Author: Jessica Walliser
Publisher:
ISBN: 0760371717
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, you'll learn how to fill your garden with the right plants to support the beneficial predatory insects that control common garden pests.
Garden Insects of North America
Author: Whitney Cranshaw
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691167443
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
An updated edition of the most complete resource on backyard insects available This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrass—from aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps—and much more. This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden. Designed to help you easily identify what you find in the garden, the book is organized by where insects are most likely to be seen—on leaves, shoots, flowers, roots, or soil. Photos are included throughout the book, next to detailed descriptions of the insects and their associated plants. An indispensable guide to the natural microcosm in our backyards, Garden Insects of North America continues to be the definitive resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists. Revised and expanded edition covers most of the insects, mites, and other “bugs” one may find in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada—all in one handy volume Features more than 3,300 full-color photos, more than twice the illustrations of the first edition Concise, informative text organized to help you easily identify insects and the plant injuries that they may cause
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691167443
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
An updated edition of the most complete resource on backyard insects available This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrass—from aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps—and much more. This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden. Designed to help you easily identify what you find in the garden, the book is organized by where insects are most likely to be seen—on leaves, shoots, flowers, roots, or soil. Photos are included throughout the book, next to detailed descriptions of the insects and their associated plants. An indispensable guide to the natural microcosm in our backyards, Garden Insects of North America continues to be the definitive resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists. Revised and expanded edition covers most of the insects, mites, and other “bugs” one may find in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada—all in one handy volume Features more than 3,300 full-color photos, more than twice the illustrations of the first edition Concise, informative text organized to help you easily identify insects and the plant injuries that they may cause
Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, Revised and Updated Second Edition
Author: Jessica Walliser
Publisher:
ISBN: 0760371717
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, you'll learn how to fill your garden with the right plants to support the beneficial predatory insects that control common garden pests.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0760371717
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, you'll learn how to fill your garden with the right plants to support the beneficial predatory insects that control common garden pests.
Bugs in the Garden
Author: Beatrice Alemagna
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714862385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beatrice Alemanga returns with a follow up to the charming Bugs in a Blanket. What happens when the bugs venture out into the big, wide garden to find some new friends? This sturdy board book introduces children to lovable bugs who learn how to accept creatures they are initially afraid of. Author Beatrice Alemagna invented a whole new technique of illustration for this book using a felted wool technique and an amalgam of applique, fabrics and stitching.
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714862385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beatrice Alemanga returns with a follow up to the charming Bugs in a Blanket. What happens when the bugs venture out into the big, wide garden to find some new friends? This sturdy board book introduces children to lovable bugs who learn how to accept creatures they are initially afraid of. Author Beatrice Alemagna invented a whole new technique of illustration for this book using a felted wool technique and an amalgam of applique, fabrics and stitching.
Garden Insects of North America
Author: Whitney Cranshaw
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691095615
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691095615
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden
Author: Jessica Walliser
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604693886
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award Insects are indeed valuable garden companions, especially the assassin bugs, damsel bugs, stink bugs, and other predatory carnivores that eat the insects that dine on your garden. Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden is a book about bugs and plants, and how to create a garden that benefits from both. In addition to information on companion planting and commercial options for purchasing bugs, there are 19 detailed bug profiles and 39 plant profiles. These profiles include a description, a photograph for identification, an explanation of what they can do to support pest control. Design plans show how to create a border specifically for the natural, sustainable inclusion of beneficial bugs in your garden.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604693886
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award Insects are indeed valuable garden companions, especially the assassin bugs, damsel bugs, stink bugs, and other predatory carnivores that eat the insects that dine on your garden. Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden is a book about bugs and plants, and how to create a garden that benefits from both. In addition to information on companion planting and commercial options for purchasing bugs, there are 19 detailed bug profiles and 39 plant profiles. These profiles include a description, a photograph for identification, an explanation of what they can do to support pest control. Design plans show how to create a border specifically for the natural, sustainable inclusion of beneficial bugs in your garden.
Pests of the Garden and Small Farm
Author: Mary Louise Flint
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520218108
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Authoritative text enables readers to identify pests quickly and to prevent, correct, or live with most common pest problems. 250 color photos, 100 drawings.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520218108
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Authoritative text enables readers to identify pests quickly and to prevent, correct, or live with most common pest problems. 250 color photos, 100 drawings.
Great Garden Companions
Author: Sally Jean Cunningham
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9780875968476
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Designed to help readers make organic gardening easy and productive by using plants themselves instead of chemical care, a gardener offers a system that encourages pest-free growth
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9780875968476
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Designed to help readers make organic gardening easy and productive by using plants themselves instead of chemical care, a gardener offers a system that encourages pest-free growth
The Garden
Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening
Author: Charlie Nardozzi
Publisher:
ISBN: 1591865298
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book includes more than 60 fruits, vegetables, and herbs selected for growing success in the diverse growing conditions of Northeast gardens. Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening addresses the climate, soil, sun, and water conditions that affect growing success and includes advice for extending the growing season. Each plant profile highlights planting, growing, watering, and care information. Helpful charts and graphs assist gardeners in knowing when to plant and harvest.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1591865298
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book includes more than 60 fruits, vegetables, and herbs selected for growing success in the diverse growing conditions of Northeast gardens. Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening addresses the climate, soil, sun, and water conditions that affect growing success and includes advice for extending the growing season. Each plant profile highlights planting, growing, watering, and care information. Helpful charts and graphs assist gardeners in knowing when to plant and harvest.
Your Garden and Home
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes preliminary number dated Apr. 1927.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes preliminary number dated Apr. 1927.