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This week we were visited by Sherwin Bitsui for an afternoon discussion and reading.  You can find more information and his website here. He is a nationally famous poet that is in La Conner for the biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival.  … Continue reading →

The May flowers are blooming at our site.  Here we see the Camas plants that have been in bloom this week at Swinomish.  It was a perfect time to be talking about flowers and flower parts in the Plant Biology class.  It was … Continue reading →

The Plant Biology class visited The Nature Conservancy’s restoration project at Port Susan Bay outside of Stanwood, WA. After eight years of planning and permitting this restoration project is ready to begin. The levees will be removed this summer, and … Continue reading →

Today the Honor the Gift of Food class toured several Skagit Valley farms to learn more about local food production and food systems.  We visited Kai at Hedlin Farms and learned about their interesting and diverse 400-acre mixed vegetable, fruit … Continue reading →

We are moving along through the spring quarter. It is hard to believe that April is almost over.  Today we featured brussels sprouts in our weekly potluck.  They were sauteed in olive oil with walnuts!  Yum.  This side dish went … Continue reading →

On April 4th I was able to visit with NWIC cooperative extension and other tribal community gardeners around western Washington at the 3rd Annual Tribal Community Garden Forum in Tacoma, hosted by the Puyallup tribe.  It was so exciting to … Continue reading →

With the break of sunshine we had this week we were able to start getting the mulch spread and the garden beds installed in the food garden area. This area will be used for service learning in the Plant Biology … Continue reading →

We still have a few more weeks of winter but we are excited about spring and the possibilities for our community garden.  The garden committee has been meeting and planning and we are looking for new sources of funding to … Continue reading →

  A chilly day for sampling on the south fork of the Skagit River. During Fall 2011 quarter, students in CHEM 111 were able to participate in a research proejct that looked at water quality parameters in the Skagit River.  … Continue reading →