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Everything is obvious once somebody shows you…
It’s amazing how many things in life seem complex when we try to figure them out for ourselves but then we end up smacking ourselves on the forehead when someone shows us how simple it really is. The...
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Pest Alert: Red Lily Leaf Beetle
One of the things this blog can do is alert gardeners to the presence of new problems. This is one such instance. WSU produces Pest Alerts, and recently the Red lily leaf beetle has been found in the...
View ArticlePest Alert for western Washington – late blight
I know most of you are not residents of western Washington, but this information might be of interest to gardeners everywhere. Pest: Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) Hosts at risk: Tomato and...
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Pest Alert – brown marmorated stink bug
Attention Pacific NW gardeners! Be on the lookout for the Brown marmorated stink bug. It’s been in the US for a while and is making its way westward. There are lots of stink bugs out there, so be...
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So that’s why they’re called blister beetles…
I’ve had several discussions with gardening folks in the region on one of our more annoying pests, the blister beetles. Big appetite, eats lots of things we value, and darned hard to get rid of....
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Garden Professors – More Efforts on Your Behalf
We’re out there for you, our loyal readers. Debunking myths, reviewing the literature, setting people straight, battling blister beetles, flying in balloons… and taking out those pesky deer, one at a...
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Beetlemania
File this under “if it’s not one thing, it’s another.” Which may be, upon further reflection, the most profoundly absurd statement ever when it comes to gardening. It’s nature! Of course there’s always...
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You think YOU had a bad day…!?!
I’m itchy all over. Just downloading some photos from the end of the summer, and found this. Rarely can I work up sympathy for a tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata). Though the moth is quite...
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When Plants Attack! (each other)
When you talk about killer plants, your mind may conjure images of a man-eating plant in “Little Shop of Horrors,” insect-eating Venus flytraps or poisonous plants like deadly nightshade. While all of...
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