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Pest and Disease

Pest control of apples - Organza bags for the win!
After 2 years of using Organza bags, I haven't seen any insect in my apples during that time.
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Amy Manning
In Praise of Callaloo
Callaloo is a quick growing, high yielding, heat tolerant cooking green.
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Amy Manning
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Hooray! Success! I saved my lettuce from slugs!
Here's how I successfully set up my traps.
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Amy Manning
Notes from OSU slug chat with Rory McDonnell
A deeper conversation about bread dough as an attractant to keep slugs off of plants.
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Amy Manning
Citizen science project: monitoring the Emerald Ash Borer with Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District
Soon, our Ash trees are very likely to be gone. And possibly Olive & Fringe trees too as they are in the same family.
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Amy Manning
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Blossom End Rot - a major problem of paste/sauce tomatoes in the Willamette Valley and SW Washington
Very few gardeners do not struggle with this problem.
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Amy Manning
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Hoping to add raspberries to your garden this year? Beware the dreaded phytopthora.
Climate change strikes again.
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Amy Manning
How to grow vegetables in slug prone areas without baits or traps
Slugs are the #1 enemy of the veg garden in the PNW. Most advice on combating them is nonsense. Here is what actually works for me.
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Amy Manning
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