Wildlife in the Garden, Expanded Edition - How to Live in Harmony with Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows, and Other Pesky Creatures (EXPANDED)

Gene knows.

List of contents

Preface

Chapter 1, Points of View

Chapter 2, Thinking Eco-logically

Chapter 3, Maintaining a Home for Wildlife: The Basic Steps

Chapter 4, Housing for Wildlife

Chapter 5, Water: Wildlife Catalyst

Chapter 6, A Butterfly Sanctuary

Chapter 7, The Most Misunderstood Wildlife

Chapter 8, Human Use of Nature's Food Web

Chapter 9, Watching Wildlife

Chapter 10, When Wildlife Overpopulates

Chapter 11, Other Wildlife Restraints

Chapter 12, Adventures with Wildlife in the Backyard

Index

About the author

Gene Logsdon has long served as a voice of grounded agricultural wisdom. Gene and his wife Carol have a small-scale experimental farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Gene is the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farm-related issues, and believes sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system.

Summary

Aims to introduce gardeners to a total enjoyment of nature - fauna as well as flora. From suburb to countryside, every gardener knows that there are many pests who delight in one's precious creations - rabbits devour petunias, raccoons eat the almost ripe sweet corn, deer browse the morning glories, crows pull up young corn sprouts.

Product details

• Authors: Gene Logsdon, Logsdon Gene
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1999
• EAN: 9780253212849
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21284-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 398 g
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works