Roses Love Garlic - 2nd Edition by Louise Riotte (Paperback)
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Highlights
- From deterring insect pests with hot peppers to encouraging strawberries by bordering them with chrysanthemums, Louise Riotte shows you how to use the natural qualities of common plants to increase your garden's productivity.
- Author(s): Louise Riotte
- 256 Pages
- Gardening, Techniques
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About the Book
Alphabetically arranged and heavily illustrated "Roses Love Garlic" lists hundreds of common and uncommon herbs and flowers. Each listing contains information on the plant's companion planting properties, pest problem solutions, medicinal uses, history, folklore, and more. Illustrations throughout.Book Synopsis
From deterring insect pests with hot peppers to encouraging strawberries by bordering them with chrysanthemums, Louise Riotte shows you how to use the natural qualities of common plants to increase your garden's productivity. Roses Love Garlic profiles hundreds of plants, features sample garden designs, and includes recipes for using your harvest to make herbal cosmetics, medicinal mixtures, and plant-based dyes. You'll enjoy learning about the fascinating ways plants work together as you tend to a thriving and bountiful garden.From the Back Cover
Let Louise Riotte Introduce You to Hundreds of Flowers and All Their Friends (and Enemies, Too!)Companion planting is simply planning your garden to take advantage of the antural friendships between plants. In Roses Love Garlic you'll discover how flowers help or hinder nearby vegetables and other flowers.
Review Quotes
"Fun to read and more interesting than many how to's."
Publishers Weekly
"[Roses Love Garlic] is fascinating and makes interesting and useful reading."
Newsday"Let Louis Riotte introduce you to hundreds of flowers and all their friends (and enemies, too.)
Countryside Small Stock Journal"...unlocks the secrets of companion gardening as well as other gardening lore."
Butler (Pa.) Eagle
Dimensions (Overall): 8.98 Inches (H) x 6.6 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .94 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Gardening
Sub-Genre: Techniques
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Format: Paperback
Author: Louise Riotte
Language: English
Street Date: January 2, 1998
TCIN: 90951515
UPC: 9781580170284
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-4841
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.7 inches length x 6.6 inches width x 8.98 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.94 pounds
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