The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control - (Rodale Organic Gardening) (Paperback)

About the Book

Consumers are increasingly aware of the dangers of garden chemicals. "The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control" offers a reliable and comprehensive guide that makes it easy to garden without the use of pesticides.

Book Synopsis

An invaluable, easy-to-follow guide for growing and maintaining an organic garden with information on 200 popular plants, including flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and fruits, as well as preventative measures and treatments for common ailments.

One of the rewards of organic gardening is developing a balanced ecosystem, in which plants naturally defend themselves against pests and diseases and where you'll seldom have to intervene. But if trouble does make its way into your garden, this comprehensive handbook will help you stop insect pests in their tracks and curb plant diseases at the first sign of outbreak.

Featuring science-based recommendations for keeping plants healthy and productive, The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control includes hundreds of organic techniques and products for dealing with garden problems. You'll learn how to decide whether you need to treat an infestation or outbreak, how to make choices among the numerous safe, natural options available, and how to use these home remedies and nontoxic control products and methods.

Discover information on:
- Your Healthy Garden: Learn how to create a garden and landscape environment that helps plants stay healthy naturally.
- Symptoms and Solutions: Use these troubleshooting tips for more than 200 types of plants, including annuals, bulbs, fruit trees and bushes, herbs, perennials, shrubs, trees, and vegetables.
- Identifying Pests and Diseases: With hundreds of photos, you can figure out which garden pest, disease, or beneficial insect is in your garden.
- Organic Pest and Disease Management: Discover the best and lowest-impact controls to keep pests and diseases from ruining your harvest and your plants.

By creating a healthy garden environment and keeping a watchful eye, you can rely on completely natural methods to manage a wide range of common insect and disease problems in your garden, yard, and landscape.

About the Author

Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis, and Ellen Phillips are all former managing editors of Rodale Garden Books. The three coauthored the 1992 edition of The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control, in addition to having written numerous books and articles individually. Bradley lives in Cambridge, New York; Ellis in Chesterton, Maryland; and Phillips in Brienigsville, Pennsylvania.