Attracting beneficial bugs to your garden
Subtitle: a natural approach to pest control
By: Jessica Walliser
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781604693881
Subjects: Garden pests; Beneficial insects; Biological control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: All about beneficials: who they are, how they work, and what they eat; title: Beneficial bug profiles: meet the predators and the parasitoids; title: Gardening for bugs: where plants and insects intersect; title: Plant profiles: the best plants for beneficials; title: Your beneficial border: a guide to designing for the bugs; title: Companion planting: battling pests with plant partnerships; title: Putting it all together: who the beneficials eat and what to plant; title: The commercial stuff: purchased beneficials, good bug lures, supplemental foods, and seed blends.