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76June 29, 2017Gardening by Erica

How To Identify and Control Four Common Garden Pests of the Pacific Northwest

Here’s how to accurately identify and successfully control four of the most common garden pests in the Pacific Northwest garden: slugs, cabbage moth caterpillar, leaf miner, and pea leaf weevil.

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28April 3, 2014Gardening by Erica

Bee Friendly Gardening In The Pacific Northwest

Seems like some people insist on not knowing what they’ve got till it’s gone. And that’s kinda how it is with bees, and pollinators in general. Most of what we think of as food is highly dependant on our pollinating insect friends.* All fruit, tree nuts, squash, seeds for most vegetables, chocolate… Oh, never mind, I don’t…

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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