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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 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Barbara W. Ellis, Fern Marshall Bradley
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $14.93
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Rating:  30 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 0875967531
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.049
EAN: 9780875967530
ASIN: 0875967531
Publication Date: May 15, 1996
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Product Description
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 diseasesNewly revised with the latest, safest organic controls.A New York Times Best Gardening Book
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 Complex July 28, 2008
R. Zippay
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book was very good from a technical standpoint but more than I wanted or needed. I was looking more for the home remedies to my garden problems. Things that I would normally have in the kitchen, such as soap, garlic, pepper, etc. It did have some of those remedies but there were many more technically more complex and commercially available fixes to my garden problems. I could have gotten this information from reading the backs of compound containers at the the garden supply store.
A good and well researched book but not what I was looking because the title led me to believe it was solutions without chemicals and most of the solutions are what I consider to be chemical.
 A definite must have for any serious gardener July 24, 2008
John Hoskins (Kansas City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wish I had this book before I ever started a garden. You can look up info by plant or by insect. It will tell you how to grow a certain plant, what kind of soil you need. It tells you about any problems you may have and how to deal with them. It tells you how to water each type of plant and what insects you should attract for a plant type. All and all an excellent book.
Excellent reference for "natural" pest control! July 8, 2008
Bures 98 (Puerto Rico)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Living in the tropics, I have had frequent failures starting up my organic garden due to pests taking it over. This year I have used some tips and "natural pesticide" recipies from this book with great success. It has also helped me identify "good" versus "bad" insects so I can better assess what treatment, if any, to use. I strongly recommend this book to anyone trying to start an organic vegetable garden!
 Excellent reference book July 2, 2008
K Watson (Mississippi)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have referred to this book numerous times for specific problems that I've have in my garden and find it to be very helpful. It covers many plants and every pest and disease that you can imagine. It has separate sections on plants and pest/diseases.
Great book. June 18, 2008
CAM (Jacksonville, NC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great information on many different subjects. It would be helpful if it had more color pages with pictures of the actual bugs (which is has some of these but I needed more). It has many different places to look up things that you find yourself easily drawn into other subjects you were not looking for. It has plants seperated by diseases, or by insects that attack them. A ton of information on how to do an organic garden with sacrifical plants, a few home brewed help receipes, and lots of information for the new gardener, plus some wise parts for the small home farmer. Something for everyone and easy to read and understand.
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