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This title in other editionsCarrots Love Tomatoesby Louise Riotte
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Originally published in 1975, this comprehensive and user-friendly guide to companion planting has since become a classic... and with good reason. In Carrots Love Tomatoes, lifelong gardener and prolific author Louise Riotte reveals how plant relationships — be they mutually beneficial, one-sided, or downright dysfunctional — can have a tremendous impact on your garden's outcome. A valuable reference for anyone looking to maximize their harvest by organic means. I usually pull this off the shelf in winter when I'm plotting next year's veggie garden, and then revisit it during the spring when I realize I've amassed more starts than I'd planned for (read: Portland Nursery impulse buys) and need to revise my map. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:First published in 1975, this much-loved classic has taught generations of gardeners how to use plants to protect and support each other to produce bigger and better harvests. Here is a reader's complete reference to the magic and mystery of companion planting — which plants nourish the soil, which best keep away bugs and pests, and which plant pairs just don't get along. With easy-to-access information in alphabetical sections, this is a reference that readers will turn to again and again as they learn to use companion planting to grow the best, most trouble-free garden they've ever imagined. The powerful secrets of companion planting make it easy, and Riotte's easy-going style makes it fun. A Selection of the Rodale Book Club.
Review:"Carrots Love Tomatoes, by Louise Riotte...a guide to companion planting that has become legendary in gardening circles ever since the first edition was printed in 1975" Spokesman-Review
Review:"If you want to know whether it is kosher to plant onions between cabbage plants, this is the place to look." Oklahoma Today
Review:"[I]nformative, illustrated, and practical guide." Baltimore Evening Sun
Review:"[C]ontains hundreds of interesting facts which are entertaining and at the same time educational." Cleveland Press
Synopsis:Sprinkled with her trademark quotations, anecdotes and detailed line drawings, Louise Riotte lists hundreds of plants and their ideal (and not so ideal) companions. Readers can easily locate the plants they intend to grow and design a garden for maximum compatibility and yield. Illustrations throughout. 224 pp.
Synopsis:This classic has now taught generations of gardeners how to use the natural benefits of plants to protect and support each other. Here is a reader's complete reference to which plants nourish the soil, which keep away bugs and pests, and which plants just don't get along. Here is a complete guide to using companion planting to grow a better garden. 555,000 copies in print.
About the AuthorBeloved author and life-long gardener Louise Riotte passed away in 1998 at the age of 89. During her life, she wrote twelve books on gardening, companion planting, and garden lore, among them the ever-popular Carrots Love Tomatoes. Her father taught her how to practice astrology, while her mother was an herbalist. Together they greatly influenced her life and her books, including Roses Love Garlic, Astrological Gardening, Sleeping with a Sunflower, Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads, and Raising Animals by the Moon. Riotte was an artist as well as a writer, and her own drawings appear in all of her books. She took great pride in her garden near her home in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Vegetables Herbs Wild Plants Grasses, Grains, and Field Crops First Steps for Home Fruit Growing Nuts Ornamental Trees and Shrubs Garden Techniques Soil Improvement Pest Control Poisonous Plants Garden Plans Sources Suggested Reading Index What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 2 comments:
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