Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful GardeningEmploys a dictionary format to furnish information on the characteristics and uses of plants that promote the growth of other varieties, offering descriptions of helpful weeds and insect-repellent plants. |
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... Garlic ( Allium sativum ) . Eldon L. Reeves and S. V. Amonkar of the University of California discovered garlic to be a powerful destroyer of mosquitoes , achieving a 100 percent kill of five species of California mosquito larvae by ...
... Garlic ( Allium sativum ) . Eldon L. Reeves and S. V. Amonkar of the University of California discovered garlic to be a powerful destroyer of mosquitoes , achieving a 100 percent kill of five species of California mosquito larvae by ...
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... garlic and try this recipe . Take 3 to 4 ounces of chopped garlic bulbs and soak in 2 tablespoons of mineral oil for one day . Add a pint of water in which one teaspoon fish emulsion has been dissolved . Stir well . Strain the liquid ...
... garlic and try this recipe . Take 3 to 4 ounces of chopped garlic bulbs and soak in 2 tablespoons of mineral oil for one day . Add a pint of water in which one teaspoon fish emulsion has been dissolved . Stir well . Strain the liquid ...
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... Garlic , Meadow , 45 , 70 Geranium , 71 , 84 , 88 , 106 , 143 , 185 Germination , 71 Gibberellins , 19 , 141-2 Gibbons , Euell , 16 , 109 , 116 , 158 Ginseng , 71-2 , 203 Gladiolus , 21 , 72 , 90 , 124 Goat , 54 , 104 , 186 ; worms in ...
... Garlic , Meadow , 45 , 70 Geranium , 71 , 84 , 88 , 106 , 143 , 185 Germination , 71 Gibberellins , 19 , 141-2 Gibbons , Euell , 16 , 109 , 116 , 158 Ginseng , 71-2 , 203 Gladiolus , 21 , 72 , 90 , 124 Goat , 54 , 104 , 186 ; worms in ...
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