Walliser, Jessica.
Summary: This book identifies helpful and harmful insects found in the garden, and gives advice for effectively managing both types of insects organically. It is a field guide for quickly and easily identifying the most common invasive and beneficial insects in the garden; plus the best organic advice on how to attract the good guys and manage the bad guys, without reaching for the toxic chemicals. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Lynn's Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 595.7 WALAlexander, Jeff
Summary: "The St. Lawrence Seaway was considered one of the world's greatest engineering achievements when it opened in 1959. The $1 billion project-a series of locks, canals, and dams that tamed the ferocious St. Lawrence River-opened the Great Lakes to the global shipping industry. Linking ports on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario to shipping hubs on the world's seven seas increased...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Transport AlexanderAdler, Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.7 ADLMulvihill, Susan
Summary: Pests in your garden are a challenge no one wants to face but very few gardeners manage to escape. Instead of turning to synthetic chemical sprays, baits, and dusts, Mulvihill shows you how to handle even your worst pest woes naturally. You'll learn to identify common vegetable garden pests, based on both the damage they cause and their physical appearance. Then you'll discover the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.049 MULWarner, Andy
Summary: "Find out more than you ever thought possible about creatures both cute and weird, large and small, while discovering new stories about human history from the perspective of our animal companions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 WARHarrison, George H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Willow Creek Press 2000
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Summary: When a pest eats all the vegetables in the garden, Duck comes up with a plan to stop whatever is feasting on his crops.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Thomas 2017Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOMcCord, Nancy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0496 MCCBall, Jeff.
Summary: Explains how to identify and control insects and diseases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.049 BALMikolajski, Andrew.
Summary: 750 pest, diseases and physiological problems are clearly described and more than 550 color photographs help you identify common garden ailments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hermes House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 MIKJones, Richard
Summary: Today we live in snug, well-furnished houses surrounded by the trappings of a civilised life. But we are not alone - we suffer a constant stream of unwanted visitors. Our houses, our food, our belongings, our very existence are under constant attack from a host of invaders eager to take advantage of our shelter, our food stores and our tasty soft furnishings. From bats in the belfry to beetles...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 JONSummary: Examines problems caused by the introduction of the cane toad from Hawaii to Australia in the 1930's for biological control. Having no natural enemies, the toad has rapidly multiplied and elicits feelings ranging from fondness to hatred from local inhabitants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features Home Video 1988
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CANAtthowe, Helen
Summary: The Ecological Farm is the go-to guide for ecological growing, with a unique focus on reduced tillage, minimizing farm and garden inputs, and pest control. Reflecting the wisdom that farmer, consultant, and educator Helen Atthowe and her late husband, Carl Rosato, gained during decades of farming experience, this book guides readers on how to reduce or eliminate the use of outside inputs of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2023
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Summary: Are you sick and tired of pesky insects in your garden? Do you want to stay away from pesticides and harmful poisons that could be hazardous to your health and your garden? If you answered yes to both of those questions, The Naturally Bug-Free Garden has all the answers to your troubles. This book will show you how to bring your garden ecosystem into balance so that beneficial insects and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 HESRapai, William.
Summary: "There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others--sea lamprey, alewife, round goby, quagga mussel, zebra mussel, Eurasian watermilfoil, spiny water flea, and rusty crayfish--have conducted an all-out assault on the Great Lakes and are winning the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.6 RAPBradley, Fern Marshall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.049 BRAKlein, Hilary Dole
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.7 KLELay, Richard.
Summary: Teaches how to keep insect pests out of gardens, utilizing such methods as growing different plants together, enticing birds and bats, and planting vegetables bugs hate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0496 NANRoberts, Tom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Book Pub. Co. 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.27 RUSBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: Wormwords invade the school, draining the students' mental energy and causing them to repeat themselves, so the Librarian works to exterminate the pests before they zombify the students.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023