e r s ,never step-ping on eachother’s toes,and it comesnaturally. Soin sense,

when we work, we dance.”“That takes good chemistry, and we

have good chemistry,” he said. “We havecommon goals for the business, too.”

“I’m an idea person,” she said. “He’sthe type who implements ideas. Wecomplement each other in that way.”

Asked what advice they would giveto young married couples wanting togo into business, he said, “Communica-tion. That’s the most important thing.You have to talk about everything.”

“Every business has its problems,” shesaid. “It’s unhealthy to brush anything,whatever it may be, under the table.”

“You’ve got to have respect foreach other,” he said. “We never disre-spect each other.”

“You have to listen to the other per-son’s point of view,” she said.

“Roles have to be defined. We bothhave our roles in this business,” he said.

“I think what really helps is to befriends first: open, honest, and truthfulwith each other. That’s how we started– as friends,” she said.

“You have to share a similar workethic,” he said. “We both love to work veryhard, and we both love this business. It’svery fulfilling for both of us. When youthink about it, there are a lot of parallelsbetween running a business together andgrowing a marriage together. It’s true.”

Together in marriage, together in business: What’s the secret to getting it right?He Said • She Said

Cle Elum’s Ralph and Paula Griffin

The Griffin’s have been bowlingtogether for three years. “It’s a greatwinter sport and it gets us out of thehouse,” Paula said. “It’s a sport wherewe can mix with our peers. Ralphand I have been married for 43years. We do everything together,and,” she smiled, “bowling happensto be one of the things I can do al-

most as well as my husband.”Asked what it is about bowling that

parodies life, Ralph deadpanned, “Bowl-ing, horses, and life can do the samething to you. They can give you a goodday, and they can give you a bad day.”

Ellensburg’sBruce and Judy MontgomeryThe Montgomery’s met at Rodeo

Bowl in Ellensburg, and later married.

They’ve been bowling together for threeyears. “Bowling for us isn’t about high av-erage, it’s about having fun,” Judy said.“It’s good exercise and now that we’reretired, it’s a great way to socialize.”

Asked what bowling taught himabout life, Bruce replied, “Patience.”Asked what it has taught him about mar-riage, he paused for a lengthy moment,grinned, winked, and replied, “Patience.”

Matthew and Anjuli Ball start their life together on Sept. 12, 2009

by Lyn DerrickSomething old, something

new, something borrowed,something blue. Lines familiarto any perspective bride, theyherald the planning of a tradi-tional wedding.

That’s what Anjuli Ball saidshe wanted and it was one rea-son she and her husbandMatthew chose to have theirwedding at the Swauk-Tean-away Grange Hall on Sept. 12of last year.

“I’m from Roslyn,” Anjuli said. “I love the Teanaway andgrew up driving by the Grange. It looks just like an old churchor schoolhouse. It has such a country, romantic feel to it.”

That sentiment certainly goes along with traditional, soyou’d expect to see some traditional colors in the Ball’s wed-ding ceremony.

But, they went with black. Not just for the tuxedoes wornby the groom, best man and groomsmen – but the maid-of-honor and bridesmaids, too.

“When you look at the pictures you’ll see,” said Anjuli, “thebridesmaids picked out their own dresses, so they’re all dif-ferent. I wanted them to be able to wear their dresses again.”

But all that black isn’t exactly traditional – and it’s definitelyunexpected from a bride who said she loves color.

Anjuli brought color into the mix through her choice offlowers. “I had the bridesmaids carry bouquets in really vi-brant colors,” she said.

Then she added green to provide some balance. “Ithought it would go with all of that,” Anjuli explained.

“It was a beautiful outdoor wedding with incredible pho-tographs,” said grange member, Claire Lucke.

“We had 300 people there,” Anjuli said, “kind of in the back-yard of the hall.” The outdoor setting made it possible to “cel-ebrate the day with all our friends and family.”

Matthew and Anjuli’s untraditional, traditional ceremonycertainly fit with a September wedding at the time-honoredGrange Hall in the Teanaway. Green for the fading summer, vi-brant bouquets reflecting the light and color of the autumnseason, and black because without it the other colors don’thave as much depth.

And also black, because it’s said to suggest a sense of po-tential and possibility – and that’s what weddings are all about.

