The truth about organic gardening
Subtitle: making informed choices about popular practices
By: Jeff Gillman.
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780881928624
Subjects: Organic gardening; Agricultural pests -- Control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Organic basics; title: What is organic gardening?; title: How organic is organic enough?; title: History of organic growing; title: Understanding pesticides; title: The label; title: Pesticide delivery; title: Environmental impact quotients (eiqs) and toxicological effects; title: Soil enrichment and fertilization; title: Choices free of synthetic chemicals; title: Choices that include synthetic chemicals; title: The best choices for you; title: Weed control; title: Choices free of synthetic chemicals; title: Synthetic herbicides; title: The best choices for you; title: Insect control; title: Organic cultural practices; title: Traps and barriers; title: Beneficial insects and other organisms; title: Organic insecticides; title: Synthetic insecticides; title: Practices designed to increase pesticide efficacy; title: The best choices for you; title: Disease control; title: Organic cultural practices; title: Organic chemicals for disease control; title: Synthetic chemicals for disease control; title: The best choices for you; title: Controlling birds, deer, rodents, and mollusks; title: Bird control: the organic choices; title: Bird control: the synthetic choices; title: Deer control; title: Rodent control: the organic choices; title: Rodent control: the synthetic choices; title: Slug and snail control: the organic choices; title: Slug and snail control: the synthetic choices; title: The best choices for you; title: Organic practices and our ecosystem; title: Environmental benefits; title: Environmental drawbacks; title: What to do?; title: The question of organic food; title: Pesticide residues; title: Nutrition; title: Contamination; title: Antioxidants; title: What to do?