Bibliograph

Attracting beneficial bugs to your garden, a natural approach to pest control, Jessica Walliser

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Attracting beneficial bugs to your garden, a natural approach to pest control, Jessica Walliser

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Attracting beneficial bugs to your garden

Oclc number

1289261981

Responsibility statement

Jessica Walliser

Sub title

a natural approach to pest control

Summary

With this indispensable gardening reference-now updated with new research, insights, and voices-learn how to create a healthy, balanced, and diverse garden capable of supporting a hard-working crew of beneficial pest-eating insects and eliminate the need for synthetic chemical pesticides

Table Of Contents

All about beneficials : who they are, how they work, and what they eat -- Beneficial bug profiles : meet the predators and the parasitoids -- Gardening for bugs : where plants and insects intersect -- Plant profiles : the best plants for beneficials -- Your beneficial border : a guide to designing for the bugs -- Companion planting : battling pests with plant partnerships -- Putting it all together : who the beneficials eat and what to plant -- The commercial stuff : purchased beneficials, good bug lures, supplemental foods, and seed blends

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