So, yes, why not black at a non-traditional, traditional wed-ding at the Grange Hall in the Teanaway.

For more information on the Swauk-Teanaway GrangeHall, 1361 Ballard Hill Rd, contact Claire Lucke, 509-857-2580.


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By Janie McQueenPaul and Megan Bartels reminisce about how they plod-

ded on horseback along trails in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.The day of their upcoming wedding was getting close, anddidn’t want to be late, so it was time to head back.

They had originally thought about getting married be-fore Paul’s vacation, but couldn’t hook up with thepreacher. It was okay, because they’d simply take a less con-ventional route. “We did things a little differently and wenton our honeymoon just BEFORE we got married,” saidMegan. “It was pretty cool,” remembered Paul, “It broughtback a lot of great memories to look through our weddingpictures. We had honeymooned in the Eagle Cap Wilder-ness the week before we got married, then came out of theWilderness and got married.”

It was a beautiful day on August 25, 2007 as the suncrept over the mountaintops in Elgin, Oregon at the LostHorse Ranch. Yup, this was the day that Paul and MeganBartels had decided to get hitched (that’s “cowboy lingo for“get married”). The preacher was ready at sunrise with aCowboy Bible in hand. Wearing a white cowboy hat, freshdenim jeans, a vest and slightly worn cowboy boots thatnearly reached his knees, he was clearly a cowboy as well.Even the decorations were very well suited for a “cowboywedding”, covered wagon and all.

Ring-bearers:Choosing ring-bearers came naturally for Paul and

Megan because they each had a special dog. Megan’s dog,

Sam, and Paul’s dog, Sarge. On the Bartels wedding day theytied bandanas around Sam and Sarge’s necks and then at-tached their rings to the bandanas. Megan’s ring for Paulwas on Sam, and Paul’s ring for Megan was on Sarge. Thedogs also walked Megan down the “aisle”.

Sunrise wedding:The Bartels had chosen to get married at 6:00 am for

several reasons – love and Paul’s job were primary. Theywere treated to a beautiful sunrise. Thinking back on theday, they looked lovingly at each other and laughed, thensaid in unison, “Oh, and at 6:00 in the morning, you don’thave to worry about bugs in the cake!”

After the couple celebrated their marriage at the ranch withtheir friends, they all went out to breakfast. Then, the newly-weds went for a day horse ride into the Eagle Cap. Squeakingin a ride after the wedding was another reason for getting mar-ried at sunrise! Imagine heading right back to work their ranchin Tampico, WA after that, which is indeed what they did.

At home:Since then, the Bartels’ family has expanded by two

more young dogs (the two older dogs, Sam and Sarge, helpteach the youngsters) and they have four horses on their20-acre ranch in Tampico. Their property is along a dirtroad that goes into public land. It’s really gorgeous, but

Megan prefers thecooler temperatures ofwinter and the factthat there are no rat-tlesnakes to contendwith!

Memories:Whatever the way

they got married mighthave been lacking tra-dition, it more thanmade up for in creat-ing very special memo-ries for all involved.


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COOKING IS LIKE LOVE. Itshould be entered into withabandon or not at all. So saidHarriet Van Horne, an Ameri-can syndicated columnist.

Craig Nevil, stockbroker and Cle Elum resident,would agree. Only he would substitute the word ‘pas-

sion’ for ‘abandon.’ “If you ask me what makes a good cook,” he

said, “I’d say someone who has a passion for cook-ing and someone who likes to learn new things.”

That’s how things started ‘cooking’ for Nevil. As a hunter, several years back, he ended up

with a lot duck and pheasant – and he wanted tolearn what he could do with them.

His solution: skip out from work every day toattend cooking school.

“Everyone thought I was fishing,” Nevil smiled.“But I was attending a cooking course at BellevueCommunity College. We started out with French tech-niques and moved on to other categories from there.”

Since then, Nevil’s cooking experience has movedforward. Over the past 25 years he’s honed his skillsat the family dinner table, at dinner parties, donateddinners for charities and fundraisers, or he’ll show upwith a pot of something for a local occasion.

Nevil laughs when he talks about being asked tobring his spaghetti sauce to an event. He spent all daycooking and adding ingredients slowly and with care.


