Pests (Revised)
How to Control Them on Fruit and Vegetables
Published on 4. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-84448-156-9 (ISBN)
Description
This practical book is a valuable aid for all gardeners intrerested in creating a safe, natural environment in which to grow healthy, and tasty, fruit and vegetables.
Comprehensive, full-colour identification of garden friends and enemies.
Information on the types of trees, shrubs, flowers and weeks that attract beneficial creatures.
Advice on how to avoid pest problems by improving the soil and using a crop rotation.
Hints on protecting plants from pests.
Colour photographs, charts and diagrams throughout.
Comprehensive, full-colour identification of garden friends and enemies.
Information on the types of trees, shrubs, flowers and weeks that attract beneficial creatures.
Advice on how to avoid pest problems by improving the soil and using a crop rotation.
Hints on protecting plants from pests.
Colour photographs, charts and diagrams throughout.
Reviews / Votes
Sept 2006This is a book for all gardeners interested in creating a safe and natural environment for growing their own fruit and veg. It's a practical and comprehensive guide to garden friends and enemies, with colour photos, charts and diagrams throughout to help with correct identification, and advice on the various ways to attract the first while discouraging the second without having to rely on sprays.
The book considers how to use soil improvement and crop rotation to avoid pest problems, and hints on protecting plants from pests of all kinds, with some discussion of organic pest controls. * Country Smallholding *
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Tunbridge Wells
United Kingdom
Illustrations
120 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 292 mm
Width: 257 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84448-156-9 (9781844481569)
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Pauline Pears lives in Leamington Spa. She is Head of Knowledge Transfer, and editor of The Organic Way magazine, at Garden Organic. She has been involved in the practice and promotion of organic growing for over 20 years, and is still a passionate organic vegetable grower. She and her husband cultivate two organic allotments, as well as growing fruit and vegetables at home. Pauline has written several other books in this series.