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The Gardener's Bug Book: Earth-Safe Insect Control

by Barbara Pleasant

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Make your garden a no-pest zone!

Use The Gardener's Bug Book — the health-conscious gardener's guide to safely controlling garden pests. Author Barbara Pleasant shows you how to work with nature to reduce garden pests while producing bountiful, environmentally safe, and chemical-free harvests.

The Gardener's Bug Book includes:

— descriptions of more than 70 common garden insects

— tips for telling the good bugs from the bad bugs

— a convenient guide to the pests found on 72 common vegetable and fruits

— clear illustrations and behavior hints for identifying each insect

— dozens of easy formulas for making natural pest-fighting preparations

— instructions for using commercially-available pest controls, including floating row covers, traps, and parasitic insects

Synopsis:

This completely revised and updated garden guide shows how to identify and control more than 70 common garden insects using the best homemade and commercial control strategies.
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About the Author

Barbara Pleasant has written five books for Storey, including the Garden Writer's Association 2003 Garden Globe Award of Achievement winner, Garden Stone. She lives in Virginia.
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition

Chapter 1: Insect Control in Your Own Backyard

Chapter 2: Getting to Know Insects: Their Life Cycles, Habits, and Interactions with Plants

Chapter 3: Common Food Plants and the Pests That Love Them

Chapter 4: Common Garden Insects: Identification and Control

Chapter 5: Remedies, Recipes, and Formulas for Earth-Safe Insect Control

Appendix A: Sources for Natural Pest-Control Products

Appendix B: Scientific Names of Common Garden Insects

Appendix C: Basic Equivalents for U.S./Metric Measures

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780882666099
Editor:
Stell, Liz
Editor:
Balmuth, Deborah
Editor:
Stell, Liz
Author:
Pleasant, Barbara
Author:
Balmuth, Deborah
Publisher:
Storey Publishing
Location:
Pownal, Vt. :
Subject:
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
Subject:
Techniques
Subject:
Organic
Subject:
Insect pests
Subject:
Organic gardening
Subject:
Insect pests -- Control.
Subject:
Gardening : General
Copyright:
1994
Edition Description:
paperback
Series Volume:
8
Publication Date:
19940131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
6 x 9
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.38 in 0.56 lb
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