Cookingshould be a labor

COOKING IS A LABOR OF LOVE according to Craig Nevil, something to

be shared with family and friends. Here his friends enjoy the Cioppino

he cooked up. (l-r) Meagan Walker, Jami Parks and Eliza Stephenson.

Lyn Derrick photo

Says Cle Elum’s Craig Nevil

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If you want toimpress yourfriends andfamily trycooking Craig Nevil’sCioppino, a type of Bouillabaisse or fish stew.

But when he got to the event, theytold him to dump his sauce in the pot withall the rest, some of it likely from a jar. –Perhaps the thinking was that his saucewould elevate the whole.

But with food, that’s not exactly how itworks according to Nevil.

“That’s kind of like redistributing thewealth from the rich to the poor,” Nevillaughed. “Basically the overall average getsdragged down.”

“That’s a good cook, stockbroker, Re-publican comment,” he laughed again.

Cooking is definitely serious businessfor Nevil – just not too serious – as demon-strated by the perpetual smile on his faceas he’s talking about it.

“I enjoy having people over,” he said.“You start out by congregating in thekitchen – usually people want to see how Ido things. It’s kind of a social event. So thatworks out to about one hour of gettingready. Then you sit down to a long casualdinner that can go on for three to four

hours – basically until everyone can’t standeach other – and they have to get out ofthere,” he laughed.

His friends and family aren’t complain-ing. When it comes to picking a favorite‘Craig Nevil’ dish, it’s hard to choose ac-cording to his friend Eliza Stephenson.“There’s very little he doesn’t cook well,”she said. “And he doesn’t just cook onething. When you go to his house it’s sixcourses of wine and food.”

So what advice does Nevil have forbudding cooks? “Well, for one thing it’s in-sane to buy a set of pots and pans,” he said,“You won’t use all of them.”

All you need, he said, is one fairly largeand deep pot, a good knife, a minimal selec-tion of utensils and Nevil says, “I can teachyou to cook anything. Why waste moneyon a lot of pots you won’t use.”

Another suggestion: take a cookingclass like he did. “There are several in Seat-tle and Bellevue,” he said. “Or go to cooking

utensil stores, often they’ll have a demon-stration there. You can pick up a lot justwatching other good cooks.”

But the main thing is to spend moretime in the kitchen and, as Nevil says, treatcooking like a labor of love.

“As the world slows down more,” hesaid referring to the current economy.“Maybe more people will stay home withfriends and family – and that could be agood thing.” It will be for him. When youhave a passion for cooking there’s nothingbetter than sharing the food you preparewith the people you care about.

Except perhaps – encouraging thelove of cooking in others ¬– including hisown children. “My kids are already goodcooks,” Nevil said about his son anddaughter. “I just want to continue to instillin them an appreciation for the love ofcooking – and the family and friendshipsthat surround it.”

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3. Chop fish and shrimp into bite sizes and add. Cook 3minutes. Add shellfish and cook until open. For an alternative, add 1-2 T. Red Curry Paste and a can ofcoconut milk. Add ½ cup fresh Cilantro instead of Italianspices for this Thai version.

Well if this isn’t a tail-waggin’ event, I don’t knowwhat is! I can hardly keep from barking woof! woof,woof! every time I even THINK of my friend, Faith!Do you remember her? She’s the little dog wholearned to walk on her hind legs because she didn’thave any front legs? Faith was born with one leg infront that was so deformed, her humans had it surgi-cally removed. Since she didn’t even have a legformed (she was born like that) on the other side,that meant she didn’t have any legs at all. Faith nowlives in Oklahoma with her human family (they res-cued her when she was a pup), but will be coming toFort Lewis this year for a visit with her old friends onthe military base.

Guess where else she will be going? Bremerton!She’ll get to really meet, in dog, a whole class of kidsshe’s never met before at Esquire Hills ElementarySchool in Bremerton. That will be a special day forFaith and the kids!

Why?Mrs. Debbie Gray is a third-grade teacher who re-

ceived a video, via email, with Faith on the video.One day, she was trying to think of something inspir-ing for her class to do, so she showed them the videoabout Faith. Her kids fell in love with Faith after thefirst few seconds of watching the film!

