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Common household products and down-home ingenuity are combined to combat frustrating garden problems in this indispensable handbook for both green thumbs and novice gardeners. Organized by garden area, 1,954 easy-to-use homemade remedy recipescontaining items such as beer, baby shampoo, and ammoniainstruct gardeners how to turn puny plants, wretched roots, and tired trees into gorgeous garden specimens without the use of store-bought chemical alternatives. Quick fixes are offered for fighting fungus with pantyhose, defeating botanical disease with peppermint, and bug-proofing vegetables with mustard and cloves; and obstacles such as heavy rains, nutritional plant deficiencies, and gardening on sloped areas are also discussed.Baker, Jerry F. is the author of 'Jerry Baker's Giant Book of Garden Solutions 1,954 Natural Remedies to Handle Your Toughest Garden Problems', published 2006 under ISBN 9780922433766 and ISBN 0922433763.
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