Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control : A Complete Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Garden and Yard the Earth-Friendly Way Author: Visit Amazon's Fern Marshall Bradley Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1605295426 | Format: EPUB
Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control : A Complete Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Garden and Yard the Earth-Friendly Way Description
- Hardcover
- Publisher: Rodale (2009)
- ISBN-10: 1605295426
- ISBN-13: 978-1605295428
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
I have been trying my hand at organic gardening for a couple of years now and I am learning, quite quickly, that it is NOT easy! I am so glad that books like The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control are around to help poor souls like me who just don't have much of a green thumb!
There are 4 parts to this book. Part 1 deals with building a healthy garden so that you can grow healthy plants. This section deals with composting, cover crops, and applying healthy supplements such as seaweed spray. (I have never heard of seaweed spray! I am going to do some research on that!) It also covers topics such as choosing resistant strains of plants and planting at the right time of year. Even a week or two change in when you plant can help avoid certain pests. I do wish there was more information on heirloom plant varieties, it seems like the hybrid plants offer more resistance to disease and the fewer diseases, the fewer treatments necessary, however I love heirloom plants for their uniqueness.
The second section deals with Symptoms and Solutions and the third is Identifying Pests and Diseases. These are very informative sections that takes each individual plant and describes every possible problem you could have with it. You can search by plant type (begonia, carrots, etc) or disease type (fungal, viral, bug, etc) There are some not so pretty pictures to help you identify your garden pest. I discovered that the spooky looking critter on my grape leaves is a leaf hopper. Now, I just move on to the next section on how to get rid of him!
The last section is an extensive collection of how to get rid of your unwanted pest or disease.
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