Another day came, and the kids had a letter writingunit in their class. Mrs. Gray always put it to a voteabout who the letters should be written to. It wasunanimous! “We have to write to Faith!” all the stu-dents voiced in unison.

About twenty letters were sent. Mrs. Gray said thatthe kids are instructed to write these letters usingcorrect letter-writing structure (I think I’d ratherchase a stick!), so having read them all before send-ing, helps her remember what was in them. Mrs. Graysaid, “The thing the children wanted to know aboutthe most was how Faith learned to walk. Was itquickly? Or was it a slow process?” She also told methat one of her students connected right away withFaith, the dog, because her mom’s name is Faith!

“They will probably write to her again. They were soimpressed with Faith.” Truly anyone who sees evenher picture will be inspired by Faith, the little dogwho could!

Dogs were ring bearers at a wedding?Sam and Sarge were the “ring-bearers” at the mar-

riage of their humans in 2007! Sam was Megan’s dogand he still loves her dearly. Sarge was Paul’s dog andlikes to stay rightwith him. Bothdogs were pres-ent at Paul andMegan’s “unusualwedding” and be-cause the Bartelsdon’t have anychildren, thedogs get to fillthat slot! Bothpooches also gotto walk Megandown the “aisle”and up to Paul.That’s really prettycool, if you ask me,woof!

Since the wedding, two more pooches have beenadded to the family. Cooter and Zip are much youngerthan Sam and Sarge, so the elders get to help teachthe youngsters! They are all extremely well-behavedand get to do just about the same things as any child.Sounds like a good life to me - Woof!

SARGE (shown here) and Sam got to be thering-bearers for their very own human be-ings! The rings were intertwined in a ban-dana placed around the neck of each dog.

photo courtesy of the Bartels

By Dixie Dog

Letters of love to Faith


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It’s springtime again on March 20. That’s the day of the Vernal Equinox, which isthe day the Earth’s axis is neither toward the Sun nor away from it, but exactlysideways or perpendicular. There are always two equinoxes each year, one in thespring and the autumn. The Spring Equinox signifies the first day of spring whenyou’re in the Northern Hemisphere and the name “equinox” is Latin for “night”being “equal” to day. At the moment when the Earth’s axis points the planet’s equa-tor directly at the Sun, the length of our day is about as equal as it can get to thelength of our night! We then will have LONGER days because the Earth continuesto orbit the Sun and because of our planet’s tilt, we get more sunlight! Don’t con-fuse this day with March 14, which is when Daylight Saving Time begins.


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The end of themonth has somespectacular celestialevents, such as theplanet Saturn reach-ing opposition onMarch 21, and also,Mercury will be visi-ble with the brightplanet Venus loom-ing closely above.

Though Mars is past its prime, it still is a good subject to ob-serve with a telescope. The Red Planet will be visibly high inthe sky if you look in the southeast as darkness approaches.

Full MoonThe Full Moon this month occurs on March 29 and is

also called the Full Worm Moon. Can you guess why? It isnamed for the return of the robins and Springtime! Haveyou ever observed the Moon? It is the brightest and biggestobject in the night sky and also the closest. You can see itwith your naked eyes, binoculars or a telescope. What detailsdo you see? It is also a good idea to use a “moon filter” on atelescope lens because of the reflected light.

MeteorsThis month there aren’t a lot of good meteors showers,

so you’re best bet is to watch for a sporadic meteor. Or youcan go for the Gamma Normidmeteor shower which peaksjust before dawn on March 13.The moon won’t interfere thisyear, so that’s good for viewers.The most it has ever producedis four per hour. It is best for me-teor shower observers who arein the southern United States,but then again, maybe you’ll getto see a couple of long streaksin the sky from Kittitas County!

Sunday, March 21This is the night that Saturn

reaches its opposition. At opposi-tion, the ringed planet will be atits closest position to the Sun.It’s also the closest distanceto the Earth, so Saturn willappear its biggest for the year.

The planet rises at the east-

ern horizon near sunset on the 21st, climbs to a high pointin the south at midnight, and sets in the west as dawn appears.For anyone wanting to see Saturn, it will be appearing then atits largest and brightest for the entire year! In fact, if you have atelescope you can look for Saturn most anytime in March andyou’ll discover something beautiful! This is also the first time in15 years that we’ve been able to northern edge of Saturn’srings. Their edge only was visible all last year.

