With this indispensable gardening reference-now updated with new research, insights, and voices-learn how to create a healthy, balanced, and diverse garden capable of supporting a hard-working crew of beneficial pest-eating insects and eliminate the need for synthetic chemical pesticides.

Includes index.

All about beneficials : who they are, how they work, and what they eat --Beneficial bug profiles : meet the predators and the parasitoids -- Gardening for bugs : where plants and insects intersect -- Plant profiles : the best plants for beneficials -- Your beneficial border : a guide to designing for the bugs -- Companion planting : battling pests with plant partnerships -- Putting it all together : who the beneficials eat and what to plant -- The commercial stuff : purchased beneficials, good bug lures, supplemental foods, and seed blends.