Common Garden Problems, and how to tackle them without using toxic pesticides

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
- Organic
Fertilizer: What Does It Mean? https://www.mercergov.org/files/fertilizer1.pdf
- Green Gardening Products and Methods That Work
http://gardengreen.webs.com/Green%20Gardening%20Products%20or%20Methods%20That%20Work%20DE%20%20and%20ML%20Oct%203.pdf
- About
Grow Smart, Grow Safe. The information in this handout can be accessed
online at https://www.growsmartgrowsafe.org/Home/UnderstandingGSGS
- 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
- Moss Fact
Sheet On this page: http://gardengreen.webs.com/moss
- Make the
Mulch of It https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/dnrp/solid-waste/natural-yard-care/documents/Make_the_mulch_of_it.ashx?la=en
- 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
- Slugs and
Snails Fact Sheet
On this page: http://gardengreen.webs.com/slugs-and-snails
- Growing
Healthy Soil booklet https://www.mytpu.org/file_viewer.aspx?id=57446
- Watering,
by Bellevue: Going Green https://utilities.bellevuewa.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4779004/File/Utilities/Publications/Natural%20Yard%20Care%20Guides/Watering.pdf
- Drip and
Soak 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: [email protected], 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.
If you click on each area, you will be taken to a separate page in this website which provides information on methods and products which can help you resolve your problem. Or, you can find your way there by using the Navigation Bar at the top of the page. Hover over the words "Common Garden Problems", and the detailed list will appear.