Gardening for a Greener Planet: A Chemical-free Approach
Jonathan Erickson's book offers a thorough, plant-by-plant guide to keeping your garden healthy without reaching for a single bottle of pesticide. The organising principle here is a smart one: rather than hunting through chapters arranged by pest type, you look up the specific fruit, vegetable, flower, tree, or shrub you're concerned about and find out exactly which insects tend to target it. It's a simple structural choice, but it saves a great deal of frustration. The approach running through the whole book is what specialists call integrated pest management, a method that works with nature rather than against it. Erickson walks readers through beneficial insects and other organisms, companion planting strategies, minerals, soaps, and non-toxic alternatives to conventional pesticides. The writing is accessible, making even the more technical sections easy to follow for ordinary gardeners. A useful bonus comes in the form of a comprehensive directory of non-chemical pest control suppliers and reference sources, alongside coverage of recent findings from the USDA and the Worldwide Insecticide Resistance Database. For anyone who wants to protect their plot from hungry insects while keeping the soil, the produce, and the surrounding wildlife genuinely uncontaminated, this is a well-structured and quietly authoritative resource.
- Author: Jonathan Erickson
- Publisher: TAB Books Inc
- Genre: Gardening & Horticulture
- ISBN: 978-0830639069
- Pages: 168 pages