特里萨·鲁尼是一位自学成才的终身园丁。她是一名园艺大师，把她的城市小院子变成了认证的国家野生动物栖息地，成为越来越多受欢迎和不受欢迎的小动物的家园。她曾为《明尼苏达园丁杂志》撰写文章，并教授园艺课程。在她的新书中，人道动物控制指南，鲁尼提供了安全、有机地赶走不速之客的解决方案。请继续阅读以了解更多信息，并在下面输入以赢得这两个副本之一四开群书．

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1.你的书如何帮助我们解读常见的园艺问题?

你可以学习寻找的“迹象”，也可以开始提前思考你可能会有什么生物问题。纵观全局可以让你对所看到的问题有一个很好的认识。例如，如果只有一株植物被吃掉，你可能知道什么昆虫/小动物喜欢这种植物。如果所有的植物都显示出一些影响——那么也许你真的看到了天气或除草剂漂移的结果。你可以开始弄清楚什么时候你看到了破坏，是什么样的破坏，它在植物的什么地方出现，有多严重。一旦你找到了正确的问题，你才应该继续决定如何回应。

2.你希望读者从这本书中发现哪些最大的收获?

看大局。学会理解我们生活在这个世界上，并与许多生物共享这个世界。我们也需要给他们一些空间，但我们需要保持安全，保护我们的食物和家人。这是一种平衡之举。但一旦你开始看到所有相互关联的部分，你可能会着迷，并希望在你的户外空间更多的多样性。另一个大问题是使用化学品，一定要阅读、理解和遵循标签。标签就是法律。阅读整个标签。当然，在你使用任何化学物质(甚至化肥)之前，要知道你为什么要使用它，你想要达到什么目的。很多时候，如果你让“问题”自行解决，自然就会纠正这些“问题”。 If you decide to step in, remember you are taking on a task that nature usually handles ( and in my opinion she usually does a better job than we can). Look at your outdoor space in a different way. It does not have to be a pristine, manicured monoculture. Perhaps you can learn to see the beauty in volunteer plants, an unpruned tree, diverse plantings. One of the things I actually love to see is ‘something’ eating my plants. Especially if it is weeds- then I know that the critter doing the weed eating is usually ignoring my ‘planned’ plants.

3.在你的书中，当你谈到发现新虫子、杂草或真菌时的喜悦时，你似乎有一种乐观的态度。说实话，我不能说我分享了这种快乐。你一直都有这种乐观的态度吗?如果不是，是什么改变了你?

我一直热爱大自然和所有的动物和植物，并为之着迷。让我惊讶的是，每件事都是如何联系在一起的，随着这些联系的增加，整个系统变得越来越有弹性。有时我承认我有“问题”，我曾经害怕蜜蜂/大黄蜂等——我会冻住或尖叫。后来有一天，我想了想——它们个头比我小，它们在忙自己的事，对我并不是很感兴趣。这帮助我接受了他们，现在我爱他们。我确实在想“那些卑鄙的黄夹克有什么用?”“然后我意识到他们对死去的昆虫和小动物进行了大量的‘清理’。谢谢黄黑相间的环卫队!现在我喜欢看他们。如果它们离我太近，我就悄悄地告诉它们——“我这里没有东西给你”，它们就会嗡嗡地走掉。 I know they don’t understand my words but the quiet words remind me to be peaceful and project calm and that means we all just get along better. I am very curious about everything in nature. Every observation I make, information I read, new aspect I meet is just fuel for that curiosity. I love seeing it work together. When I see a new insect or something in my yard I realize my habitat is also welcoming to one more creature (or fungus) that means more activity and excitement. When I see the diversity I realize that nothing will overpower everything else for very long. Those caterpillars eating the chard? Well they are just baby bird food for the birds I have created wonderful habitat to live in. I read Doug Tallamy’s book把自然回家．这让我非常震惊——当你看到杂草或本地植物被吃掉时，通常意味着本地昆虫或小动物在该地区。它们在享受原生栖息地。他们正在得到食物!想象一下蜘蛛网(好吧，如果你害怕蜘蛛，就跟我一起做)，蜘蛛网上的线和连接越多，它就能“抓住”的就越多。如果它的一部分被飞过的鸟或掉在上面的树枝破坏，它就会持续更长的时间。但如果蜘蛛网只有5个连接，那么对蜘蛛来说，哪怕是断开一个都是一个大问题。对于那些害怕蜘蛛的人来说，它们通常在夏末的时候大量出现在我们的院子里——为什么?昆虫数量的增加足以为蜘蛛提供食物。蜘蛛生活在健康的环境中，它们会吃很多昆虫，你会惊讶的。 They are your garden helpers. I do understand if you are frightened of them and I am not rebuking you for that. It is what it is. But if you can ignore them, you may find that it gets easier for you. Concentrate on the good they do. That helps me. That is what I think of when the raccoons have killed a chicken or the rabbits girdled a tree I forgot to protect. What can I learn from this? How can I make this not good situation better? I can make sure the chickens are safer, and locked up carefully at night. I can remember to wrap the trees. There are no failures in the garden, only opportunities to learn and grow. Another way to look at this may be to consider the night sky. With just one or 2 stars in it the excitement and beauty seems to be less. If one of those stars goes nova, then you are left with much less to observe. But if you have the sky we see now- filled with stars, galaxies, meteors, planets, comets and yes even, lightning bugs and airplanes and satellites how exciting and beautiful is that! (add an aurora borealis and life is good!)

