Published: Thursday, November 26, 2009
Nuts and bolts
Turkey oil recycling: If you’re deep frying your turkey for Thanksgiving and you don’t plan to reuse the oil, do not dump it down the drain.
Large amounts of cooking oil, even if poured down the drain with hot or boiling water, can cause damage to your municipal wastewater system.
Standard Biofuels, which buys used cooking oil from restaurants, is collecting the oil — this weekend only — for reuse as biodiesel fuel.
See www.standardbiodiesel.com or call 877-673-3835 for a list of participating Puget Sound restaurants and other collection sites in Snohomish County.
Restaurants will contribute the money they would normally be paid for the oil to Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Snohomish County’s household hazardous waste drop-off station in downtown Everett also accepts used cooking oil year-round during limited hours. See www1.co.snohomish.wa.us or call 425-388-6050 for more information.
Get your greenery: The Washington Park Arboretum Foundation’s annual holiday sale and fundraiser, “Gifts & Greens Galore,” will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle.
Shoppers will find a wide selection of wreaths, swags and fresh-cut greens, plus gifts from arboretum shop vendors and handmade holiday cards by a natural crafts study group.
There will also be a gift-wrapping station and seasonal refreshments such as mulled cider, hot cocoa and cookies.
Enjoy live harp music from 4 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 4, followed by a 75th anniversary reception and slide presentation from 6 to 7 p.m. with hot toddies made with honey from arboretum beehives.
Call 206-325-4510 or see www.arboretumfoundation.org for more information, including how to avoid football-game traffic on Dec. 5.
Tour the world: The University Bookstore will host plant expert and collector Dan Hinkley at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 at 4326 University Way NE, Seattle.
Hinkley, who travels the world for exotic plants, will discuss his 2009 book, “The Explorer’s Garden: Shrubs and Vines From the Four Corners of the World.”
Hinkley, founder of the original Heronswood Nursery in Kingston, will present outstanding selections from his plant-collecting trips to Chile, Costa Rica, South Africa, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, New Zealand, Europe and North America.
Call 206-634-3400 or see www.bookstore.washington.edu for more information.
Mark your calendar: The Everett Public Library is offering two free classes this winter for gardeners.
Revived interest in eating locally and growing your own food can evolve into keeping hens in your own back yard. Learn how in “Urban Chickens” at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 with Laura Faley, a 4-H leader and owner of Hidden Meadows Ranch in Mount Vernon.
Join local horticulturist and landscape designer Zsofia Pasztor for “Rain Gardens” at 2 p.m. March 27.
You’ll learn how to build a rain garden to conserve water, and spend less time working and more time enjoying your yard.
Classes will be at the main library at 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Call 425-257-8000 or see www.epls.org for more information.
Herald staff
Large amounts of cooking oil, even if poured down the drain with hot or boiling water, can cause damage to your municipal wastewater system.
Standard Biofuels, which buys used cooking oil from restaurants, is collecting the oil — this weekend only — for reuse as biodiesel fuel.
See www.standardbiodiesel.com or call 877-673-3835 for a list of participating Puget Sound restaurants and other collection sites in Snohomish County.
Restaurants will contribute the money they would normally be paid for the oil to Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Snohomish County’s household hazardous waste drop-off station in downtown Everett also accepts used cooking oil year-round during limited hours. See www1.co.snohomish.wa.us or call 425-388-6050 for more information.
Get your greenery: The Washington Park Arboretum Foundation’s annual holiday sale and fundraiser, “Gifts & Greens Galore,” will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Drive E., Seattle.
Shoppers will find a wide selection of wreaths, swags and fresh-cut greens, plus gifts from arboretum shop vendors and handmade holiday cards by a natural crafts study group.
There will also be a gift-wrapping station and seasonal refreshments such as mulled cider, hot cocoa and cookies.
Enjoy live harp music from 4 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 4, followed by a 75th anniversary reception and slide presentation from 6 to 7 p.m. with hot toddies made with honey from arboretum beehives.
Call 206-325-4510 or see www.arboretumfoundation.org for more information, including how to avoid football-game traffic on Dec. 5.
Tour the world: The University Bookstore will host plant expert and collector Dan Hinkley at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 at 4326 University Way NE, Seattle.
Hinkley, who travels the world for exotic plants, will discuss his 2009 book, “The Explorer’s Garden: Shrubs and Vines From the Four Corners of the World.”
Hinkley, founder of the original Heronswood Nursery in Kingston, will present outstanding selections from his plant-collecting trips to Chile, Costa Rica, South Africa, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, New Zealand, Europe and North America.
Call 206-634-3400 or see www.bookstore.washington.edu for more information.
Mark your calendar: The Everett Public Library is offering two free classes this winter for gardeners.
Revived interest in eating locally and growing your own food can evolve into keeping hens in your own back yard. Learn how in “Urban Chickens” at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 with Laura Faley, a 4-H leader and owner of Hidden Meadows Ranch in Mount Vernon.
Join local horticulturist and landscape designer Zsofia Pasztor for “Rain Gardens” at 2 p.m. March 27.
You’ll learn how to build a rain garden to conserve water, and spend less time working and more time enjoying your yard.
Classes will be at the main library at 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Call 425-257-8000 or see www.epls.org for more information.
Herald staff
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