The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without ChemicalsBarbara W. Ellis, Fern Marshall Bradley, Helen Atthowe End your worries about garden problems with safe, effective solutions from The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control! * Easy-to-use problem-solving encyclopedia covers more than 200 vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs * Complete directions on how, when, and where to use preventive methods, insect traps and barriers, biocontrols, homemade remedies, botanical insecticides, and more * More than 350 color photos for quick identification of insect pests, beneficial insects, and plant diseases Newly revised with the latest, safest organic controls. A New York Times Best Gardening Book "This book is our most helpful resource on pest control. It's the first book we turn to for solutions."--Terry Gips, President, International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture "Every year, we review hundreds of books on how to manage soils and pests organically and how to reduce the use of toxic materials. We're excited at the quality and completeness of The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control and recommend it to our clients."--Bill Wolf, President, Necessary Trading Company, New Castle, Virginia |
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Page 493 - Oct 75, p. 1935;BL, 15 Oct 75, p. 275] Audrey MacLellan 1582. Campbell, Stu. Let It Rot! The Gardener's Guide to Composting. Charlotte, Vt., Garden Way, 1975. 152p. illus. bibliog. index. $3.95pa. LC 74-75469. ISBN 0-88266-050-0. This is probably about as complete a layman's guide to composting as will be found today. Safe and unsafe materials, structure of compost piles, procedures for building and turning piles are all thoroughly covered. Technical...
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Healing Appalachia: Sustainable Living through Appropriate Technology Al Fritsch Limited preview - 2007 |