Monthly Archives: May 2024

Sat May 11th 1000-1100 zoom presentation – Soil Health: Management to Sampling & Testing. Presenter: Rosy Smit, WSU Extension Agriculture Program Coordinator for Snohomish County

Updated Post: Recording of talk is now available. Rosy’s Soil Health online zoom presentation May 11, 2024 to STFS members is available for public viewing until May 11, 2025.

 

Rosy’s contact info: Rosy Smit, Agriculture Program Coordinator WSU Snohomish County Extension (Phone: 425.357.6024, Email:rosy.smit@wsu.edu Website:snohomish.wsu.edu)

 

Resources referenced in Rosy’s talk now available on the STFS resources webpage.

 

STFS USP newsletter 42 01 2024 Jan includes a list of soil health resources and soil testing resources previously provided by Rosy during an earlier Jan 2024 presentation.

 

Not a STFS member, but interested in growing fruit in the Puget Sound region? Consider joining STFS. Recent STFS USP newsletters are available online for background on STFS activities and resources.

All welcomed to attend. FREE. From Rosy: The presentation will cover soil health basics in Western Washington as well as how soil testing can provide valuable data to make informed decisions about soil management practices to improve soil health.  Learn how to take an accurate soil sample, soil testing parameters, where to send your sample(s), and how to interpret the results. Rosy is the WSU Extension Agriculture Program Coordinator for Snohomish County.  Previously, she worked on multiple local certified organic farms leading food system education programming and vegetable, perennial and livestock production, on various scales.  Passionate about soil, farm-based education and pollination, she loves fruit (growing and eating it) and comes from seven generations of farmers, was raised on a dairy in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, has an BSc in Agro-ecology and a MSc in Soil Science, both from the University of British Columbia. Rosy will be recording and controlling the zoom software through WSU Zoom Meetings. Join Zoom Meeting from computer or other smarter device: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/93683989664 Meeting ID: 936 8398 9664 Join by Telephone (long distance) Dial: US: +1 253 215 8782 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 9128 Meeting ID: 936 8398 9664 Phone one-tap: US: +16465588656,,93683989664# or +16699009128,,93683989664# Share Screen/Content Wirelessly Go to https://share.zoom.us Meeting ID: 936 8398 9664 Guide on WSU Zoom Joining Meetings and Best Practices and more info at its.wsu.edu/zoom Plans are to zoom-record Rosy’s talk and make available to interested individuals unable to attend on 5/11. Any questions? Contact Trent (email trelwing@gmail.com DM/phone 206.517.3118).