Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Garrett, Howard; Beck, C. Malcolm

ISBN 10: 0292709374 / ISBN 13: 9780292709379

Verlag: University of Texas Press, 2005

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0292709374I4N00

Inhaltsangabe:

Texas Bug Book is your complete guide for identifying and organically controlling all of the most common Texas insects. Drawing on years of practical experience and research, organic gardening experts Howard Garrett and Malcolm Beck give detailed instructions on how to identify, understand the life cycle of, and control or protect Texas insects, mites, snails, slugs, nematodes, and other critters. They also include striking color photos and black-and-white drawings to help you identify each bug. Garrett and Beck highlight the many useful roles that bugs play in nature and offer proven organic remedies for infestations of pest insects.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Howard Garrett is a landscape architect, certified arborist, horticulturist, and organic practitioner in Dallas. He promotes his organic gardening program, The Natural Way, through his WBAP-820 AM radio show, weekly column in the Dallas Morning News, monthly Dirt magazine, natural organic Web site www.dirtdoctor.com, and regional and national speaking engagements.

Malcolm Beck, of San Antonio, is the founder of Garden-Ville Fertilizer Company. Winner of the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence in 1997, he writes and speaks extensively on organic growing practices.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the ...
Verlag: University of Texas Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Paperback
Illustrator: Gage, Gwen E.
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket