Common Garden Problems, and how to tackle them without using toxic pesticides
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We have pulled together many of the best resources from all around the region in a binder. As funding permits, we will make this available to retailers who wish to have a great source of information for staff and customers. All but one of the items in the binder is available in electronic form. Take a look at the table of contents below, and click on those resources you would like to see.
Table of Contents –
Garden Green Reference Binder
Last Update: April 13, 2018
- Powdery
Mildew Color Fact Sheet http://gardengreen.webs.com/disease
- A New
Look For Our Yards – article by Kate Riley, Snohomish Conservation District
http://ecologywa.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-new-look-for-our-yards-eco-lawn.html
- Planting
Instructions for Eco-Lawns https://ptlawnseed.com/pages/lawn-tips
- Planting
Instructions for (almost) No Mow Mixes
https://ptlawnseed.com/pages/lawn-tips
- How to
Solarize https://ptlawnseed.com/pages/lawn-tips
- Sustainable
Lawn Care: Installation and Maintenance Practices for Northwest
Professionals http://www.seattle.gov/util/cs/groups/public/@spu/@conservation/documents/webcontent/01_025113.pdf
- Natural
Lawn Care for Western Washington – large format booklet https://www.seattle.gov/util/cs/groups/public/@spu/@conservation/documents/webcontent/01_026741.pdf
- Natural
Lawn Care for Western Washington -
small format booklet. Not available online
- 5
Steps to Natural Yard Care https://www.tpchd.org/home/showdocument?id=948
- Natural Yard Care Through The Seasons is part of this document: https://www.seattle.gov/util/cs/groups/public/@spu/@conservation/documents/webcontent/naturalya_2003112617020011.pdf
http://gardengreen.webs.com/Green%20Gardening%20Products%20or%20Methods%20That%20Work%20DE%20%20and%20ML%20Oct%203.pdf
Grow Smart, Grow Safe
About Grow Smart, Grow Safe. The information in this handout can be accessed online at https://www.growsmartgrowsafe.org/Home/UnderstandingGSGS
Insects
- Aphids,
scale and whiteflies Fact Sheet This fact sheet is one of the resources located on this page: http://gardengreen.webs.com/insects
- Root
Weevils Fact Sheet This fact sheet
is one of the resources located on this page: http://gardengreen.webs.com/insects
- Tent Caterpillars Fact Sheet This fact sheet is one of the resources located on this page: http://gardengreen.webs.com/insects
- Moles https://www.seattle.gov/util/cs/groups/public/@spu/@conservation/documents/webcontent/COS_005332.pdf
- Vole
Management in Home Backyards and Gardens http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/FS094E/FS094E.pdf
- Pocket Gophers: part of this document: https://www.cals.uidaho.edu/edcomm/pdf/PNW/PNW0627.pdf
- Attract
Beneficial Bugs! http://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/Public+Works/Public+Works+PDFs/Surface+Water/Yard+Care/Attract+Beneficial+Bugs!.pdf
- 5 Ways to
Support Pollinators & Beneficial Insects https://www.kcdcommunityag.org/5-simple-ways-to-support-native-pollinators-beneficial-insects/
- Pesticides
and Pollinators http://gardengreen.webs.com/pollinators-and-pesticides
- What Beekeepers Can Do to Protect Honeybees http://gardengreen.webs.com/pollinators-and-pesticides
- Rats Fact
Sheet http://gardengreen.webs.com/animals
- Least-Toxic Control of Mice https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/alternatives/factsheets/MOUSE%20CONTROL.pdf
- Watering,
by Bellevue: Going Green https://utilities.bellevuewa.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4779004/File/Utilities/Publications/Natural%20Yard%20Care%20Guides/Watering.pdf
by Bellevue Going
Green https://utilities.bellevuewa.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4779004/File/Utilities/Publications/Natural%20Yard%20Care%20Guides/Drip%20and%20Soak.pdf
- Dandelions and other Broadleaf Weeds Fact Sheet on this page: http://gardengreen.webs.com/weeds
- Quackgrass on this page: http://gardengreen.webs.com/weeds
If any of these links are broken, please contact Diane Emerson, of Garden Green: dianeemerson@yahoo.com, Land Line Phone 206-567-5492
Green Gardening Products That Work
In addition, we have created a guide to Green Gardening Products or Methods that Work, for the gardening public. Please click here to read it.