Jerry Baker's Bug Off!; 2,193 Super Secrets for Battling Bad Bugs, Outfoxing Crafty Critters, Evicting Voracious Varmints and Much More!

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780922433483
• ISBN10: 0922433488
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2005-09-28
• Publisher: American Master Products, Inc.

Summary

In this all new collection of cures and controls for unsavory yard invaders, Jerry Baker shares simple tips and tricks to banish bugs and other critters from lawns and gardensand almost all the ingredients can be found in the average cabinet. With homemade mixes, common products, and "old-fashioned grow-how," gardeners learn how to eliminate virtually any pest problem. Fixes are arranged by yard area afflicted, so a solution can be found as soon as symptoms are seen. Other features include "This is Their Life" pest profiles, "Grandma Knew Best" folk remedies, and "Ask Jerry" answers for common troubleshooting. Whether the uninvited guests are insects, rodents, or even larger mammals such as deer, these safe, natural, do-it-yourself tonics leave yards garden-party ready.

Author Biography

Jerry Baker is the author of more than 50 books, including Jerry Baker's Flower Garden Problem Solver, Jerry Baker's Giant Book of Garden Solutions, Jerry Baker's Green Grass Magic, Jerry Baker's Old Time Gardening Wisdom, and Plants Are Like People. His radio show, On the Garden Line®, is syndicated nationwide, and his gardening specials have been televised on PBS. He lives in New Hudson, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Lawn Looters	1	(34)
Flitters & Fliers
Billbugs	2	(3)
Chinch Bugs	5	(3)
Fire Ants	8	(4)
Mosquitoes	12	(4)
Creepers & Crawlers
Fall Armyworms	16	(2)
Mole Crickets	18	(2)
Sod Webworms	20	(3)
White Grubs	23	(4)
Walkers & Stalkers
Dogs	27	(4)
Moles	31	(4)
Tree Trashers	35	(41)
Flitters & Fliers
Ants	36	(4)
Bark Beetles	40	(3)
Codling Moths	43	(3)
Fruit Flies	46	(2)
Gypsy Moths	48	(4)
Plum Curculios	52	(3)
Creepers & Crawlers
Bagworms	55	(3)
Borers	58	(3)
Cankerworms	61	(2)
Fruit-Tree Leaf Rollers	63	(2)
Tent Caterpillars	65	(3)
Walkers & Stalkers
Squirrels	68	(4)
Voles	72	(4)
Shrub Spoilers	76	(40)
Flitters & Fliers
Black Vine Weevils	77	(4)
Japanese Beetles	81	(4)
Lace Bugs	85	(3)
Psyllids	88	(3)
Rust Mites	91	(3)
Creepers & Crawlers
Taxus Bud Mites	94	(3)
Fall Webworms	97	(4)
Leaftiers	101	(2)
Lilac Borers	103	(3)
Rose Slugs	106	(2)
Walkers & Stalkers
Mice	108	(4)
Skunks	112	(4)
Annual & Perennial Plaguers	116	(86)
Flitters & Fliers
Aphids	117	(4)
Blister Beetles	121	(4)
Bulb Mites	125	(4)
Flea Beetles	129	(3)
Four-Lined Plant Bugs	132	(4)
Mealybugs	136	(3)
Rose Chafers	139	(4)
Scale	143	(3)
Spider Mites	146	(3)
Spittlebugs	149	(2)
Strawberry Root Weevils	151	(3)
Thrips	154	(3)
Ticks	157	(4)
Creepers & Crawlers
Caterpillars	161	(3)
Cutworms	164	(4)
Foliar Nematodes	168	(3)
Geranium Budworms	171	(4)
Iris Borers	175	(3)
Leaf Rollers	178	(3)
Root-Knot Nematodes	181	(4)
Slugs & Snails	185	(4)
Walkers & Stalkers
Cats	189	(4)
Chipmunks	193	(4)
Deer	197	(5)
Root-Crop Raiders	202	(31)
Flitters & Fliers
Carrot Rust Flies	203	(3)
Carrot Weevils	206	(2)
Colorado Potato Beetles	208	(4)
Leafhoppers	212	(3)
Creepers & Crawlers
Onion Maggots	215	(3)
Parsleyworms	218	(2)
Potato Tuberworms	220	(2)
Wireworms	222	(3)
Walkers & Stalkers
Gophers	225	(4)
Ground Squirrels	229	(4)
Leaf-Crop Louses	233	(36)
Flitters & Fliers
Earwigs	234	(3)
Harlequin Bugs	237	(3)
Pillbugs & Sowbugs	240	(2)
Root Aphids	242	(2)
Tarnished Plant Bugs	244	(3)
Creepers & Crawlers
Armyworms	247	(3)
Cabbage Loopers	250	(3)
Cabbage Maggots	253	(3)
Cabbageworms	256	(2)
Leaf Miners	258	(3)
Walkers & Stalkers
Groundhogs	261	(4)
Rabbits	265	(4)
Vegetable Villains	269	(56)
Flitters & Fliers
Asiatic Garden Beetles	270	(3)
Asparagus Beetles	273	(2)
Bean Weevils	275	(2)
Cucumber Beetles	277	(4)
Grasshoppers	281	(2)
Mexican Bean Beetles	283	(3)
Squash Beetles	286	(2)
Squash Bugs	288	(3)
Stinkbugs	291	(2)
Whiteflies	293	(3)
Yellow Jackets	296	(3)
Creepers & Crawlers
Corn Earworms	299	(3)
Corn Rootworms	302	(2)
European Corn Borers	304	(3)
Garden Webworms	307	(2)
Seed-Corn Maggots	309	(3)
Squash Vine Borers	312	(2)
Tomato Hornworms	314	(3)
Walkers & Stalkers
Opossums	317	(4)
Raccoons	321	(4)
Good Guys	325	(19)
Flitters & Fliers
Assassin Bugs	326	(2)
Bats	328	(2)
Big-Eyed Bugs	330	(2)
Birds	332	(2)
Creepers & Crawlers
Ground Beetles	334	(2)
Lacewings	336	(2)
Ladybugs	338	(2)
Soldier Beetles	340	(2)
Walkers & Stalkers
Toads	342	(2)
Jerry's Thug Busters	344	(17)
Bonus Busters	361	(1)
Index	362