Integrated Pest Management , Sustainable Gardening, OSU Publication
This chapter offers basic options of how to use the least harmful method first when trying to address inevitable disease, insect, and weather related problems on small acreages. It also provides helpful diagrams of beneficial insects, and lists multiple organic solutions to common garden challenges.
Soils and Fertilizers , Sustainable Gardening, OSU Publication,
Nice introductory section that reviews basic soil vocabulary, and discusses the relationship between soil structure, composition, and nutrient availability.
Soil Test Interpretation Guide , OSU Publication
More in-depth information about essential macro and micro soil nutrients, why there are important for plants and in what amounts they should be applied.
Additional Resources:
Noah’s Garden, Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards
, Sara Stein, 1993
Gardening with Fewer Pesticides: Integrated Pest Management, EC 1532 (2001).
Deer-resistant Ornamental Plants, EC 1440 (1994).
Water-efficient Landscape Plants, EC 1546 (revised 2004).
Link, Russell, Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest, 1999, University of
Washington Press
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