The Gardener's Weed Book

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THE GARDENER'S
WEED BOOK
Earth-Safe Controls
Identify and Control Weeds for a Super Garden!
Weeds are fascinating plants that tell us a great deal — but only if we learn to listen. This easy-to-use reference from gardening expert Barbara Pleasant covers the pros and cons of the presence of weeds, recommends proven organic methods for controlling unwanted weeds, and presents an illustrated encyclopedia of dozens of the most common weeds.
The Gardener's Weed Book will show
you:
> How to control weeds organically: mulching, hand weeding, cutting and mowing, growing smother crops
> How to identify weeds, with illustrations of seedlings and mature plants
> What weeds reveal about soil conditions and gardening techniques
^ All about your weeds: origin and range, site, soil, and season, full description, and related plants
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Fülszöveg

THE GARDENER'S
WEED BOOK
Earth-Safe Controls
Identify and Control Weeds for a Super Garden!
Weeds are fascinating plants that tell us a great deal — but only if we learn to listen. This easy-to-use reference from gardening expert Barbara Pleasant covers the pros and cons of the presence of weeds, recommends proven organic methods for controlling unwanted weeds, and presents an illustrated encyclopedia of dozens of the most common weeds.
The Gardener's Weed Book will show
you:
> How to control weeds organically: mulching, hand weeding, cutting and mowing, growing smother crops
> How to identify weeds, with illustrations of seedlings and mature plants
> What weeds reveal about soil conditions and gardening techniques
^ All about your weeds: origin and range, site, soil, and season, full description, and related plants
I A guide for safely control-; ling garden pests, com-5 plate with illustrations : and behavior hints for
identifying insects, and i instructions for natural Í pest-fighting preparations, i and commercially avail-I able pest controls.
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THE GARDENER'S
WEED BOOK
Weeds, according to garden expert and writer Barbara Pleasant, are "any plants that insist on growing where you don't want them to grow." And while weeds may be a gardener's nemesis, if you truly know your enemy you can not only eradicate weeds, but also use them to enhance your success. And you can do it without resorting to dangerous chemicals that may harm you or the environment.
Whether you are raising landscape plants, herbs, or vegetables, this easy-to-use reference will help make you a better gardener. Discover why and how weeds appear, and recognize them easily using the illustrated encyclopedia of common weeds. Best of all, learn to control weeds using safe, proven organic methods.
Throughout The Gardener's Weed Book Pleasant stresses that understanding is the key to proper weed control. Weeds really aren't difficult to get to know, because the same plants trespass into gardens time after time. Though they often seem like '''super-plants" because of their tenacity, most garden weeds depend on humans for an open place to grow and suitable soil conditions to thrive. Understand weeds and you will know how to deny the plants the opportunity to grow.
The Gardeners Weed Book explains virtually everything you need to know to win the battle with weeds. Beginners will learn how to identify seedlings, and experienced gardeners (continued on back flap)
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will find results of the latest research on how garden weeds affect the plants that grow near them. All gardeners will want to recognize weeds that are dangerous to touch, highly poisonous, or noxious. In the identification chapter, "A Gallery of Mainstream Weeds," more than 70 common weeds, grasses, and vines are carefully described, accompanied by detailed black-and-white botanical illustrations of the seeds, flowers, and mature plants.
Barbara Pleasant is
the award-winning author of six gardening books, including The Gardener's Bug Book, Warm-Climate Gardening, and The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases, all from Storey Communications, Inc. She lives in Huntsville, Alabama.
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