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Free PDF: Backyard Forest Stewardship

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If your home is in the woods, there is a free resource you might want to download.

‘Backyard Forest Stewardship in Eastern Washington’, put together by Washington State University Extension and funded by the USDA Forest Service, is 21 pages of information on identifying problems and setting goals, tree health (disease, insects, parasites), thinning and pruning, weeds, hazard trees, plant selection and establishment, wildlife and wildlife habitat (understory material, nest boxes and bird feeders), streams and wetlands, wildlife, fire prevention and resources.

Go to https://pubs.wsu.edu/ItemDetail.aspx?ProductID=15449&SeriesCode&CategoryID=242&Keyword  to download the file, and you can start planning while it’s too cold to work in the garden! Even if your garden isn’t wooded, there is material there that useful.

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Information in this PDF can keep your house in the woods safe
Information in this PDF can keep your house in the woods safe
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Tom Richardson via Wikimedia Commons

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Laurie Brown has been a Master Gardener and nursery owner since 1996, and a gardener for much longer. She has been trialing plants for suitability in zone 4/5 during this time, looking for the new and exciting in plants while refining the basics of gardening, landscaping and plant propagation.

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