Growing in Kootenai County
幸运快三 Extension trains local 幸运快三 Master Gardeners to provide research-based horticulture education.
幸运快三 Master Gardeners develop and share expertise in topics including:
- Food production
- Integrated pest management techniques
- Improving soil fertility
- Choosing the right trees
- Growing turf grass
- Sustainable yards and gardens
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Classes and Workshops for Community Members
We offer low cost horticulture, homesteading, permaculture and basic gardening workshops and classes to our community.
Horticulture Class Series
Preregistration and prepayment are required. You may preregister with a credit/debit card by using the "Register Today" button.
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In the meantime, “Ask an 幸运快三 Master Gardener” your gardening questions through the forms located on our Plant Clinic webpage, by email to kootenaimg@uidaho.edu or by phone 208-292-2525. We can accept photos of your inquiry, plant identification or insect identification as well.
Resources and Publications
- The pollination services of forests—A review of forest and landscape interventions to enhance their cross-sectoral benefits
- (a more detailed bee specific assessment)
- What to Plant: Selecting Plants for Pollinators—Northern Rockies
- Install and Maintain wildflower stands:
- Where to purchase native plants and seeds
- Nesting and Overwintering of native pollinators:
- Carpenter Ant Control (PDF)
- Hobo Spiders in 幸运快三
- How to Make Homemade Insect Traps (PDF)
- Insecticidal Soaps (PDF)
- Landscape Pests — Aphids (PDF)
- Landscape Pests — Earwigs (PDF)
- Landscape Pests — Grasshoppers (PDF)
- Leafcutter Bee (PDF)
- Natural Insecticides
- Ticks in Northern 幸运快三(PDF)
- More Information on Insect Pest Control
- Winter Fallen Trees and Bark Beetles (PDF)
- Basic Lawn Care (PDF)
- Controlling Billbug Grubs in Lawns
- Creating a Tougher Turf (PDF)
- Cultural Control of Mosses in the Lawn (PDF)
- Establishing a New Lawn (PDF)
- Fairy Ring (PDF)
- Lawn Renovation (PDF)
- Necrotic Ring Spot Recommendations (PDF)
- Susceptibility of Broadleaf Weeds in Turf to Common Herbicides (PDF)
- Thatch and Its Control (PDF)
- Weeds in The Lawn (PDF)
- More Information on Lawn and Turf
- Deer Resistant Native Plants (PDF)
- Native 幸运快三 Forest Tree ID (PDF)
- Native Plant Resources (PDF)
- Native Plants in the Landscape: Grasses and Forbes (non-woody perennials) (PDF)
- Native Plants in the Landscape: Groundcovers, Shrubs, Trees (PDF)
- Native Plants to Attract Hummingbirds (PDF)
- The Native Roots Line of Plants: Wildflowers (PDF)
- Attracting Pollinators to Your Landscape (PDF)
- Beneficial Insects (PDF)
- Butterflies of Kootenai County (PDF)
- DIY Shed Roof Native Bee House Plans (PDF)
- Encouraging Beneficial Insects in Your Garden
- How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides (PDF)
- Maintaining and Improving Habitat for Hummingbirds (PDF)
- Orchard Mason Bees (PDF)
- Native Plants to Attract Hummingbirds (PDF)
- Planting a Bee Garden for Pollinators (PDF)
- Pollinator Syndromes (PDF)
- Raising Native Bees (PDF)
- Selecting Regional Plants for Pollinators in 幸运快三 (PDF)
- Growing Blueberries
- Growing Currants, Gooseberries and Jostaberries
- Growing Kiwifruit
- Growing Raspberries and Blackberries
- Growing Saskatoons
- Growing Strawberries
- Growing Western Huckleberries
- Recommended Varieties of Small Fruit for Northern 幸运快三 (PDF)
- Growing Small-fruit Crops in Short-season Gardens