Ecoyards

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How to Manage Garden Pests Safely Without Toxic Pesticides

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How to Improve Clay Soil in Seattle: Tips for Healthier Plants and Lawns

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How to Attract Bees to Your Garden with Flowering Currant and Other Bee-Friendly Plants

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Paying for noxious weeds

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Paver patios and walkways

Close-up of yellow daffodil flowers with trumpet-shaped centers, surrounded by green leaves and stems, growing outdoors in soil.

Gardening calender: April

Two ripe tomatoes rest on the stone edge of a raised garden bed with tomato plants growing inside.

Starting Your Cool-Season Vegetable Garden in Seattle

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Tree-topping madness