If you decide to get a telescope or already have one, onMarch 9/10 you’ll get to see Saturn’s brightest and closestmoons, Rhea, Dione, Enceladus, Mimas and Tethys.The bigger moon, Titan should be about 100 degrees tothe east of its parent planet. Saturn’s other visible moon,Iapetus, lays almost directly below it at an easy 60 degrees.It’s best to view the moons in the evening.

An interesting thing about the Red Planet, Mars, is thatduring the middle of March (on the 11th to be exact) it willstop moving in its westward direction and begin to moveeastward, slowly. As March closes, Mars will continue retreat-ing and dimming, but still offers fine views through a tele-scope. If you have a telescope handy, the best viewing forMars will be at mid-evening or when the planet is high inthe southern sky on March 1, March 8, March 15, March 22,and March 29 because of the “known” detail you get to see.

PlanetsYou get a chance to view five of the eight planets this

month. In the evening you can plan to see Mercury rising inthe west on March 22. It appears about 20 minutes after sun-set so there is still a bright sky. If it is hazy at all, forget trying

to see the tiny planet! If you can’t see Mercury, look

for Venus, which will a larger,bright sphere about 9 degreesabove Mercury.

We already discussed Marswhich rises in the west and re-member to gaze at Saturn whileyou’re outside at night. The bestviewing for Saturn will be at theplanet’s opposition.

Jupiter (rises in the east justbefore dawn) is always a greatviewing object because of itssize. The planet is HUGE! That’swhy it is called the “gas giant”

sometimes. Jupiter is unin-habitable because it is madeof gases, and it is big –hence the term “gas giant”.

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THIS MONTAGE OF IMAGES from the Saturnian system was prepared byusing several images taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft as it encounteredSaturn. Saturn’s moons that are imaged are Dione (foreground), Saturnbehind, Tethys and Memas to the right distance, with Enceladus and Rheaoff to the left. Titan is at the top. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL - Pasadena, CA

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12. Common mixer13. “Funny Girl” composer Jule21. TV reporter Roberts22. “It’d be my pleasure”26. “Did you __?”27. Low man in the choir28. Brand for Fido30. Sugar bowl raiders31. Grand __ (Wyoming peak)34. Sovereign’s seat35. Webmaster’s creation37. Twin-hulled boat38. Letters near “0” on a phone39. River of Flanders

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MARCH 2Jon Bon Jovi, Singer (48)

MARCH 6Tom Arnold, Actor (51)

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MARCH 19Bruce Willis, Actor (55)

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MARCH 26Martin Short, Comic (60)

MARCH 29Lucy Lawless, Actress (42)

MARCH 30Celine Dion, Singer (42)

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THE FIRST BACKBOARDS WERE WIRE.

Start by planning for a bountiful gardening year

Whether we dream about a beautiful landscape, a secludedbench with native plants and wildlife or perhaps about a patiosurrounded by beds filled with flowers, we are at the first stagesof planning. Or if you daydream of growing your own food, bit-ing into that first vine ripened tomato and having freshly pickedsalad greens, you are beginning plans for your vegetable garden.

It’s usually about mid-December when I begin to count thedays until the first catalog comes in the mail. I really look for-ward to the day when all the chores of the holidays are doneand I can sit by the fire and go through those catalogs.

Whether it is the vegetable garden or the flower beds, I promisemyself again this year that I will not be found wandering aroundthe yard with an (impulsively purchased) potted plant in hand look-ing for a place to put it. I am really going to plan ahead this year.

You can decide which vegetables to plant by listing the kindyour family likes to eat and list them in order of preference todetermine the amount. And how do you plan to use your crops?Whether you just want fresh vegetables for the table or if youplan to can, freeze, dry or simply store your harvest for later willdetermine the size of the garden and the varieties you select.

Draw out your design on paper, I find graph paper easiest towork with. If you use tracing paper you can lay it out over yourfinal garden design from last year and be able to rotate yourcrops at a glance. On your design consider permanent gardenstructures and paths and don’t forget to include perennial plantslike rhubarb and asparagus that need to be placed in an areawhere they can grow undisturbed.

