I requested this book as soon as I saw it from netgalley (free copy in exchange for honest review) because one of my many, many hobbies, is gardening - specifically vegetable gardening. I've only had one for two years now, and I've learned almost everything from my boss at my day job - a great guy who knows landscaping and gardening inside, out, and backwards. He's forgotten more then I'll ever learn.

He started talking bugs to me from the first day I mentioned we were going to start a garden, and hasn't stopped yet - and this book is written in the same chatty style my boss uses to teach me about how to improve my garden, by using nature herself. I use very, very little chemicals in my garden, and what I do use, is it get rid of the bad bugs, so learning more ways to get rid of them, and get more good bugs - and to eliminate the chemical garbage - is a very good thing.

Not only is the book written in a chatty, educational way, but the photos are gorgeous and an inspiration.

The book begins explaining the author's personal history when it comes to gardening and bugs, and then morphs from there to talk about why you should be interested in attracting bugs in the first place, and just why they are so good for not only the garden, but the environment as well. Some sections include more information then I personally ever wanted to know, but I think for those really serious gardeners, they'll enjoy sinking their teeth into the real meat of the book.