Although summer is winding down, many vegetable gardens are at their peak of productivity and still demand attention. To make that work easier, home gardeners can get timely advice from local experts about vegetable gardening from noon-1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.

The event is part of the popular 2014 Lunch in the Garden educational series sponsored by WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners. Since May local Master Gardeners have led a monthly walk through the community garden to show home gardeners what needs to be done in vegetable gardens each month and what problems are likely to appear.

This month veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton and Jeanette Stehr-Green will talk about harvesting pumpkins, cover crops, saving seeds, putting the garden to bed for the winter, and more. They also will answer questions and share recipes that use fresh local produce.

Cain joined Master Gardeners in 2009 and was Clallam County Master Gardener Foundation President from 2011-2013. Moulton has been a Master Gardener since 2006 and coordinated the WSU Master Gardener Program in Clallam County from 2012-2014. Stehr-Green has been a Master Gardener since 2003 and was the 2012 Clallam County Veteran Master Gardener of the Year. All three have been growing vegetables and herbs for many years.

Lunch in the Garden is free and open to the public. The walks are ideal for persons starting a vegetable garden for the first time and gardeners who are new to the Pacific Northwest but have proven more beneficial to the more experienced vegetable gardener as well.

The Fifth Street Community Garden is located just off Peabody Street, right across from City Hall. The garden includes over 50 individuals plots that are each 9 feet by 12 feet. The garden was developed on city property in 2011 with a vision to connect people to the earth and their community through growing food. For more information about Lunch in the Garden, call 565-2679.