This practical book is a valuable aid for all gardeners intrerested in creating a safe, natural environment in which to grow healthy, and tasty, fruit and vegetables.
Comprehensive, full-colour identification of garden friends and enemies.
Information on the types of trees, shrubs, flowers and weeks that attract beneficial creatures.
Advice on how to avoid pest problems by improving the soil and using a crop rotation.
Hints on protecting plants from pests.
Colour photographs, charts and diagrams throughout.
Pauline Pears lives in Leamington Spa. She is Head of Knowledge Transfer, and editor of The Organic Way magazine, at Garden Organic. She has been involved in the practice and promotion of organic growing for over 20 years, and is still a passionate organic vegetable grower. She and her husband cultivate two organic allotments, as well as growing fruit and vegetables at home. Pauline has written several other books in this series.