Backyard Farmer
Welcome to the backyard farmer section of IPMopedia, a collection of researched fact sheets, knowledge from personal experience, and professional advice to help you grow a bounty of produce in your own backyard. Projects for this section are currently underway, including a collection of fact sheets on how to prevent and control common pests on your vegetable plants, design guides and tips on creating your own edible garden, as well tips and advice on planting and maintaining your crops throughout the season.
Veggie Growing Fact Cards
We've selected 20 of the most popular vegetables we can grow here in Western Washington and created a fact card for each with tips on planting, growing, and harvesting your crops. Each fact card provides information on planting, watering, fertilizing, harvesting, and common pests to keep an eye out for in both English and Spanish. Be sure to refer to our Pest Fact Sheet Database for more information on how to identify and control specific pests without the use of harmful chemicals.
| Basil Beans Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Chive Cilantro Cucumber Eggplant Garlic |
Oregano Parsley Peas Pepper Potato Radish Spinach Squash Tomato Zucchini |
For example see Basil in English or Spanish  |
Pest Control Fact Sheets for Vegetable Gardening
One of the more frustrating things to happen to a veggie gardener is loosing a crop to a pest insect or disease after months of hard work, money, and time. In an effort to help you control pest problems and more importantly prevent them from happening in the first place we have created pest control fact sheets for the most common pests on your favorite crops. Learn how to identify your pest, when and how to act, and how to prevent them in the future.
| Vegetables | Insect Pests | Diseases |
| Summer Squash -Zucchini, Crookneck, Pattypan Winter Squash -Acorn, Butternut, Hubbard, Delicata,Spaghetti, Turban Pumpkin Cucumbers Melons |
Flea Beetle, Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Cutworm, Symphlan, Squash Bug | Verticilium Wilt, Powdery Mildew, Angular Leaf Spot, Curly Top Virus |
| CRUCIFERS Leaf and Flower Forms -Broccoli, Cabbage, Collards, Kale, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, Arugula, Mizuna Root Forms -Radishes, Turnips, Rutabagas |
Imported Cabbage Worm, Diamondback Moth, Cabbage Maggot, Cabbage Looper, Symphlan | Club Root, Downy Mildew, Botrytis Stem Blight, Powdery Mildew |
| SOLANACEAE -Tomato, Potato, Peppers (sweet and hot), Eggplant, Tomatillo |
Green Peach Aphid, Symphlan, Potato Beetle, Flea Beetle, Tomato Hornworm | Late Blight, Curly Top Virus, Tomato Mosaic Virus, Alternaria, Fusarium Wilt, Verticilium Wilt, Pythium species, Erwinia species, Rhizoctonia Solani, Scab |
| ALLIUM -Onions, scallions, garlic, leek, shallot |
Very few insect problems | Aster Yellows, Bacterial Soft Rot, Rust |
| PEAS -Snow pea, snap pea, shelling pea |
Green Peach Aphid, Slugs and Snails, Cutworm | Fusarium Wilt, Pea Enation Mosaic Virus, Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew |
| BEANS -Bush, Dry, Lima, Pole, Edamame |
Black Bean Aphid, Cutworms, Slugs and Snails | Halo Blight, Fusarium Root Rot |
| BEETS SPINACH SWISS CHARD |
Spinach Leafminer, Flea Beetle | Scab, Lead Spot |
| CARROT PARSNIP |
Carrot Rust Fly, Wireworm | Bacterial Soft Rot, Black Rot, Aster Yellows, Powdery Mildew, Root Knot |
| LETTUCE ENDIVE |
Flea Beetle, Green Peach Aphid, Lettuce Root Aphid, Lettuce Aphid, Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Cutworm, Cabbage Looper | Aster Yellows, Anthracnose |
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