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Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook
Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook
Northwest Gardener’s Handbook: Select, plan, plant, maintain, problem-solve
Guides
Birds in the Garden
Attracting birds
Bird Photography Tips
Birdwatching Resources
My Backyard Birds
Blackbird, Red-winged
Bluebird, Western
Bunting, Lazuli
Catbird, Gray
Chickadee, Black-capped
Chickadee, Mountain
Cowbird, Brown-headed
Crossbill, Red
Dove
Dove, Eurasian Collared
Duck, Mallard
Eagle, Bald
Finch (Cassin’s, House, Purple)
Flicker, Northern
Goldfinch, American
Grosbeaks
Hawk, Cooper’s
Hawk, Northern Goshawk
Hawk, Red-tailed
Hawk, Sharp-shinned
Heron, Great Blue
Hummingbirds
Junco, Dark-eyed
Kingbird, Eastern
Magpie, Black-billed
Meadowlark, Western
Merlin
Nuthatch, White-breasted
Phoebe, Say’s
Pine Siskin
Quail, California
Raven, Common
Red-tailed Hawk
Redpoll, Common
Robin
Shrike, Northern
Sparrow (White-crowned, White-throated)
Sparrow, Lark
Sparrow, Song
Starling, European
Tanager, Western
Thrush, Varied
Towhee, Spotted
Townsend’s Solitaire
Warbler (Yellow-rumped, Wilson’s)
Waxwings
Wood-Pewee, Western
Woodpeckers
Wren, House
Book Reviews
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2019 Columns
2018 Columns
2017 Columns
2016 Columns
2015 Columns
2014 Columns
Composting Guide
Herb Growing Guide
Links
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
Hornworms, Tomato
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-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
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Q & A: Critters
Q & A: Flowers
Q & A: Fruit
Q & A: Insects
Q & A: Miscellaneous
Q & A: Vegetables
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2024 Video Index
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Everyone Can Grow A Garden!
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