Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy: Garden Solutions Without Chemical Pollution [Paperback]

Loren Nancarrow (Author), Janet Hogan Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2000

At long last, you can grow your tomatoes and eat them too with the help of this primer on gardening with fewer chemicals. Gardeners and homeowners alike need simple and safe ways to stop unwanted pests and plant diseases while allowing nature to flourish. A companion to the highly successful DEAD SNAILS LEAVE NO TRAILS, DEAD DAISIES picks up where the first book left off, offering a wide range of new tips and techniques for effective organic gardening, as well as advice on how to attract beneficial wildlife to your natural space.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

A typical Ten Speed offering, this slim, unassuming volume is filled with practical information. Its layout is similar to the authors' Dead Snails Tell No Tales (Ten Speed, 1996), with some overlap in pest information. After briefly touting the value of organic methods and explaining standard techniques for soil building, the authors devote chapters to garden- and lawn-disease strategies; pest control; homemade fertilizers, mulches, and compost; planting, potting, and maintenance; and wildlife issues. Classics like Jeff Cox's Your Organic Garden (Rodale 1994) and Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening (LJ 3/1/92), readily available in inexpensive paperback editions, are browseable, comprehensive, and easier to use for quick reference. Still, this accurate, no-nonsense collection of chemical-free garden solutions is a reasonable purchase for most public libraries whose patrons are looking for substance over glitz.DBonnie Poquette, Shorewood P.L., WI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

LOREN NANCARROW is a veteran TV journalist who has forged new ground in the field of environmentalism as one of this country's first eco-reporters.
JANET HOGAN TAYLOR is an entymologist and former zookeeper who now works as a community environmentalist on issues of conservation, ecology, and land use.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press; First Printing edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580081568
• ISBN-13: 978-1580081566
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,208,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Natural gardening at its best., June 15, 2000

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Fred Huntington (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy: Garden Solutions Without Chemical Pollution (Paperback)

DEAD DAISIES MAKE ME CRAZY is the third title in the Janet Taylor, Loren Nancarrow natural gardening series. This is the best of the three and is highly recommended to all gardeners.

This book will help you to control diseases and pests that plague your lawn or garden. It will show you how to mix your own organic fertilizer and food recipes. It helps you to make and use your own potting soil, compost and mulch and much more.

I've never purchased beneficial insects for my garden before because I thought the insects would just fly away. This book tells how to keep them in YOUR yard.

I give it FIVE stars.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy, October 24, 2005

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J. L. Gartlan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy: Garden Solutions Without Chemical Pollution (Paperback)

Lorren Nancarrow is a San Diego TV weatherman. He has a passion for gardening. His book is extremly useful and informative for people that want to avoid pesticides and has wonderful alternatives. The book covers many tips and recepies for solutions that save money rather than using commercial products. It covers soil prep and suggestions for planting all the way to growing and pruning. Anyone that is interested in gardening needs this book in their library.
Happy playing with dirt,
Jack Gartlan

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, Inexpensive Advice :), September 13, 2005

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Colleen D. Hess "glassdoor" (San Leandro, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy: Garden Solutions Without Chemical Pollution (Paperback)

Great ideas on making safe garden solutions without chemicals. Makes a safer environment for our pets. Recommend this book to all gardeners.