Gene Logsdon

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

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Produktbeschreibung

Gene Logsdon has found an imaginative way to introduce gardeners to amore total enjoyment of nature -- fauna as well as flora. From suburb tocountryside, every gardener knows that there are many pests who delight in one'sprecious creations -- rabbits devour petunias, raccoons eat the almost ripe sweetcorn, deer browse the morning glories, crows pull up young corn sprouts. How cangardeners and wildlife live together in harmony. Gene knows.

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• Verlag: INDIANA UNIV PR
• EXPANDED
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 22 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780253212849
• ISBN-10: 0253212847
• Artikelnr.: 22001281

Autorenporträt

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.

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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