| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; number fifty-seven |
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W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 57.
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| 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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
Gardens do not take care of themselves. Poor soil, pests, disease, fungus, and inclement weather can ruin plants and a gardener?s zeal. In When Good Gardens Go Bad, veteran author and pioneer organic gardener Judy Barrett offers safe, practical, and inexpensive advice for handling common garden problems and challenges. Plants thrive and fail for many reasons, but if you improve the soil, choose the right plants, plant them at the right time, and encourage them along the way, you will have far fewer failures and be able to take the credit when they flourish. Dispelling the belief that gardens should be perfectly controlled environments, Barrett encourages gardeners to embrace the imperfections. If you are frustrated because nothing seems to grow in your backyard or you can?t keep pests or plant disease away, this book offers organic solutions while banishing stress. Barrett encourages readers to learn more about their soil through observation and talking with neighbors and local experts in order to make smarter choices for their yards. Insects are another common frustration for gardeners. Here, Barrett differentiates the beneficial insects from the problem pests, and she offers homemade and store-bought solutions for keeping harmful pests away. She also provides frustrated gardeners straightforward advice for tackling other common hurdles such as weeds and composting. Barrett?s gardening philosophy is that the best gardeners are those who enjoy the process and can live with some dead plants, failed visions, and annoying bugs. A garden doesn?t have to be perfect, but it should be fun! |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 17, 2018) |
| Subject |
Organic gardening.
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Organic gardening -- Texas
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organic gardening.
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GARDENING -- Essays.
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GARDENING -- Reference.
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GARDENING -- Vegetables.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
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Organic gardening
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Texas
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781623496227 |
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1623496225 |
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