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9780922433483

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780922433483

  • ISBN10:

    0922433488

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2005-09-28
  • Publisher: American Master Products, Inc.
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $31.95

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

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