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Astrological Gardening: The Ancient Wisdom of Successful Planting & Harvesting by the Stars
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Product Description
Astrological gardening has been practiced for centuries, and author Louise Riotte's 40 years of planetary planting have confirmed its usefulness. She identifies ideal astrological conditions for planting and harvesting a wide range of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #904038 in Books
- Published on: 1995-01-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 224 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
The sun, the moon, the stars... and a flourishing garden
"It is not my intention to argue the merits of 'moon planting' or 'planting by the signs' but rather to set forth as clearly as I can the accumulated wisdom of the centuries regarding astrological gardening. Something that has endured so long must surely have had a reason for coming into being in the first place.
"Astrology is the study and use of the forces of nature as an aid in obtaining the highest possible degree of success. I believe that if you use the advice in this book, you will have a more productive garden, grow more nutritious vegetables and fruits -- and your gardening activities will also provide you with a lot of good, clean fun!" (Louise Riotte, author)
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.
Customer Reviews
My all-time favorite gardening book
It's not as weird as it sounds. Okay, there are references to astrological connections and such, but there's also theory around water levels and tides driven by the moon.
At any rate, I have been through the Master Gardener program and tried various methods to increase yield (red plastic mulch for tomatoes...you name it, I've tried it), yet the planting scheme outlined here has created the best gardens of all. A combination of companion planting (expounded on more in Carrots Love Tomatoes and Roses Love Garlic) and planting by moon phase and sign, this guide brings great results.
Astrological gardening; abused, bruised and abandoned timeless knowledge
This is a considerate and commonsense book that will sway many critiques of Astrology, and aid people's understandings of gardening greatly. It really is tragic how many people dismiss astrology as everything from nonsense to evil.
The introduction introduces sufficient astrology and its origins etc, yet does not delve into the complexities that will dazzle the non-astrologer.
The unfortunate things about this book is that the information can be a bit overwhelming at points, and will require more than a couple of sit-downs to digest. Also it has much information on useful plants, making it great for the self-sufficient or even those with a hobby vegge-patch, though not a great deal on plants kept for other reasons.
This is besides the point as I really like this book and will keep it on my shelf and get friends to read it etc.
The rewards of reading is the forgotten, timeless information of the world and mind.
Astrological Gardening
The book has good information if you are interested in planting and other gardening activities by the star signs, moon phase, etc.
