The Naturally Bug-Free Garden: Controlling Pest Insects Without Chemicals (Permaculture Gardener Book 2) - Kindle edition by Anna Hess. Crafts, Hobbies & Home Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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4.3 out of 5 stars 62 customer reviews
Book 2 of 3 in Permaculture Gardener (3 Book Series)
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File Size: 14291 KB
Print Length: 128 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Wetknee Books; Second edition (June 2, 2014)
Publication Date: June 2, 2014
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Richard A. Loftus
5.0 out of 5 starsPractical observations/advice on all-organic pest control, with some surprisesJune 20, 2016
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Many reasons to like this book--it's well written and organized and is clearly based on Anna's lived experience on her homestead in Virginia. It's not theory--she walks the walk. I liked that she included commentaries from her blog readers living in a wide variety of parts of the US (Portland; Missouri; Texas) to give perspectives from other biomes--I doubt I'll run into crayfish holes in my arid California garden! It's not encyclopedic but when she thinks the reader would need more information she cites specific books or web resources for that. Intriguing surprises: she's not much for traditional companion planting and explains why, and outlines how succession planting and trap crops can work in her own experience. She also isn't big on the use of chickens, ducks or other domestic animals as pest controllers in most gardens and cites the reasons, although she uses a chicken tractor in a very limited way. She outlines why she (and many of her readers) prefers to use wild predators instead, and how elegantly it can work. The book is heavily illustrated with color photos from her own and other contributors' gardens. I think what I learned the most from was seeing how her brain works--from reading this text you can see her example of using careful observation, research, and trial and error to fine tune moving her garden forward each season. As a novice gardener I'm glad I bought it and will check out her other books.
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Teri Hanna
5.0 out of 5 starsEvery Home Gardener Needs This Guidebook!November 10, 2014
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Great book for all gardeners who fight battle with bugs in the garden. I love her writing and easy to understand style. I love her photographs, they clearly show what she is talking about. Anna and her husband grow their own food in Virginia. You get her personal story and her personal battle with bugs. I can connect with her through her personal journey to get rid of pests in the garden. Anna teaches us to identify the bad bugs first. She uses a Mother Earth News map and survey showing the worst bugs in each region. She gives a couple of resources for learning about the bugs in your garden, her favorite book and an online resource. Anna gives us the worst bugs, how to promote good bugs, pollinators, ecosystem bugs, box turtle friends who eat slugs and snails, letting nature take it's course, outthinking the bugs, choosing resistant plant varieties, using row covers, keeping plants healthy, hands on bug control-yes picking them off and eating blemished fruit. She gives all this great information and writes it in an entertaining style along with photographs from her garden. This book is a treat! Also at the end you will find a preview of another of her books: Homegrown Hummus and Cover Crops. Every gardener needs a copy of this great garden book - I just love it! Get your copy today!
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shgannon
5.0 out of 5 starswould give 7 stars if I could!April 24, 2014
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This book is so valuable for a gardener! It not only well-written, the photos are many and excellent for identifying pests. Once again this author has written a keeper of a book. This one should be kept by every gardener. Identifying pests becomes so easy and she gives ways of controlling the pests with natural means or safe remedies and the book gives info on good and bad creatures in your garden. Altho mainly for vegetable and fruit gardening there is also good info on flower pests. She writes as if she is sitting across from you and she shares what did or didnt work for her. Love it!
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Richard Hoffman
5.0 out of 5 starsand how plant rotation can contribute to keeping bad bugs at bayNovember 20, 2014
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The Naturally Bug-Free Garden gives sage advice about how to garden without the use of pesticides or poisons. Writing from her own experience and research, the author provides extremely valuable techniques for dealing with many garden pests. She uses, not only gardening but ecological and environmental practices to thwart enemies of the plants. Her practices match my own experiences as a chemical-free gardener. Anna Hess shows how to attract beneficial bugs to the garden, tells about plant methods of self-defense, explains the role of nutrition in plant protection, and how plant rotation can contribute to keeping bad bugs at bay. Her fluent and humorous writing style captivates the reader while providing great insights for gardeners at every experiential level. This book covers many more topics than those mentioned here. I highly recommend this book to anyone who does anything in a garden! There are so many gems of wisdom in this book!
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Shirley Oates
5.0 out of 5 stars... gardner who is interested in finding out what are good pest and bad pest I highly recommend this bookApril 13, 2015
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If you are a gardner who is interested in finding out what are good pest and bad pest I highly recommend this book.. I have found it very interesting.
I have found that there are good insects to control the bad ones and you do not need to use poisons on flowers and vegetables to keep you healthy.
I do Highly Recommend it to anyone interested in being a serious gardner.
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Wayne J. Villines
4.0 out of 5 starsNeeds to be a little longer but still good and easy to readAugust 27, 2018
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This was and is a very information filled book. But I feel let down because I simply wanted the book to take longer to read through. It is a book worthy of any one looking to improve there foundational knowledge of food growing almost naturally.
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DreamCatcherDD
4.0 out of 5 starsAwesomeJanuary 29, 2017
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Love knowing about what I am up against with my first garden the book would have been a five star if it had some pointers about matching plants together to help like growing cucumbers over your squash stops the borer. But in all worth getting:)
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Patty
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat for Natural GrowersMay 15, 2015
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What can I say, I have become partial to Ms. Hess. Great guide with a lot of ideas on getting those buggers out. As a natural homesteader who prefers not to use chemicals at all, this is great. Good work again!
