Garden Tips from Washington State University Extension services

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Check back to this page for the latest garden tips.  These tips arrive according to the gardening season.  There is usually more than one article under each topic.  We enjoy reading these tips ourselves, and hope that you will enjoy them too.  Check back each month for more tips!  The newest article is at the top of the list.

Yikes! There’s Bugs in My Cupboard

WSU Publications Are Ideal Gifts for Gardeners

Tips for Keeping the Christmas Tree Fresh

Keep the Amaryllis and Toss the Poinsettia

Gardening Resolutions for 2010

Be Thankful for Local Farmers

Do Your Plants Shiver?

Hooverize These Home Invaders!

Some Plants are Natural Weed Killers

Recommended Plants for a Tapestry of Fall Color

Options for Getting Rid of Persistent Tree Stump Sprouts

Pumpkins and Winter Squash Can Tolerate a Frost but Not a Freeze

Fall Rains Bring Mushrooms, Toadstools and Moss to Lawns

Tomatoes and Summer Squash Usually Clobbered by First Frost

Tomatoes and Summer Squash Usually Clobbered by First Frost

WSU Composters Will Share Expertise

Fruit Flies Are a Real Nuisance

Uninvited Picnic Guests With Stingers

Don’t Neglect Thirsty Trees

For Optimum Quality, Harvest Vegetables at the Right Time

NPIC ---A Great Resource for Pesticide Information

Sprinkling Won’t Help Shriveled Raspberry Plants

Hot Weather Tough on Both Gardeners and Plants

Which Flowers Are Edible?

Are Green Potatoes Toxic?

Spittlebugs Common Here

Aphid Populations Often Explode Around the 4^th! 

Fruit Drop Thins Crop

Creeping Buttercup---- Pretty, but Invasive

How to Tell When Plants Are Thirsty

Now’s the Time to Remove Suckers

When Mowing Remember the “1/3 rule”

Clues to Insect Damage

Usher in the Spring Growing Season at This Weekend’s Garden Show

GARDEN WEED SEED BANKS NEVER FAIL

Container Gardening Ideal When Space is Limited

When Mowing Grass ‘Let it Lay’ !

Leaf-less Peas Sweet as Sugar

Slow Release Fertilizers for the Lawn

Mouth-Watering Raspberry Varieties for Coastal Gardens

These Cold Hardy Vegetables Can be Planted Now

It’s Time to Control Moss!  

Just How Economical is That Vegetable Garden?

Pollination Guidelines for Fruit Trees

Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Organic Fertilizers

Just a Few Moles Can Raise a Lot of Turf!

February is Potato Lover’s Month!

How to Succeed at Starting Seeds

With Pruning “You Get What You Pay For”!

Flooding Causes Problems for Landscape Plants

Cottony Camellia Scales Often Go Un-Noticed

Sustainable Landscapes are Aesthetically Pleasing and Environmentally Sound