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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...
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Whitney Cranshaw is professor and extension specialist of entomology at Colorado State University. His books include Bugs Rule! and the original 2004 edition of Garden Insects of North America (both Princeton). David Shetlar is professor of urban landscape entomology at The Ohio State University. His books include Managing Turfgrass Pests and Destructive Turf Insects.
An updated edition of the most complete resource on backyard insects available
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4) Slug bread & beheaded thistles: amusing & useful techniques for nontoxic housekeeping & gardening
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145 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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ix, 115 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Are you sick and tired of pesky insects in your garden? Do you want to stay away from pesticides and harmful poisons that could be hazardous to your health and your garden? If you answered yes to both of those questions, The Naturally Bug-Free Garden has all the answers to your troubles. This book will show you how to bring your garden ecosystem into balance so that beneficial insects and larger animals do the work of pest control for you. Anna Hess...
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224 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Ask any gardener and they'll tell you keeping vegetable plants healthy and productive is no easy task. The Vegetable garden problem solver handbook contains all-natural answers to common problems plaguing your vegetable garden, including plant diseases, disorders, animal pests, and weather woes." -- Back cover.
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208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Pests in your garden are a challenge no one wants to face but very few gardeners manage to escape. Instead of turning to synthetic chemical sprays, baits, and dusts, Mulvihill shows you how to handle even your worst pest woes naturally. You'll learn to identify common vegetable garden pests, based on both the damage they cause and their physical appearance. Then you'll discover the most effective organic pest-control products to minimize damage while...
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