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Garden Education

Our WSU Benton Franklin Master Gardeners have put together a How To Garden Series of fact sheets to walk you through each step of starting your own garden this year. Spanish versions are available here.
- #1 – How To Decide Where To Put My Garden (pdf)
- #2 – How To Build My Food Garden (pdf)
- #3 – How To Choose What To Grow (pdf)
- #4 – How To Plant In My Garden (pdf)
- #5 – How To Water My Garden (pdf)
- #6 – How To Improve My Soil (pdf)
- #7 – How To Know If My Plants Are Healthy (pdf)
- #8 – How To Give My Plants Space To Grow (pdf)
- #9 – How To Know When My Crop Is Ready (pdf)
- #10 – How To Make My Garden Better Next Year (pdf)
BONUS –
- Transplanting A Seedling Into A Container – English (pdf)
- Transplanting A Seedling Into A Container – Spanish (pdf)
View/print the full How To Series in English and Spanish

Flowers
Fruits
What you need to know about growing backyard tree fruit in Benton & Franklin counties
- Growing and Using Asian Pears (pdf)
- Growing Izu Melons in the Tri Cities (pdf)
- Splitting in Peaches (pdf)
- Hot Weather Tomato Problems (pdf)
- Harvesting Apples and Pears (pdf)
- Growing Kiwi in The Home Garden (pdf)
- Grape Berry Problems (pdf)
- Garbage Gardening (pdf)
- Discover Figs (pdf)
- 2015 Backyard Apple Pear Pest Management Chart (pdf)
- 2015 Backyard Stone Fruit Pest Management Chart (pdf)

Insects
Landscaping

Lawns
- Armyworms and Their Management (pdf)
- Excessive Thatch (pdf)
- Home Lawns (pdf)
- How to Water Your Lawn (pdf)
- Kentucky Bluegrass for Home Lawns in WA State (pdf)
- Lawn Care Calendar (pdf)
- Moss in Lawns and Gardens (pdf)
- Organic Fungicides (pdf)
- Organic Soil Amendments in Yards and Gardens (pdf)
- Pesticides – Learning About Labels (pdf)
- Pesticides – Safe Handling (pdf)
- Phosphorus and Home Lawns (pdf)
- Vole Management in Home Backyards and Gardens (pdf)

Miscellaneous

Soil

Vegetables
Planting
- Garbage Gardening (pdf)
- Grow Food on Parking Strips and Front Yard (pdf)
- Home Vegetable Gardening in Washington (pdf)
- Install a Floating Row Cover (pdf)
- Organic Soil Amendments in Yards and Gardens (pdf)
- Portable Field Hoop House (pdf)
- Raised Beds (pdf)
- Straw Bale Gardening (pdf)
- When to Plant (pdf)
Grafting
- Grafting Eggplants and Tomatoes (English pdf) (Spanish pdf)
- Grafting Watermelon (English pdf) (Spanish pdf)
- Grafting – The Healing Chamber (pdf)
Growing
- Carrots (pdf)
- Cucumbers (pdf)
- Green Beans (pdf)
- Green Peas (pdf)
- Onions (pdf)
- Radishes (pdf)
- Squash (pdf)
- Sweet Corn (pdf)
- Tomatoes – Answers to Problems (pdf)
- Tomatoes – Hot Weather Problems (pdf)
- Wasabi (pdf)
Pest & Disease
- Garden Plant Pests and Diseases (pdf)
- Beneficial Insects, Spiders, Creatures in the Garden (pdf)
- Pest Control in Vegetable Gardens (pdf)
- Pesticides – Learn About Labels (pdf)
- Pesticides – Safe Handling (pdf)
- Vole Management in Backyard Gardens (pdf)
Harvest & Storage
Trees and Shrubs
- Chlorosis in Trees and Shrubs (pdf)
- Common Planting Problems (pdf)
- Wood Decay (pdf)
- Winter Injury to Landscape Plants (pdf)
- Sunburn Injury to Trees (pdf)
- Tree Decline (pdf)
- Purple Needles on Spruce Trees (pdf)
- Growing Pecans in the Home Garden (pdf)
- Killing Tree Stumps (pdf)
- Horse Chestnut Family (pdf)
- Discover Figs (pdf)
- Disease Problems in Walnuts (pdf)
- Filbert Cultivars for the Home Garden (pdf)
- Leaf Scorch of Dogwood (pdf)
- Environmental Plant Problems (pdf)
- Recommended Trees for the Tri-Cities (pdf)
- Backyard Tree Fruit (pdf)
- 2017 Backyard Apple Pear Pest Management Chart (pdf)
- 2017 Backyard Stone Fruit Pest Management Chart (pdf)

Water

Weeds
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