Deer-resistant landscaping : proven advice and strategies for outwitting deer and 20 other pesky mammals / Neil Soderstrom.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594869099
- ISBN: 159486909X
- Physical Description: xiii, 354 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Deer -- Outwitting mammals -- Armadillos (officially: nine-banded armadillos) -- Bears (black bears) -- Beavers and muskrats -- Chipmunks -- Gophers (pocket gophers) -- Moles -- Opossums, Virginia -- Peccaries, Collared (Javelinas) -- Porcupines -- Rabbits and hares -- Raccoons -- Rats and mice -- Skunks -- Squirrels (ground) -- Squirrels (tree) -- Voles -- Woodchucks and marmots -- Communicable diseases and parasites -- Introduction to deer-resistant plants profiles -- Deer-resistant plants -- Resistant plants profiled. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Deer > Control > United States. Wildlife pests > Control > United States. Plants, Ornamental > Disease and pest resistance > United States. |
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- 10 of 10 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Reynolds County Library District.
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Reynolds County Library - Centerville Branch | 635.049 SOD (Text) | 3247100237705 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Deer-Resistant Landscaping : Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals
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Deer-Resistant Landscaping : Proven Advice and Strategies for Outwitting Deer and 20 Other Pesky Mammals
Every year, before they decide to take defensive action, vulnerable homeowners throughout North America suffer expensive damage as deer and various other pesky mammals devour their gardens and landscape plants. Deer-Resistant Landscaping by Neil Soderstrom arms homeowners with the proven strategies they need to repel and combat deer and 21 other troubling pests, from armadillos, chipmunks, and gophers to rabbits, raccoons, skunks, and squirrels. Outstanding features include: - strategies for every season and every size pest-- from simple, low-cost home remedies, scare tactics, and deterrents to live trapping, barriers, and community action procedures suitable for more intense problems - interviews with and tips from regional gardening and wildlife control experts from coast to coast - encyclopedic coverage of more than 1,000 resistant plants--especially those least likely to be grazed upon or destroyed by deer, based on scientific studies and a consensus of gardening authorities throughout the continent - stunning full-color wildlife photography featuring deer and pest behaviors as well as solutions and deterrents With more than 400 of the author's own gorgeous wildlife photos as well as ones by the legendary naturalist Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III, the most published wildlife photographer in North America, Deer-Resistant Landscaping provides the most wide-ranging, authoritative, and helpful information on this topic ever assembled in one volume.