MAY Contents

✦ Ethical Wild-Harvesting Guidelines................pg. 3

✦ Fertilizer & Soil Amendments...........................pg. 12

✦ Direct Seeding/Transplanting in MAY............pg. 17

✦ Keeping pests & animals out of the Garden.....pg. 19

✦ Growing a Living fence ......................................pg. 30

✦ Considerations when Purchasing Plants .........pg. 33

✦ Edible & Medicinal Plants: Spring.....................pg. 36

✦ Elderberry Elixir & Lilac Enfleurage.................pg. 38

✦ Dedication: The AK Backyard Garden...............pg. 43

On the cover: Hookers Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza hookeri) Idaho May 2023