Synopses & Reviews
It may seem counterintuitive to want bugs in a garden, but insects are indeed valuable garden companions. Especially those species known for eating the bugs that eat plants. Assassin bugs, damsel bugs, and predatory stink bugs are all carnivores that devour the bugs that dine on a garden.
Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden is a book about bugs and plants, and how to create a garden that benefits from both. In addition to information on companion planting and commercial options for purchasing bugs, there are 19 detailed bug profiles and 39 plant profiles. The bug profiles include a description, a photograph for identification, an explanation of what they do for the garden, and the methods gardeners can use to attract them. The plant profiles highlight the best plants for attracting beneficial bugs and offer detailed information on size, care requirements, zone information, and bloom time. Design plans show gardeners how to design a border specifically for the bugs.
This complete, hands-on guide is for anyone looking for a new, natural, and sustainable way to control pests.**Winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award**
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"With Jessica Walliser’s help, you can learn how to control pests through your gardening practices rather than your choice of insecticide."
It - ' - s Not Work, It - ' - s Gardening
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"Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden is a delight! Easy to read and entertaining yet packed with information not only on the beneficial insects themselves, but on the plants that can attract and support them, and on how to incorporate them into your garden. Highly recommended!" Planet Natural
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"A detailed, wholistic, and wonderfully illustrated guide to the lifestyles of all the insects that inhabit the organic garden as well as creating the conditions needed to encourage those you want in the fight against those you don't."
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“Jessica Walliser lets readers in on the secrets to a garden that buzzes with activity. Her profiles, on the insects that fight pests and the best plants for attracting them, offer clear, practical tips.”
Martha Stewart Living
Synopsis
Winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award
Insects are indeed valuable garden companions, especially the assassin bugs, damsel bugs, stink bugs, and other predatory carnivores that eat the insects that dine on your garden. Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Gardenis a book about bugs and plants, and how to create a garden that benefits from both. In addition to information on companion planting and commercial options for purchasing bugs, there are 19 detailed bug profiles and 39 plant profiles. Theseprofiles include a description, a photograph for identification, an explanation of what they cando to support pest control. Design plans show how to createa border specifically for the natural, sustainable inclusion of beneficial bugs in your garden.
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About the Author
Jessica Walliser cohosts “The Organic Gardeners” on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening magazine, and her column “The Good Earth” appears weekly in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. She has also written three other organic gardening books. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA.