garden pests

"While working in the garden, Marigold Fairy and Butterfly discover that something is eating all the carrots"--OCLC.

Presents an introduction to garden pests and their relatives, discusses management principles for some garden pests, and features descriptions and photographs of 1,420 common North American insects and mites, each with information on hosts, damage, distribution, appearance, and life history and habits.

Discusses the life cycles of insects, diseases, and weeds, the plants they affect, and the latest organic controls to keep them in check.

A guide to "green" gardening for children that explains how to control garden pests without the use of poisons.

Presents information on more than fifty common plant diseases, discussing where they occur, what they look like, what to do about them, and the long-term prognosis for affected plants, and includes recommendations for organic methods for controlling each disease.

On title page: A comprehensive reference on controlling insects and diseases in the garden, orchard and yard without using chemicals.

A gardener upsets the natural balance in his garden by using poison and learns the value of another method of controlling pests.