Barbara Pleasant shows you how to use all-natural methods to protect your garden from damaging insects. With clear illustrations to help you identify common harmful bugs and understand their behaviors, this book offers a variety of ingenious, environmentally friendly ways to protect your plants, such as introducing beneficial parasitic insects, using floating row covers, and creating your own organic pest repellents. You'll learn to work WITH nature instead of against it to keep your garden naturally free from harm.
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Barbara Pleasant has written about organic gardening and self-sufficient living for more than 30 years. Her books include Starter Vegetable Gardens, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual, The Gardener’s Bug Book, The Gardener’s Weed Book, and The Gardener’s Guide to Plant Diseases.
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
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Barbara Pleasant shows you how to use all-natural methods to protect your garden from damaging insects. With clear illustrations to help you identify common harmful bugs and understand their behaviors, this book offers a variety of ingenious, environmentally friendly ways to protect your plants, such as introducing beneficial parasitic insects, using floating row covers, and creating your own organic pest repellents. You'll learn to work WITH nature instead of against it to keep your garden naturally free from harm. Seller Inventory # 00098650901
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Barbara Pleasant shows you how to use all-natural methods to protect your garden from damaging insects. With clear illustrations to help you identify common harmful bugs and understand their behaviors, this book offers a variety of ingenious, environmentally friendly ways to protect your plants, such as introducing beneficial parasitic insects, using floating row covers, and creating your own organic pest repellents. You'll learn to work WITH nature instead of against it to keep your garden naturally free from harm. Seller Inventory # CIN0882666096G
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