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"Offers hundreds of photographs to help identify common garden pests and diseases, and gives detailed advice on treatment, control, and prevention." --
"...For this new edition we have undertaken an extensive revision, with more than 25 new pests and diseases added and all entries comprehensively updated with new information on diagnosis, methods of control, and resistant plant choices."--page [7.
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Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
1995.
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English
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Anyone who gardens knows how snails, aphids, scale insects, and caterpillars can damage vegetables, flowers, shrubs, and trees. But not many of us know that ground beetles eat caterpillars, not plants; that dragonflies feed on mosquitoes; that parasitic wasps prey on tomato hornworms. In this delightful guide to the world of beneficial insects, Starcher, an artist and avid gardener, shows us how to identify the "good guys" and encourage them to reside...
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Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Keep critters and pests out of your yard and garden with heart! The Guide to Humane Critter Control keeps unwanted guests away safely and organically. It takes a lot of work and a fair amount of money to grow a garden, and a top fear of every gardener is having their investment wiped out by deer, rabbits, and insect invaders. The Guide to Humane Critter Control is filled with clever ways to be proactive and stop pests from feasting on the bounty you've...
10) Slug bread & beheaded thistles: amusing & useful techniques for nontoxic housekeeping & gardening
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English
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Off with their heads!
Many homemakers and gardeners take the easy way out when it comes to exiling odors and banishing bugs—they use toxic chemicals that may be harmful to their families and the earth. Ellen Sandbeck has discovered that the all-natural alternatives are just as easy and effective to use, and that they are wickedly fun. Sandbeck's way of banishing thistles from her backyard kingdom is a case in point: she chops off their...
Many homemakers and gardeners take the easy way out when it comes to exiling odors and banishing bugs—they use toxic chemicals that may be harmful to their families and the earth. Ellen Sandbeck has discovered that the all-natural alternatives are just as easy and effective to use, and that they are wickedly fun. Sandbeck's way of banishing thistles from her backyard kingdom is a case in point: she chops off their...
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American Master Products
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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"For over 40 years, Jerry's been solving yard and garden problems using good old-fashioned grow-how and common household products. Now he's gathered more than 2190 new solutions that are guaranteed to put bad bugs, four-legged fiends, and other garden thugs in their place. This book is jam-packed with tons of timely tips that help you get ridof : lawn looters, shrub spoilers, flower felons, tree trashers, vegetable villains and leaf louses. As...
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Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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"In a no-nonsense, practical style, the authors establish a basic understanding of the biology of plants, insects, and plant diseases as a first step to using integrated pest management (IPM). Emphasizing the proper culture of plants as the best way to ward off problems, this handbook treats plant care in a holistic fashion, showing how to evaluate any action that might affect ecological balance. The authors even advocate doing nothing when problems...
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Taunton Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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In this revision of the 1995 original, the authors provide updated information on the control of all pests (insects and diseases) that can afflict lawns, food and ornamental gardens, and shade trees. For each pest, treatments are offered ranging from indirect strategies (such as pruning), through direct physical and biological controls, to least-toxic chemical controls. Easy-to-access finding guides make it a snap to find out what's bugging your plant....
