Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy

Name: Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy | Garden Solutions Without Chemical Pollution
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Garden Solutions Without Chemical Pollution

Loren Nancarrow Janet Hogan Taylor(Autor*in)

Ten Speed Press

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Erschienen am 18. April 2012

192 Seiten

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Intro
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Why Organic?
Our Impact on the Food Supply
Building Good Soil
Steps to Healthy Soil in Your Garden
Determine just how out of balance the soil is by having it tested
Get some air into the soil
Add the right fertilizers
Add organic matter to the soil
Mulch the soil
Don't use insecticides or pesticides
Chapter 2: Garden and Lawn Diseases and Remedies
Garden Diseases, Symptoms, and Controls
Common plant, vegetable, and tree diseases
Bacterial canker
Bacterial leaf spot
Black spot
Damping-off disease
Downy mildew
Gray mold
Fireblight
Mosaic viruses
Oak root fungus
Peach tree curl
Powdery mildew
Rust
Sooty mold
Southern blight
Verticillium wilt
Water mold root rot
Fungus-Killing Sprays
Baking soda
Garlic
Vinegar
Lawn Diseases, Symptoms, and Controls
Start with the soil
Know what kind of grass you have
Is your lawn stressed out?
Chapter 3: Pest Control Solutions for the Garden and Lawn33
Common plant, vegetable, and tree pests
Common lawn grass pests
Control the Pest or Let Nature Take its Course?
Attracting and Keeping Beneficial Insects in Your Garden
Aphid midge
Assassin bug
Big-eyed bug
Braconid wasp
Bumblebee
Damsel bug
Ground or carabid beetle
Honeybee
Hover fly (flower fly)
Ichneumon wasp
Lacewing
Ladybug (ladybird beetle)
Mealybug destroyer
Minute pirate bug
Nematode
Praying mantis
Predatory mite
Snakefly
Soldier beetle
Spined soldier bug
Tachinid fly
Tiger beetle
How to Buy Beneficial Insects
Buying insect help
What to do with the critters
Insect-Killing Sprays and Methods
Horticultural oil sprays
Other homemade insect-killing sprays
Insect Repellents
All-purpose repellents 58
Insect-specific repellents
Companion plantings to repel specific insects
Insect Traps
Homemade traps
Mulch traps
Pheromone traps
Trap crops
Using Row Covers to Control Insect Pests
Using Hot Water to Control Insects
To control insects in the soil
To control insects on plants
Chapter 4: Make-It-Yourself Fertilizers, Mulches, and Compost
Using Organic Fertilizers
How organic fertilizers work
Acid-loving plant help
Blooming houseplant fertilizer
Bulb fertilizer
Camellia and azalea food
Citrus fertilizer and sweetener
General-purpose organic fertilizer
Green manure fertilizer
Iron fertilizers
Leaf or foliar fertilizers
Rose fertilizers
Worm casting fertilizer and tonic
Tree fertilizers
Using seed-free manure
Free Fertilizers
Making Your Own Mulch
Mulch 101
Making mulch
Tips on Making Compost
Do you need a compost bin?
Starting a compost pile
What size is the average pile?
Problems in the pile?
When is the compost finished?
What is aged compost?
How to use compost
What's that in my compost bin?
Chapter 5: Planting, Potting, and Maintenance Solutions, and Some Tips on Tools
Quick Tips for the Garden
Artichoke transplants
Asparagus weeds
Bulb storage
Cantaloupe picking
Cucumber climbers
Growing more beans
Growing more cabbages
Heavy sprayer?
Herbs for drying
Homemade roasted sunflower seeds
Melon care
Mini plant covers
Pennyroyal to chase pests
Pollinating pointers
Potato scab prevention
Retaining soil moisture
Roses and soil
Shading delicate vegetables
Planting Tips
Watering Tips
Don't Deadhead Flowers Again
Using Earthworms to Make Good Topsoil
Tips for the Christmas Season
Keep your Christmas tree fresh
Flowering poinsettias year after year
How to Get Free Plants
Dividing
Saving seeds
Deadheading your way to beautiful free flowers
What to do with cuttings
Using self-seeding plants
Making Your Own Potting Soil
Mix-and-match potting mix
Specialized potting mixes
Plant potting tips
Tomato Madness
Growing tomatoes
Battling birds and squirrels
Weeding Made Simple
Smother weeds out
Mulch weeds out
Plant weeds out
Cut weeds out
Cook weeds out
Eat weeds out
Spray weeds out
Boil weeds out
Salt weeds out
Water weeds out
Kill weeds before they emerge
Watch that compost-you may be planting weeds!
Tools that Make Work Easy
Rules for picking the right garden tools
Cleaning tools
Free or almost-free tools that work
Chapter 6: Wildlife Loves an Organic Garden
Butterfly Gardening, or Attracting Flying Flowers
Making a good butterfly garden
A butterfly's metamorphic life cycle
Butterfly food requirements
Are butterflies ever harmful to your garden?
Common butterflies you'll find in your garden
Animals in the Garden
Basic habitat plan
Birds
A little bird biology
Bird behavior
The spoken language-bird songs
Common plants birds love for food
What to feed your favorite backyard birds
Protect your feeder from pests and predators
Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals
Amphibians
Reptiles
Mammals
Wildlife Behaviors, or "Talking to the Animals"
When Wildlife Become Pests
Birds
Cats
Deer
Dogs
Gophers
Groundhogs
Rabbits
Raccoons
Rodents
Skunks
Snakes
Tree squirrels
Glossary
Bibliography
Buying Guide
Organizations

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