Master Gardener’s Answer Clinic:

Email the Volunteer Master Gardeners your question at mganswerclinic@clark.wa.gov.

Call (564) 397-5711.

More info:   https://extension.wsu.edu/clark/master-gardeners/community-education/#clinic

PRESSURE CANNER GAUGE TESTING:

by WSU Extension Volunteers at various locations and times through September 20! Call 564 397 5733 for specific times/locations.   (WA State, Clark County, Extension office: Tues-Wed: 8:30am- 2pm, Thurs-Fri: 11:30-5pm; closed Mondays and holidays.)
* WSU Extension office at the Heritage Farm, 1919 NE 79th St, Vancouver
* Second Mile Food Hub, 11819 NE Highway 99, Suite C, Vancouver
* Battle Ground Wilco Farm Store, 15 W Main St, Battle Ground, WA 98604

To have a gauge tested, bring the lid and gauge attached. (NOTE per the Penn State extension office: “Pressure canners with a weighted gauge do not need to be tested for accuracy because they cannot go out of calibration. “)

More info on pressure canners and testing: https://extension.psu.edu/pressure-canner-dial-gauge-testing

Master Gardener’s Answer Clinic: Email Master Gardeners your question at mganswerclinic@clark.wa.gov.

More info: More info: https://extension.wsu.edu/clark/master-gardeners/community-education/#clinic

Questions about Canning and Preserving Classes in Clark County?

There are still some canning and preserving classes taught in Clark County and when we learn of the next classes, we will tell you.   The program is now run by the Lewis  County, WSU Extension Office.

A little background. Up until 2020, Clark County’s “Master Food Preserver Program” offered in-person classes on how to can and preserve.  However, the program ended in Clark County and now Lewis County’s WSU Extension Office (to the north of us) has continued the program, and classes are offered periodically in Clark County.  (Some of the teachers are Clark County residents.)