The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control: A Complete Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Garden and Yard the Earth-Friendly Way

by Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis, Deborah L. Martin

With growing consumer awareness about the dangers of garden chemicals, turn to The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control ( by Fern Bradley) as the most reliable and comprehensive guide on the garden shelf. Rodale has been the category leader in organic methods for decades, and this thoroughly updated edition features the latest science-based recommendations for battling garden problems. With all-new photos of common and recently introduced pests and plant diseases, you can quickly identify whether you've discovered garden friend or foe and what action, if any, you should take.

No other reference includes a wider range of methods for growing and maintaining an organic garden. The plant-by-plant guide features symptoms and solutions for 200 popular plants, including flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and fruits. The insect-and-disease encyclopedia includes a photo identification guide and detailed descriptions of damage readers may see. The extensive coverage of the most up-to-date organic control techniques and products, presented in order of lowest impact to most intensive intervention, makes it easy to choose the best control.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference, Agriculture, Plants, How To, Green

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Gladimore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Research purposes.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book full of useful information. It takes awhile to read and process the information. I borrowed it through my local library but it would be worth buying to have the wealth of information handy.

[Andrea Bleho · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this book. I found it very comprehensive and informative. I also like that it gave cultivars that were disease resistant if you have a reoccurring problem. This is one for the book shelf and a go to for answers

[Michele Hoover · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great resource for organic homesteaders. Great info about common pests and diseases with photos of all and info for several organic options for treating the problem.

[VSM · Rating 5 out of 5]

A constant reference on my garden bookshelf.

[Gwen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource reference book on garden diseases and pests. It’s a book that you will want to refer to every now and then.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

useful information.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't look at this book while eating. Too many pictures of bugs. I only used it to look up a few problems I've encountered. I liked how easy it was to use and how thorough the information was.

[Julie Fischer · Rating 3 out of 5]

The organic handbook of natural pest and disease control has a great deal of information in it but no illustrations. I feel illustrations help the reader better understand just what the author is trying to explain.