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Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook
Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook
Northwest Gardener’s Handbook: Select, plan, plant, maintain, problem-solve
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Birds in the Garden
Attracting birds
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Birdwatching Resources
My Backyard Birds
American Goldfinch
Bald Eagle
Black-billed Magpie
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown-headed Cowbird
California Quail
Common Raven
Common Redpoll
Cooper’s Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Kingbird
Eurasian Collared Dove
European Starling
Finch (Cassin’s, House, Purple)
Gray Catbird
Great Blue Heron
Grosbeaks
House Wren
Hummingbirds
Lark Sparrow
Lazuli Bunting
Mallard Duck
Merlin
Mountain Chickadee
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Northern Goshawk
Northern Shrike
Pine Siskin
Red Crossbill
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Robin
Say’s Phoebe
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Song Sparrow
Sparrow (White-crowned, White-throated)
Spotted Towhee
Townsend’s Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Waxwings
Western Bluebird
Western Meadowlark
Western Tanager
Western Wood-Pewee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Woodpeckers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Herb Growing Guide
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Organic Pest Control
How to Identify an Insect
Organic Pest Control Products and Methods
Apple Codling Moth Attractant
Apple Maggot Barriers
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
Beer traps
Cherry Fruit Fly Monitoring Traps
Codling Moth Monitoring Traps
Copper Tape
Diatomaceous Earth (DE)
Floating Row Cover
Hand-picking
Insecticidal Soaps
Kaolin Clay (Surround)
Slug Bait
Spinosad
Sticky Traps
Stink Bug Traps
Tulle Netting
Resources
Solutions by Crop Name
Solutions by Insect Name
Aphids
Apple Codling Moths
Asparagus Beetles
Blister Beetles, Black
Cabbage Worms
Carrot Weevils
Cherry Fruit Flies, Western
Colorado Potato Beetles
Corn Earworms
Cutworms
Drosophila, Spotted Wing
Earwigs
Fungus Gnats
Japanese Beetles
Leaf Miners
Leaf-footed Bugs
Pea Weevils
Pickleworms
Pillbugs, Sowbugs
Root Weevils
Slugs
Spittlebugs
Squash Bugs
Stink Bugs, Brown Marmorated and Green
Tent Caterpillars, Western
Tomato Hornworms
Tomato-Potato Psyllids
Whiteflies
Wireworms
Why Go Organic?
Preserving the Harvest
Propagation
How to Propagate Hydrangeas
Seed Starting Scheduler
Seed Starting: When to Plant Vegetables – ALL Zones
Seed Starting: When to Plant Vegetables – Zones 5 and 6
Seed viability
Susan’s Garden – 2024
Vegetable Plant Families
Vegetable planting
Vegetable Report Card – 2023
Vegetable Report Card – 2024
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