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Indlæser... Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control (original 2014; udgave 2013)af Jessica Walliser
Work InformationAttracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control af Jessica Walliser (2014)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Great information on attracting beneficial insects (not just bees and butterflies) to our gardens so they can prey on the 1% of the destructive insect population thus helping to eliminate our need to use pesticides. The book is interesting without being overly zealous and contains info on and pictures of the good insects plus descriptions of the best plants to use to attract them. The author says we would do well to have gardens that emphasize diversity, i.e. the number of different plants present, as well as complexity, i.e. how these plants differ in structure and growth habits, and of course we should choose plants that will do well in our own climates. She doesn't leave out the need for beauty. She shows many attractive pictures of well designed gardens and even includes diagrams we can use to incorporate these plants in our own gardens. Attracting Beneficial Bugs to your garden is an ecosystem based approach to managing pests in your garden. Written by a professed past insecticide user turned bug-lover, this book is written with humor and a down-to-earth approach. There is a lot of great information in here, especially about plant and bug communication that will hopefully convince people that they never have to use an insecticide again. As author Jessica Walliser says "It is about encouraging the beneficial ones in hopes of mitigating the pesky ones." The book is organized into helpful sections: Beneficial Bug Profiles: Includes how the bug works, what they prey on, what exactly they will do in your garden and what to plant in order to help them. Gardening for Bugs: This section will help you understand the feeding habits of beneficial bugs in order to for you to provide the plants that they will thrive along with. It even includes beneficial plants that would be considered weeds! Plant Profiles: The exact species of plants that will help you attract the bugs you want. Design: This is a handy section to help you design all of these plants in a residential setting. This book was provided for free in return for an honest review. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
It may seem counterintuitive to want bugs in a garden, but insects are indeed valuable garden companions. Especially those species known for eating the bugs that eat plants. Assassin bugs, damsel bugs, and predatory stink bugs are all carnivores that devour the bugs that dine on a 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. The bug profiles include a description, a photograph for identification, an explanation of what they do for the garden, and the methods gardeners can use to attract them. The plant profiles highlight the best plants for attracting beneficial bugs and offer detailed information on size, care requirements, zone information, and bloom time. Design plans show gardeners how to design a border specifically for the bugs. This complete, hands-on guide is for anyone looking for a new, natural, and sustainable way to control pests. No library descriptions found. |
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He started talking bugs to me from the first day I mentioned we were going to start a garden, and hasn't stopped yet - and this book is written in the same chatty style my boss uses to teach me about how to improve my garden, by using nature herself. I use very, very little chemicals in my garden, and what I do use, is it get rid of the bad bugs, so learning more ways to get rid of them, and get more good bugs - and to eliminate the chemical garbage - is a very good thing.
Not only is the book written in a chatty, educational way, but the photos are gorgeous and an inspiration.
The book begins explaining the author's personal history when it comes to gardening and bugs, and then morphs from there to talk about why you should be interested in attracting bugs in the first place, and just why they are so good for not only the garden, but the environment as well. Some sections include more information then I personally ever wanted to know, but I think for those really serious gardeners, they'll enjoy sinking their teeth into the real meat of the book.
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