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Gardening Fact Sheets

The following gardening Fact Sheets contain the wisdom and knowledge of past and current Extension Educators and Master Gardeners. We are currently updating our fact sheets, and we appreciate your patience. Soon all our Fact Sheets will be available for downloading.You will be able to browse a wide range of topics, specific to King County gardening.

If you wish to obtain a Fact Sheet that is not yet available for downloading, call the Master Gardener Coordinator at the number below. The Fact Sheet will be mailed to you at no charge.

# 1 Choosing a Site and Deciding When to Start Your Garden
# 2 Deciding What to Plant
# 5 Raised Beds and Double Digging
# 6 Soil Testing and Soil Improvement
# 7 Transplants
# 8 Guide to Starting Crops - Indoors & Out
# 9 Intensive Plant Spacing & Seed Starting
#10 Weeding/Cultivating
#11 Watering and Mulching
#12 Compost
#13 Organic Pest Control
#15 Beneficial Insects
#16 Summer-Planted Crops
#17 Saving Seeds and Heirloom Vegetables
#18 Overwinter Crops
#19 Row Covers for Vegetable Gardens
#20 Garden Evaluation
#21 Herbs
#22 Heavy Metals in Garden
#23 Composting With Worms
#27 Green Manures
#28 Beneficial Nematodes
#29 Growing Garlic
#30 Grow-Light System
#31 50+ Activities For Kids
#33 Gardening Web Sites
#37 Asian Vegetables
#38 Tomato Problems
#39 Container Gardening
#40 Frost Dates/Climatic Data
#41 Fall/Winter Vegetable Gardens
#42 Soil Mixes
#44 Growing Melons
#45 Treated Wood Alternatives
#46 Figs and Kiwi Fruit
#50 Moles
#51 Rats & Mice
#52 Tips on Growing Tomatoes
#53 Mountain Beaver
#59 Secrets of Pruning Roses
#61 Powdery Mildew on Rhododendrons
#62 Winter Flowering Shrubs
#63 Planting Landscapes
#64 Disease Resistant Roses for the Puget Sound Area
#67 Forcing Bulbs
#70 Low-Water-Use Plants
#77 Groundcovers for Western Washington
#83 Orchard Mason Bee
#84 Butterfly Gardening
#85 Household Ant Control
#86 Carpenter Ants
#91 Spiders
#92 Balsalm Wooly Aphids (True Firs Adelgid)
#96 Bamboo Eradication
#97 Moss on Roofs
#99 Planting over a Septic Drain Field
#115 Renovating and Maintaining Home Lawns

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Dial Extension - an extensive library of gardening topics accessible by phone (currently being updated!)

Gardening in Western Washington - Timely topics for westside gardeners (external)

Hortsense - Pest recommendations for many of our westside pests (external)