4.说服园丁们采用和使用有机方法来对付害虫是不是很困难?为什么或者为什么不呢?

随着时间的推移，这变得容易多了。我从不同的角度来看待这个问题。我不介意每个人都做自己的选择。他们有权得到对其决定的尊重。我的方式是呈现事实。描述一个行为的后果。如果你不使用任何响应，会发生什么?如果你用非有机反应会发生什么?如果你决定用有机替代品来回应，会发生什么?有机食品并不总是更安全。 Some of the most deadly substances are organic. People just need to know the options. They need to be guided to think it thru. It does not have to be a long drawn out process. I also find that in so many instances, going organic is cheaper for me and easier. It also sets up my yard and garden to be healthier in the long run and therefore I have less ‘challenges’ in the future. (Notice they are not problems, they are challenges.) I think the main thing I find is that I listen to people and give them the information I know and then I respect their decision. If they can understand I am trying to help- not judge or make them do it my way, they are usually much more open to my suggestions. People have really changed in the last few years, many more now are seeing the big picture and how everything is connected.

5.当谈到生物控制时，你提到了一句古老的格言“最好的防御是良好的进攻”。有什么建议可以帮助我们做到这一点吗?

就像建筑一样，测量两次，切割一次。在园艺计划中先种植。而不是到处移动植物。认为事情透。注意你的邻居在做什么。如果某样东西看起来很好，而且似乎很适合他们，那就想想如何以及为什么要复制最好的功能。如果你知道你的鹿压力很大，那么就决定你可以把你珍贵的鹿糖“藏”在哪里，你可以在哪里种植那些它们不喜欢的物种。你能做些什么来获得大自然的帮助呢?你能为鸟类和蝙蝠创造一个健康的栖息地，使昆虫和杂草种子保持在可接受的水平吗?你能加入很多草药来掩盖美味的植物诱惑兔子的气味吗?而这些草药可能会鼓励你吃得更冒险? Is there a fence that you can install that will deter some of the pests you are encountering? Even my chain link fence can be made beautiful by covering it with clematis, or hops, grape vines or even pole beans and cucumber. Consider when you see the most damage in your yards. Early spring? Just when the flowers are starting to grow and the tulips are blooming? Consider fencing in the fall. It will protect those tender shoots (and stems in the winter) from hungry rabbits. Once the plants are large enough and there is other food you can remove the fencing. Plant food for the critters in an area that is away from your ‘favorite’ plants. Many times a gardener, even an experienced gardener will undergo something they just didn’t know could happen. You don’t know what you don’t know and so as a gardener (or anyone) the need to be open to learn and make corrections is important.

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