MGs offer class on growing, harvesting garlic

The WSU Master Gardeners will host a class on growing garlic, which gardeners will want to plant from a clove in the fall.

In this class you will learn which garlic variety matches your location and microclimate. Your heads of garlic will be ready to harvest in the summer, during the middle of the vegetable garden season. After you harvest and clean out the bed, you can plant another crop in the same bed. In addition to having an intense flavor and many culinary uses, the “stinking rose” also serves as an insect repellent in the garden and has been used as a home remedy for centuries.

The class will take place Thursday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and will be taught by Marcia Sands, a Spokane Master Gardener. The class fee is $5, ($3 for MGs), and can be paid by cash, check, money order, or through PayPal.

This class will be held at the WSU Extension Office, 227 South Garden Ave., Newport.

To register for the class contact Beverly Sarles, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at 509-447-2401 or via email anytime at beverly.sarles@wsu.edu.