The Gardener's Bug Book; Earth-Safe Insect Control

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

Barbara Pleasant explains how to work with nature to make the garden a no-pest zone. The author shows how to distinguish the good bugs from the bad and use the best homemade and commercial control strategies for pests. Cross-references 72 common vegetables and fruits and the pests that affect them. Clearly illustrated.

This completely revised and updated garden guide shows how to identify and control more than 70 common garden insects using the best homemade and commercial control strategies.

Author Biography: Award-winning author Barbara Pleasant has written about tackling some of gardeners' worst nightmares: bugs, plant diseases, and weeds. Her books include The Gardener's Bug Book, The Gardener's Guide To Plant Diseases, and The Gardener's Weed Book. She is a self-employed garden writer who contributes to newspapers and several magazines, including GreenPrints, Organic Gardening, and Country Journal, and is author and publisher of Alabama Gardener's Almanac. Barbara is a member of the Garden Writers Association of America. She lives in Huntsville, Alabama.

Award-winning author Barbara Pleasant has written abouttackling some of gardeners' worst nightmares: bugs, plantdiseases, and weeds. Her books include The Gardener's BugBook, The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases, The Gardener'sWeed Book, and Garden Stone, 2003 winner of the Garden Writers Association's Garden Globe Award.A contributing editor to Mother Earth News and regionalcorrespondent for Gardening How-To magazine, Barbara lives in the mountains of western North Carolina. Her website isbarbarapleasant.com.