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Roses Love Garlic: Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers [Paperback]

Louise Riotte (Author)
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Book Description

January 2, 1998
This sequel to Carrots Love Tomatoes lists hundreds of herbs and flowers, with information on how their proximity can maximize the health and yield of vegetables, berry bushes, and fruit and nut trees. This edition features a dozen illustrated garden plans. 178,000 copies in print.


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Editorial Reviews

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“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

 

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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.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; 2 edition (January 2, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1580170285
  • ISBN-13: 978-1580170284
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Beloved Storey author and life-long gardener Louise Riotte passed away in 1998 at the age of 89. She wrote 12 books on gardening, companion planting, and garden lore, among them the ever-popular Carrots Love Tomatoes, which has sold approximately 515,000 copies. Her father taught her to believe in and practice astrology, while her mother was a practicing herbalist. Together they inevitably influenced her life and her books, Roses Love Garlic, Astrological Gardening, Sleeping with a Sunflower, Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads, and her most recent book, Raising Animals by the Moon. Her own line drawings are included in all her books. Before authoring books, Riotte was a ghost writer for Simon & Schuster and for Jerry Baker's radio gardening show, and she wrote a number of articles for Organic Gardening as well. Riotte took pride in her garden near her home in Ardmore, Oklahoma, which her son Eugene helped care for in her later years.

 

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72 of 76 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars More about "Other Secrets" than "Companion Planting", October 18, 2001
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I was a bit disappointed in this book. There were some references as to what plants complement each other, and what ones are used to repel certain insects, but those references were too few and buried deep within certain textual descriptions of various plants. Many, if not most, plant references did not even have companion planting information. Then there were the chapters referring to cosmetics, fragrances, and skin care that better belonged in a health and beauty aid book. I will be looking for a different book to supply my needs on companion planting--but this time will preview the book at a bookstore or library so I know what I am getting.
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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Companion planting at its finest, May 25, 2000
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Roses Love Garlic is a great book for novice and experienced gardeners alike. For the beginning gardener, chapter 19 offers many sample garden plans for both small and large plots. The more experienced gardeners might enjoy chapters 12 and 13 which provide projects involve dried flowers and the use of natural dyes. My personal favorite is chapter 7, "Companion planting with flowers and herbs." This book is a must own for anyone interested in chemical free gardening.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as Practical as Corrots Love Tomatoes, September 18, 2009
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I'm an extremely practical gardener. My idea of a pretty flower is my eggplants blooming. Having read Carrots love Tomatoes, I was eager to get my hands on Roses as well, imagining all sorts of useful plants with flowers on them. But this book is actually about flowers, the ones people grow just because they're pretty. There's nothing wrong with beauty for beauty's sake, it's just not my style. This book definitely has information that I plan on using, and I highly recommend it for people who actually like flowers on their own.

I wish I could have met Louise Riotte, she seems such a fascinating person from her writings.
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