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The truth about organic gardening : benefits, drawbacks, and the bottom line /
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| Author |
Gillman, Jeff, 1969-
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| Call Number |
635.0484 GIL |
| Publisher |
Portland, Or. : Timber Press, |
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Subject
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Organic gardening.
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Agricultural pests -- Control.
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| URL |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007022076.html |
| Title Statement |
The truth about organic gardening : benefits, drawbacks, and the bottom line / Jeff Gillman. |
| Description |
208 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents |
Organic basics -- What is organic gardening? -- How organic is organic enough? -- History of organic growing -- Understanding pesticides -- The label -- Pesticide delivery -- Environmental impact quotients (EIQs) and toxicological effects -- Soil enrichment and fertilization -- Choices free of synthetic chemicals -- Choices that include synthetic chemicals -- The best choices for you -- Weed control -- Choices free of synthetic chemicals -- Synthetic herbicides -- The best choices for you -- Insect control -- Organic cultural practices -- Traps and barriers -- Beneficial insects and other organisms -- Organic insecticides -- Synthetic insecticides -- Practices designed to increase pesticide efficacy -- The best choices for you -- Disease control -- Organic cultural practices -- Organic chemicals for disease control -- Synthetic chemicals for disease control -- The best choices for you -- Controlling birds, deer, rodents, and mollusks -- Bird control: the organic choices -- Bird control: the synthetic choices -- Deer control -- Rodent control: the organic choices -- Rodent control: the synthetic choices -- Slug and snail control: the organic choices -- Slug and snail control: the synthetic choices -- The best choices for you -- Organic practices and our ecosystem -- Environmental benefits -- Environmental drawbacks -- What to do? -- The question of organic food -- Pesticide residues -- Nutrition -- Contamination -- Antioxidants -- What to do? |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-201) and index. |
| ISBN |
9780881928624 (pbk.) |
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0881928623 |
| LCCN |
2007022076 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1151153 |
