The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control

The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control - A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without Chemicals

by Barbara W. Ellis (Editor), Fern Marshall Bradley (Editor)

- An excellent handbook with entries for common fruits, flowering plants, vegetables, and trees.
- Each listing has information on disease and pest problems and tips on how to solve them without chemicals.
- Especially useful sections feature photos of garden insects and diseases.

End your worries about garden problems with safe, effective solutions from The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control!

* Easy-to-use problem-solving encyclopedia covers more than 200 vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs
* Complete directions on how, when, and where to use preventive methods, insect traps and barriers, biocontrols, homemade remedies, botanical insecticides, and more
* More than 350 color photos for quick identification of insect pests, beneficial insects, and plant diseases

Newly revised with the latest, safest organic controls.

A New York Times Best Gardening Book

"This book is our most helpful resource on pest control. It's the first book we turn to for solutions."--Terry Gips, President, International Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture

"Every year, we review hundreds of books on how to manage soils and pests organically and how to reduce the use of toxic materials. We're excited at the quality and completeness of The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control and recommend it to our clients."--Bill Wolf, President, Necessary Trading Company, New Castle, Virginia

Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Rodale Books; Revised edition (May 15, 1996)

Language: English
ISBN-10: 0875967531
ISBN-13: 978-0875967530