Intensive GardeningModern gardens are departing from the traditional single row

of plants with spaces between the rows for hoeing and walking.When you draw your garden design think intensive gardening.You can grow as many as 10 rows in a 30-inch wide bed orbroadcast seeds in a specific area.

Also, a packet of mixed salad green seeds are happy to growcloser together and in fact they benefit from it. When you plantcloser together weeds will be shaded out so they won’t grow asrampant and soil moisture will not evaporate as fast in the mid-daysun. If you choose to pack your vegetables closer together it’s impor-tant to pay attention to soil fertility and texture since more plantswill be feeding from the soil. Test your soil for fertility and add whatis recommended. And, your garden would benefit from adding finelyscreened compost into the top couple of inches of soil.

Try to group plants that have similar growing periods. Plantearlier spring crops together so that after you harvest them youcan plant later crops in those areas. This is called successionplanting and will make the most of an intensive garden. An ex-ample of succession planting would be planting cool seasoncrops such as broccoli, lettuce and peas followed by warm sea-son crops like beans, tomatoes and peppers.

Consider water requirements. If you wish to grow herbs inthe vegetable garden you may want to include basil, chives, dill,mint and parsley that require an evenly moist soil. Lavender,oregano, sage and thyme can be located where they get lesswater, perhaps in a drier area of the flower garden or in pots.

The size of your garden may be determined by who will bedoing the work – is the whole family involved or are you goingto be working alone? It’s important that you keep weeds out ofthe garden as weeds successfully compete with your vegetablesfor nutrients and water. A small, but weed-free garden actuallyproduces more than a large area filled with weeds.

In your eagerness to get started early be careful not to till orwalk around on the soil when it is still very wet, that will de-stroy the soil structure, which may take years to rebuild. Test soilmoisture by squeezing a handful of soil, if it stays in a mud ball itis too wet, if it crumbles freely, it is about right.

Start Seedlings IndoorsOrder your vegetable and garden seeds early; you don’t want to

find your favorite varieties are all sold out by the time your ordergoes in. To check any left over seeds from last year for germination,take 10 seeds and put them in a moist paper towel and place themin a plastic bag. Put them in a warm area (on top of the refrigeratoris a good place) and if less than 6 seeds germinate, buy more seeds.

Now is the time to start seeds indoors for transplanting in thegarden later. Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, lettuce, leeks,brussels sprouts and tomatoes are good specimens for transplant-ing. Sterile potting mix, containers, water, labels and a sunny win-dow will suffice to begin most vegetables, herbs and annualflowers. Don’t use garden soil; use a sterile seedling plantingmixture as your planting medium. You can use almost any con-tainer that has good drainage, but I do not recommend using peatpots because they don’t break down well in our dry alkaline soils.

Plant seeds according to cold hardiness and speed of germina-tion, sowing dates can range from 4 to 12 weeks prior to the lastfrost. The Department of Agriculture lists the average first frost-freeday in Lower County as May 10, and in Upper County it’s May 31.

For Smaller Garden SpacesFor smaller garden spaces choose plants that give a good yield

for the space they occupy, for example beans, peas and tomatoes.Don’t forget that fruit trees can be espaliered to grow flat againsta wall in very small spaces. If you order them soon they will bedelivered in time to plant bare root in spring. They will be smallenough and easy to work with as they grow into your space.

If you plant tomatoes on a trellis against a south facing wall itwill provide shelter from the wind and the sun will be reflected offthe wall to bring more light and heat to the entire plant surface. Ifyou have a place for more trellises out in the garden you can planfor growing plants that traditionally take up lots of garden spacesuch as cucumbers, pole beans, peas, melons and summer squash.

You can also incorporate some of your favorite vegetables intothe overall landscape design without having to carve out a specialvegetable garden area. Scarlet runner beans have beautiful flowersin the spring and will climb over an arbor, chives can be used asan edging plant and clumps of bronze-tinted lettuce or the varietyof ‘bright lights’ Swiss chard will add nice foliage contrast.

For your gardening questions contact the WSU Master Gar-dener offices anytime and a Master Gardener will return yourcall. The Diagnostic Clinic is open May through September,Tuesdays 11:30 am - 2:30 pm at the WSU Extension Office,507 Nanum Rm. 2, Ellensburg; Phone: (509) 962-7507 orUpper Kittitas County Toll-Free: (509) 674-2584.


