Garden Pests
As the garden season continues, your beautiful plants may fall victim to bugs and other pests who want to eat your produce before you! Here are some sources for defending your garden from the critters. Click each title to check out an e-book from the library.
Good Bugs For Your Garden by Allison Mia Starcher
Anyone who gardens knows how snails, aphids, scales 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 in our gardens.
Attracting Beneficial Bugs To Your Garden by Jessica Walliser
Jessica Walliser lets readers in on the secrets to a garden that buzzes with activity. Her profiles on the insects that fight pests and the best plants for attracting them, offer clear, practical tips.
Dead Snails Leave No Trails by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
If you've ever had a swarm of fruit flies in your kitchen or a gopher wreaking havoc in your yard, you may have wondered what a conscientious gardener or homeowner can do short of heavy-duty chemical warfare. Dead Snails Leave No Trails is a comprehensive guide to repelling both indoor and outdoor pests using organic methods--it's the perfect DIY solution to eliminate unwelcome visitors in your home and garden while keeping yourself, your family, and the environment safe from harmful chemicals.
The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener by Tammi Hartung
Promoting a holistic ecological view, Tammi Hartung encourages you to invite wildlife into your garden. You'll be amazed at how a variety of natural pollinators, pest predators, and soil enrichers can promote vibrant and healthy vegetables. Discover how a slug problem disappears once you've introduced a pond housing bullfrogs, how wasps can take care of tomato hornworms, and why skunks aren't so bad after all. Learn how to garden with animals, rather than against them, and reap your most bountiful harvest yet.
How To Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons
How to Grow More Vegetables has become the go-to reference for food growers at every level, whether they are home gardeners dedicated to nurturing backyard edibles with minimal water in maximum harmony with nature's cycles, or a small-scale commercial producer interested in optimizing soil fertility and increasing plant productivity.
The Backyard Gardener by Kelly Orzel
The "garden to table" movement is inspiring another generation of gardeners but many of them have questions. How important is composting? Is seed saving really worth it? Focusing on sustainable, organic growing practices and plants, The Backyard Gardener is a comprehensive handbook that will help get them started.
Good Bugs For Your Garden by Allison Mia Starcher
Anyone who gardens knows how snails, aphids, scales 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 in our gardens.
Attracting Beneficial Bugs To Your Garden by Jessica Walliser
Jessica Walliser lets readers in on the secrets to a garden that buzzes with activity. Her profiles on the insects that fight pests and the best plants for attracting them, offer clear, practical tips.
Dead Snails Leave No Trails by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
If you've ever had a swarm of fruit flies in your kitchen or a gopher wreaking havoc in your yard, you may have wondered what a conscientious gardener or homeowner can do short of heavy-duty chemical warfare. Dead Snails Leave No Trails is a comprehensive guide to repelling both indoor and outdoor pests using organic methods--it's the perfect DIY solution to eliminate unwelcome visitors in your home and garden while keeping yourself, your family, and the environment safe from harmful chemicals.
The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener by Tammi Hartung
Promoting a holistic ecological view, Tammi Hartung encourages you to invite wildlife into your garden. You'll be amazed at how a variety of natural pollinators, pest predators, and soil enrichers can promote vibrant and healthy vegetables. Discover how a slug problem disappears once you've introduced a pond housing bullfrogs, how wasps can take care of tomato hornworms, and why skunks aren't so bad after all. Learn how to garden with animals, rather than against them, and reap your most bountiful harvest yet.
How To Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons
How to Grow More Vegetables has become the go-to reference for food growers at every level, whether they are home gardeners dedicated to nurturing backyard edibles with minimal water in maximum harmony with nature's cycles, or a small-scale commercial producer interested in optimizing soil fertility and increasing plant productivity.
The Backyard Gardener by Kelly Orzel
The "garden to table" movement is inspiring another generation of gardeners but many of them have questions. How important is composting? Is seed saving really worth it? Focusing on sustainable, organic growing practices and plants, The Backyard Gardener is a comprehensive handbook that will help get them started.
This is just a lovely and informational blog post. I'd like to check out a few of these and see if they can help me in my own garden!
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