Backyard Battle Plan: The Ultimate Guide to Controlling Wildlife Damage in Your GardenA practical, no-nonsense look at the greatest scourge of America's 100 million gardeners -- animal damage There's a war going on out there, and humans are losing ground literally. The first book to look squarely at the subject, Backyard Battle Plan takes a stand on the fastest-growing threat to our gardens: animal damage. Ecological imbalance and overzealous protectionist policies have produced a skyrocketing population of problem animals. Deer alone number thirty times what they did a century ago. With animal-related property losses totaling $3 billion a year, America's summer backyard -- suburban and urban -- is under siege. But our romanticization of wildlife, argues Backyard Battle Plan, blinds us to our need for a balance of preservation and control, even elimination. A godsend to any gardener whose cherished crops are regularly destroyed, this complete A-to-Z guide defines the enemy: from beaver to problem birds and coyotes to woodchucks; their habitats and the diseases they carry; and control methods from fencing to poison to hunting. Complete with fascinating boxes and sidebars, this is an honest and long-overdue primer on an issue we dare not keep taboo. |
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... grubs , and in- sects , their tunnels wreak havoc on lawns as well as other plants by destroying the roots with their underground digging . Where preva- lent , they are among the most trouble- some of pests . Scientific Information The ...
... grubs are fat , white , inch- long , C - shaped delicacies that are a fa- vorite food of skunks , raccoons , and moles . When the grubs are near the sur- face , animals tear up the lawn to get these insects , which are the larval stage ...
... grubs as they rise to the warming surface to feed on the grass roots . To catch the fall grubs , ap- ply fast - acting pesticides in mid - August or as soon as the damage is noticed . Slow - acting chemicals , most particu- larly the ...