Jessica Walliser is co-author of Grow Organic (St. Lynn’s Press, 2007).She has a degree in ornamental horticulture and writes "The Good Earth" garden column for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. She is co-host of "The Organic Gardeners" Sunday morning show on KDKA radio, Pittsburgh (65,000 listeners in a 3-state area). Jessica is a regular contributor to many national and regional gardening publications, and lectures widely at garden clubs and botanic gardens across the country.
"An entomological tour de force. Congratulations, Jessica Walliser,
on your solid treatment of the insect denizens of the garden." Dr.
Paul Reed Hepperly, Research and Training Manager, The Rodale
Institute
"This exciting new field guide – from one of organic gardening's
most exciting young pioneers – is practical, timely and innovative,
all in one." Paul Tukey, HGTV co-host and publisher of People,
Places and Plants magazine; author of The Organic Lawn Care
Manual"Consider this book an important gardening tool. Whatever you
do, don't leave it on the shelf!" Jeff Lowenfels, author of
Teaming with Microbes: a Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
April 21, 2014... Got a new book last week called “Good Bug, Bad
Bug,” by Jessica Walliser. It has pictures which are fabulous when
identifying bugs. Descriptions alone just don’t cut it. Walliser
describes 27 pests and 14 beneficials as well as having a glossary
and a source directory. “Source directory,” you ask? Yes, because
the best part of this little show-and-tell book is every pest has a
picture, a description of their life cycle, what plants they like,
which beneficials like to eat them (otherwise known as biological
controls) and preventative actions that can be taken (or bought).
Hence, the source directory. Ms. Walliser is the co-author of “Grow
Organic” and her preventative actions range from cut the leaf or
damaged part off to using non-caustic botanical oils and neem on
the affected plants. Using this book helped me identify some pests
as well as some beneficials in my own garden. Walliser is very
complimentary to ladybugs as they consume most of the larvae of
pests before they get to be adult problems. My ladybugs will be
making their mail order appearance sometime this week.
*Good Bug, Bad Bug*
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