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EDUCATION
Molbak’s Pollinator Celebration
Celebrate National Pollinator Week with us at Molbak’s! Bring the family and join us for this special day celebrating our pollen- bearing friends and the great work they do to help owers and food grow. Enjoy nature crafts and activities for the kids, performances by Lisa Taylor and the Garden Critter Academy, Pollinator Container Garden demonstrations and more! Learn more about what we can do to protect the health of pollinators while helping the environment.
Why celebrate pollinators?
These hard-working creatures including butter ies, bees, birds and other small mammals are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food.
June 26 | 10am – 3pm
For more information visit molbaks.com
13625 NE 175th St. , Woodinville, 98072
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Ways to ‘Bee’ a Pollinator Pal
Celebrate National Pollinator Week this month!
Many pollinators, including honeybees and native bees, are in trouble and need our help. Here are ve ways your family can create a pollinator-friendly garden to provide them with the food, shelter and safety they need to do their work and raise their young.
“Bee” gentle. Pollinating bugs and birds are fragile and easily hurt. Be calm and quiet when you see a butter y, bee, beetle or hummingbird outside — look, but don’t touch!
“Bee” choosy. Select a variety of owering plants, trees and shrubs to plant — including lots of native species — that will bloom from spring into fall, providing reliable sources of nectar and pollen for them to feed on.
“Bee” smart. Using pesticides (even those certi ed for organic gardens) to kill “bad bugs” harms pollinators, too. Keep pesticide use to a minimum, and commit to buying only organic fruits and vegetables as another important way to protect pollinators. “Bee” a good landlord. Provide pollinators with a consistent source of water, such as a shallow basin of water, slow faucet drip or a good old-fashioned mud puddle. Learn how to make a safe nesting habitat for pollinating bees, such as mason bees, at parentmap.com/bees.
“Bee”come an expert. Our pollinator friends are fascinating — and vital to the production of one-third of the crops we depend on. Learn more about them by visiting pollinator.org.
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Family-owned Molbak’s Garden + Home has been part of the city of Woodinville since 1956. Its mission is to connect people with one another and their surroundings through gardening, educational events and community involvement.
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Nettles Farm, Lummi Island
4300 Matia View Dr., Lummi Island • 360-758-7616
Got some budding chefs or fishing enthusiasts on your crew? A stay at Lummi Island’s Nettles Farm (nettlesfarm.com) will suit these interests and perhaps inspire some new ones. Come ready for some serious cooking here. You’ll find gourmet kitchens stocked with a wood-burning stove and everything you need for a home-cooked country breakfast. There is also a covered outdoor eating area, a grill and a dedicated kitchen garden. Pick your own fresh greens, herbs and veggies. Your kids will swoon over the outdoor pizza oven, and even the pickiest eaters will get in on the game.
Grab a prepacked pizza kit or sign up for one of the cooking workshops (better suited for the grown-ups and teens) to make your own dough, learn to cure salmon roe and more. Lodging options include the Farmhouse, with three bedrooms, a deck and a scented steam shower; and The Farmhouse Suite, which sleeps two. There are additional overflow rooms available for larger groups.
Don’t miss the awesome kids’ play cubby, stocked with toys and games! For even more excitement, look into the reef-netting tours run by the Salish Center for Sustainable Fishing Methods (salishcenter.org) for a firsthand look at commercial salmon fishing.
Monteillet Fromagerie
Pebble Cove Farm Monteillet Fromagerie
Monteillet Fromagerie, Dayton
109 Ward Rd., Dayton • 509-876-1429 • monteilletcheese@gmail.com
Spread out across 32 acres along the Walla Walla Valley’s Touchet River, Monteillet Fromagerie (monteilletcheese.com) is all about the cheese. This fromagerie raises goats and sheep to produce small batches of artisanal cheeses. Spring brings cuteness galore, with lambs, kid goats and newly hatched ducklings. In summer, milking and cheesemaking are in full swing. Families with older kiddos can even try their hand in a cheesemaking or canning workshop.
Explore the property from The Gîte (French for “holiday home”), a sweet three-bedroom cottage that comes with a fully equipped kitchen, antique woodstove and a fridge stocked with farm-fresh dairy, eggs, meats and bread. The bathroom features an old-fashioned cast-iron tub. The valley’s picturesque setting affords some amazing hiking and cycling, and in the warmer months, the river beckons with opportunities to splash, swim and fish.
