Autumn

Read more about the article Wallyhood Waters: Our Salmon Neighbors
Salmon swimming upstream (photo courtesy of Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group)

Wallyhood Waters: Our Salmon Neighbors

A Wallyhood Waters series Hello fellow Wallyhooders, This fall, I had the opportunity to learn about our watershed by participating in a training offered through Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, called Community Action Training School (CATS). Mid Sound helps restore habitat within the Sammamish watershed to support salmon recovery. Through CATS, I’ve developed a newfound appreciation for the rainy season. Here’s why: This fall season kicked off with warm and dry conditions—not ideal for our salmon neighbors, who need abundant cool and…

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Halloween decoration giveaway this Saturday

Santa Sharon has a deal for you. For more than 40 years, Sharon Ehrig decorated her home on Woodlawn Avenue North with thousands of Christmas lights and other decorations.  Her home was so brightly decorated that it was on the old-time Metro bus tour of Christmas lights for 10 years.  And for 18 years, Ehrig dressed in a Santa suit and sat on her front porch, rocking for hours as visitors passed by. But all that ended in 2011 after Ehrig…

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Read more about the article Late Summer and Fall Blooms
Oxydendrum arboreum, sourwood tree; photo from Seattle Times

Late Summer and Fall Blooms

Landscapes are looking very “late summer” right now - parched, actually. Our summer-dry climate is known as “Mediterranean”, for the lack of rain (more or less) June – September.* For this reason, after the spring flush of bloom, it may be hard to keep the garden looking interesting. Native plants are programmed to take advantage of early moisture and set fruit early, so they can endure the dry season. Therefore, we often turn to non-natives to keep things interesting, and fortunately…

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Harvest Breakfast at WCSC

If you have plans to come to the Harvest Fair at Meridian Park on Saturday (9/8), come early and come hungry! The Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC) is hosting a Harvest Breakfast, in the basement of The Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North) from 9:00am to 11:30am. Kathleen Cromp of the WCSC writes, "This year we’re changing it up a bit and will feature a burrito bar – including homemade muffins, homemade salsa!" Tasty Seasonal Fare for Our Neighbors &…

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Register now for fall soccer

If you’ve ever been to the Wallingford Playfield on a Saturday in Autumn, then you’ve no doubt seen the frenetic swarm of orange jerseys belonging to the Woodland Soccer Club. Autumn may seem far off, but it's now time to register your kiddos for the Club’s 2012 Fall Recreational Soccer.  There are approximately 1100 kids who play for the Woodland Soccer Club, which is open to all boys and girls ages 5 and up, with the majority of the games and practices held…

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Meridian School cleans up

On Thursday morning, kindergartners through fifth graders from The Meridian School were out at Meridian Park and on nearby Bagley raking, weeding, sweeping, and picking up litter.   The efforts were a part of The Meridian School’s annual fall Community Service Day.  At the north end of the park, fourth graders worked with an arborist from Sustainable Wallingford to measure trees, while parents worked hard at an apple press, making homemade cider.  I gotta tell ya -- honestly --  it was the…

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Wallingford in Autumn Photo Contest Results

Back in early October, we announced a week-long photo contest, themed "Wallingford in Autumn", in which we promised to award a bag of Pangaea Organica's Wallingford-roasted coffee to two winners: best overall photo and best photo taken with a mobile phone. The weeks dragged on. At one point, we pretended that we were intentionally extending the contest, but a reader called us out on our laziness. Well, the long wait is over folks, and we hereby announce the winners: Also, because…

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