Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide

by Mary Louise Flint

Featuring more than 250 color photographs of pests and crops, and more than 100 drawings, this book, with its authoritative text, enables you to identify pests quickly and to prevent, correct, or live with most common pest problems. Crop tables at the end of the book describe major pests on 30 vegetable and fruit tree crops and refer you to specific pages for more detail. The book's approach minimizes the use of broad spectrum pesticides, relying primarily on alternatives such as: biological control; resistant varieties; traps and barriers; less toxic pesticides such as soaps, oils, and microbials; changing planting, irrigation, or cultivating procedures; and other preventive measures. Includes: landscape designs that prevent pests; planting, irrigating, other plant care activities that prevent potential problems; resistant varieties; biological controls (use of parasites, predators, or pathogens); less-toxic pesticides such as soaps, oil, and microbials; mulches and other physical and mechanical controls; references, suppliers list, and glossary.Now in an extensively revised new edition, the highly successful "Pests of the Garden and Small Farm" adapts scientifically based integrated pest management techniques to the needs of the home gardener and small-scale farmer.

Genres: Gardening

286 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 1999

Reviews

[Cadillacrazy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indispensable reference guide to identify pests and how to handle them.

[Marisa Faye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally made my way through this reference guide and it was a fascinating read. Definitely great to have on hand!

[Cassandra Carico · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent resource. The methods described at the beginning of the book are only touched upon briefly and give the reader a good base for continuing research. However, the breakdown of each individual pest - its life cycle and ways of combating it - is a thorough and excellent resource. This section is better and more detailed than the Texas Bug Book.