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Gardening

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4. Louise Riotte

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 08:52 AM

Nov 2014

"Beloved Story 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."

http://www.amazon.com/Louise-Riotte/e/B001H6IT68

Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
http://www.amazon.com/Carrots-Love-Tomatoes-Companion-Successful/dp/1580170277/ref=la_B001H6IT68_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415627396&sr=1-1

Roses Love Garlic: Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers
http://www.amazon.com/Roses-Love-Garlic-Companion-Planting/dp/1580170285/ref=la_B001H6IT68_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415627154&sr=1-2

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Looking for book suggestions about gardeners [View all] Pendrench Nov 2014 OP

Dunno from books, but... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #1

Hi Erich - Pendrench Nov 2014 #5

Our very own NRaleighLiberal could probably help you. femmocrat Nov 2014 #2

Hi femmocrat - Pendrench Nov 2014 #6

Lots of good ones... TygrBright Nov 2014 #3

Hi Bright - Pendrench Nov 2014 #7

I used to enjoy Allen Lacy's columns a lot, so blackcrowflies Dec 2014 #11

Louise Riotte PADemD Nov 2014 #4

Hi PADemD - Pendrench Nov 2014 #8

How old? Spaldeen Nov 2014 #9

My favorite memoir-y story of urban gardening is intheflow Nov 2014 #10