From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Weed ID & Control: Article by Lee Barnes
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:36:53 -0400
Weed ID & Control: Article by Lee Barnes
Developed by Lee Barnes
Weed I.D. and Control
Jon Stucky, T.J. Monaco, and A.D. Worsham. 1981. Identifying Seedling
and Mature Weeds Common in the Southeastern United States. NC Ag.
Extension Service. Bull. No. 461 AG-208. 197 pp. (for sale) - wonderful
for weed I.D. with color photos of weed seeds, seedling, flower, and
mature plant.
USDA. Agricultural Research Service. 1971. Common Weeds of the United
States. Dover.463 pp. -beautiful illustrations and range maps of weeds
(arranged by plant families) with general comments.
John Fogg. 1945. Weeds of Lawn and Garden: A handbook for eastern
temperate North America. Univ. Penn. Press. 215 pp. nicely illustrated
with interesting comments.
Walter Muenscher. 1955. Weeds. 2nd. Ed. Cornell Univ. Press. 586 pp.. -
excellent guide to weeds with recommend pre-herbicide era control
strategies.
A.E. Radford, H.E. Ahles, and C.R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press1183 pp. - the book for plant I.D.,
technical but includes glossary and plant distribution maps.
Insects
Roger Bland. 1978. How to Know the Insects. 3rd. Ed. Wm. C. Brown
Publ.409 pp. - my favorite book on insect I.D.
Cynthia Westcott. 1964. The Gardener's Bug Book. 3rd. Ed. Doubleday &
Co.625 pp. - detailed info about garden and field insects. Includes list
of plant spp. and which insects commonly feed on them.
Beatrice Hunter. 1971. Gardening without Poisons. Berkley Publishing.
352 pp. - covers many organic techniques, homemade sprays, beneficials etc.
Robert Rodale. 1971. The Basic Book of Organic Gardening. Ballantine
Books. 378 pp. - great inexpensive book on O.G. plus insect control, etc.
Aquaculture
William McLarney. 1987. The Freshwater Aquaculture Book. Cloudburst
Press. 583 pp. - THE book for small scale fish culture in North America.
[permaculture] Weed ID & Control: Article by Lee Barnes,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 04/07/2010