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Title: Sleeping With a Sunflower: A Treasury of Old-Time Gardening Lore by Louise Riotte, Deborah Burns ISBN: 0882665022 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 4
Summary: A book of garden wisdom
Comment: Sleeping with a Sunflower: A Treasury of Old-Time Gardening Lore. Louise Riotte
Louise Riotte, whose popular books on companion planting Carrots Love Tomatoes and Roses Love Garlic have sold many thousands of copies, shares some of her vast knowledge of North American gardening in this 220 page book. She starts by paying tribute to the native people who taught settlers enough about growing crops to enable them to survive and she also mentions some of the well-known early farmers and gardeners, such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Quincey Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
The author has arranged her material chronologically throughout the year, but instead of naming the first chapter "January" she has chosen to use the native American name "Wolf Moon". Each month, or moon, is named for the natural events that could be relied upon - Strawberry Moon in June, Hunter's Moon in October and Cold Moon in December. In each chapter you will find gardening tales, gardening lore and gardening advice appropriate to the time of year. In January she tells the reader (among other things) about early seedsmen, about almanacs, about forcing blooms and about planting by the moon. She wraps up the month with a recipe for Oklahoma Pecan pie, made with the last of the pecans that the January wind shakes from the trees in that state.
This a book of garden wisdom dispensed in small doses - a little of this and a little of that. Scientific it is not, but it will deepen your understanding of plants, how they grow and how they can be used.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book that is exactly what it says it is- gardening lore
Comment: Tucked in between these pages are quotes, poems, symbolism, old wife's tales, recipes and more that keep you well entertained. Brings to mind some of the things your grandmother told you but you never quite understood why. Like why am I putting eggshells by this plant and bananna peels by this plant? This book not only tells you why but in a humerous and easy going way. This is a great book for anyone who appreciates gardening and a desire to understand the old ways.
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Title: Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening by Louise Riotte ISBN: 1580170277 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Roses Love Garlic: Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers by Louise Riotte ISBN: 1580170285 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Astrological Gardening: The Ancient Wisdom of Successful Planting & Harvesting by the Stars by Louise Riotte ISBN: 0882665618 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Great Garden Companions: A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden by Sally Jean Cunningham ISBN: 0875968473 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Catfish Ponds & Lily Pads: Creating and Enjoying a Family Pond by Louise Riotte ISBN: 0882669494 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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