Pests: How to control them on fruit and vegetables (HDRA Organic Gardening) - Softcover

Pears, Pauline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844481565 ISBN 13: 9781844481569

Publisher: Search Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Review

Sept 2006 This 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 *

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844481565
• ISBN 13: 9781844481569
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64