turning american pesticide gardening

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How to Get Your Lawn Off Grass: A North American Guide to Turning Off the Water Tap and Going Native

1 review
Carole Rubin

Harbour, 2002

promising title
Upon seeing the title of this book, I automatically picked it up and bought it. Being a chemical free gardener in the midst of a drought, I ran home elated at my good fortune in finding the very book I was hoping for. I have to say that my heart sank when I realized this was not a book exclusively about lawns(that space in the landscape used for family play,visual respite and contrast, and in ...

How to Get Your Lawn & Garden Off Drugs: A Basic Guide to Pesticide-Free Gardening in North America
Carole Rubin

Harbour, 2003

Chemical pesticides were first formulated during the Second World War as agents of chemical warfare. Since then, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other toxic agents have been developed for use in agriculture and home gardening to kill unwanted weeds, insects and diseases. Today we are looking for ways to clean these agrichemicals from our water, fisheries, wildlife species, soils - and our bodies. "How to Get Your Lawn and Garden Off ...

How to Get Your Lawn and Garden Off Drugs

1 review
Carole Rubin

Whitecap Books, 2002

Great introduction to organic gardening!
This book was is intended for Canadian audiences, but is sufficiently general to apply just about anywhere. It focuses on the absolute basics, laid out in easy to digest steps. It is relatively un-preachy, confining itself to facts rather than extended rhetoric on the merits of 'toxin-free living.' There are 5 simple chapters, plus glossary, resource listings (for Canadians), and additional ...