Inland Northwest Gardening

Our cool spring has been perfect for the aphids this year. As a result they are showing up on all kinds of perennials, shrubs and trees. There are literally dozens of different kinds of aphids, many of which prey on particular plants.  They are generally about a sixteenth to an eighth-inch long in colors of green […]

Its spring and the fruit trees are about to bloom. It’s time to start planning how to reduce the chance that you will have to share your apples with codling moths and apple maggots. As it finally warms up, apple trees will soon be blooming. With the blooms will come the battle with the apple […]