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GARDENING BASICS

FRUIT, VEGETABLES
& HERBS
TREES, SHRUBS
& VINES
LAWN
& TURF
HERBACEOUS ORNAMENTALS INSECTS, DISEASES
& WEEDS
WILDLIFE IN
THE GARDEN
PLANT YOUR
LANDSCAPE
Garden Basics
Gardening is one of life's basic pleasures. The low-water, high-pH, cold-winter-and-hot-summer conditions that characterize much of Idaho are some of the nation's most daunting. Learn how to give your conventionally or organically grown plants the soil, water, and nutrition that allows them to thrive; how to plant, transplant, divide, and protect them; and how to complete the cycle with compost.
INTRODUCTION
Introduction  
GARDENING EQUIPMENT
Gardening Equipment  
SOIL PREPARATION
Soil Preparation  
COMPOSTING
 
FERTILIZATION
Fertilization  
BASIC PESTICIDE USE
Basic Pesticide Use  
ORGANIC GARDENING
Organic Gardening  
IRRIGATION
Irrigation