Plant parsley and asparagus together and you'll have more of each, but keep broccoli and tomato plants far apart if you want them to thrive. Utilize the natural properties of plants to nourish the soil, repel pests, and secure a greater harvest. With plenty of insightful advice and suggestions for planting schemes, Louise Riotte will inspire you to turn your garden into a naturally nurturing ecosystem. For over 30 years, this classic companion-gardening guide has outlined the keys to creating a harmoniously varied and bountiful garden.
Beloved 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. Introduction
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 "If you want to know whether it is kosher to plant onions between cabbage plants, this is the place to look."
-- Oklahoma Today
First published in 1975, this classic companion planting guide has taught a generation of gardeners how to use plants' natural partnerships to produce bigger and better harvests.
Over 500,000 in Print!
More Praise for Carrots Love Tomatoes:
"...informative, illustrated, and practical guide."
-- Baltimore Evening Sun
"...contains hundreds of interesting facts which are entertaining and at the same time educational."
-- Cleveland Press
"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
"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
