Garden Pests, Diseases & Good Bugs For Australian Gardeners
Gardening Reference Nature Environmental Conservation Australian Flora & Fauna Entomology Organic Gardening
Denis Crawford’s best-selling reference packs 464 pages of Australian-specific solutions into one easy-to-use paperback. Every major pest, disease and beneficial insect you are likely to meet in an Aussie backyard is shown in sharp close-up photographs, giving gardeners the confidence to tell a ladybird larva from a destructive leaf-eater at a glance. Because the advice is written by one of the country’s leading entomologists, the control methods are both eco-friendly and proven in Australian conditions—no guess-work, no imported chemicals that don’t work on local species.
What sets this title apart from generic gardening guides is its “good bug” focus: each problem page is paired with the natural predators that will do the fighting for you, so you can build a self-sustaining garden instead of relying on sprays. The book is laid out like a field guide—spiral-friendly spine, colour-coded tabs and thumbnail maps—so you can flip straight to the citrus leafminer, tomato wilt or cabbage white butterfly while you are standing in the garden with the evidence in your hand. Every remedy lists organic, low-toxic and chemical options, plus timing charts for every climate zone from Hobart to Darwin.
At 464 richly illustrated pages, Garden Pests, Diseases & Good Bugs is hefty enough to replace a shelf of smaller pamphlets, yet still light enough to live in the glovebox or potting bench. This 2015 ABC Books edition is in very good, smoke-free condition, making it an economical upgrade for library, gift or home use. For anyone who wants a single, authoritative Australian resource that turns frustration into flourishing plants, this copy is ready to earn its keep.
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