Fall in lovewith your

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By Nola Foster, WSU Extension Master Gardener

MARCH • 2010❖ MONDAY, MARCH 1

Cascade Field & Stream Club, 7:00 p.m. at Sunset Cafe in Cle Elum. Info: call 509-674-1714.

❖ FRIDAY, MARCH 5“Working on the Railroad” Northwest Railway Museum’s bi-annual benefit, Snoqualmie.For more ticket info, call 425-888-3030, ext 202.

❖ FRIDAY - SUNDAY, MARCH 5-7AIARE LEVEL 1 AVALANCHE COURSESNorthwest Mountain School’s 2010 AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Courses Steven's Pass & Leavenworth Reservations required, call 509-548-5823 or visit online at: www.mountainschool.com.

❖ SATURDAY, MARCH 6Kittitas Audubon Society First Saturday Bird Walk, 8:00 a.m., meet at Irene Rinehart parking lot near Ellensburg. Most walks run 2 hrs. Everyone welcome. For info, visit www.kittitasaudubon.org.

Forest Service Interpretive Snowshoe Walk, Snoqualmie Pass, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. every Sat & Sun. Reservations are required. Special outings scheduled for families with children. Call 425-434-6111.

Seusapalooza Auction & Chili Feed6:00-9:00 p.m., NWI Building, 101 E. Pennsylvania, Suite 4 (enter on First Street across from Marko’s)Contact for event ticket: Friends of the Roslyn Library for more information, 509-649-3420.

KXLE Home, Business & Garden Expo(March 6-7) Kittitas County Fairgrounds, Ellensburg.For more info, call 509-925-1488

❖ MONDAY, MARCH 8Kittitas County Snow Grooming Council7:00 p.m. at Tom L. Craven Conference Room, Cle Elum Ranger District, 803 W. Second St.For info, call Howard Briggs at 509-674-7229.

❖ THURSDAY, MARCH 11Alpine Lakes Trail Riders (ALTR) chapter ofBack Country Horsemen of WA, 7:00 p.m. at the Roslyn Riders Clubhouse off State Route 903. For info, call Dana Bailey, (509) 304-8701.

CWU presents: Rick Steves’ Iran, 7:30 p.m.Music Building Concert Hall, Central Washington University, Ellensburg. For ticket information, visit www.cwu.edupresident/series or 509-963-1301.

❖ FRIDAY, MARCH 12Landscaping for Wildlife workshop9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Barn Beach Reserve,347 Division Street, Leavenworth. For moreinfo, visit online at: barnbeachreserve.org.

❖ SATURDAY, MARCH 13Running Water Spittoon Race & Nautical BallThe Brick, downtown Roslyn; 509-649-2643.

Hearthstone Cottage Spring Bazaar9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Ellensburg.For more info, visit www.FrontierMgmt.com.

❖ SUNDAY, MARCH 14Daylight Saving Time begins.

❖ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17St. Patrick’s Day Corn Beef & Cabbage eventCle Elum Eagles Club, 220 Pennsylvania Ave.For more information, call, 509-674-2385.

❖ FRIDAY, MARCH 19KCHM Lunch and Lecture Series - Women's Votes, Women's Voices Theme12:00 p.m. at the Kittitas Co. Historical MuseumEllensburg; 509-925-3778 or [email protected].

❖ SATURDAY, MARCH 20SPRING BEGINS!

Swauk-Teanway Grange Chili Cookoff and Cowboy Concert at the Grange Hall, 1361 Ballard Hill Road, Cle Elum. For more info,call Claire Lucke, 509-857-2580.

❖ FRIDAY, MARCH 26‘Final Friday’ Live Music & Art Walk5:00 - 9:00 p.m., downtown Roslyn.For more information, call 509-649-2551.

• MARCH EXHIBITS •• Carpenter House Museum and High Country

Artist Gallery, Cle Elum; 509-674-9766.

• Roslyn Museum203 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Roslyn; 509-649-2355.

• Clymer Museum of Art416 N. Pearl St., Ellensburg; 509-962-6416.

• Kittitas County Historical Museum114 E. Third Ave., Ellensburg; 509-925-3778.


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