Welcome to the backyard farming 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.

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.