When good gardens go bad : earth-friendly solutions to common garden problems /
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| Author / Creator: | Barrett, Judy, 1945- author. |
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| Imprint: | College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2018] ©2018 |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; number fifty-seven W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 57. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12282836 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Preface; 1 The Garden of Eden Is Long Gone, but the Fruit Was Worth It; 2 Brown-Thumb Syndrome; Seven Simple Rules; Failure to Thrive; Location, Location, Location; If You Don't Like the Weather . . .; Timing Is Everything; 3 Without Bugs, We've Got Nothing; What Bugs Do for Us; Important Pest-Control Tools; Products; What's Bugging You?; 4 Invisible Friends and Foes; Fungi; Other Fungal Diseases and Fungicides; Bacteria; Viruses; 5 Plants Run Amok: Dealing with Weeds; What Are Weeds?; Weeds in the Lawn; Weeds in the Beds; Covering the Soil to Discourage Weeds.
- The Scoop on CoffeeA Word about Volunteers; Friendly and Useful Weeds; Despicable Weeds; 6 Compost: Nature's Miracle Cure; Types of Compost; Make Your Own; Mulch: Compost's Companion; 7 The Exuberant Garden; Acknowledgments and Resources; Index.