Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles: Amusing and Useful Techniques for Nontoxic Housekeeping and Gardening

by Ellen Sandbeck

Book Overview

Off with their heads Many homemakers and gardeners take the easy way out when it comes to exiling odors and banishing bugs--they use toxic chemicals that may be harmful to their families and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767905423
• ISBN13: 9780767905428
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

An Enchanting Read

I gave away my first copy of this book and have started buying more copies to give away as gifts. It is an intriguing introduction to organic gardening and housekeeping. The author's creativity and sense of humor make it a fun book to refer to over and over again. Loved it!

Both Fun and Useful Information

This book is a revised, upgrade of Ellen's original self-published volume by the same name. A lifetime artist and "original person" who has invested herself in this really unique, one of a kind book.... The book is worth price of admission for the graphics alone. Well researched, entertaining, informative.... a lot of superlatives could be used here. The newly released edition is nearly twice as long as the original, without dilluting any of the flavor. I don't think you could go wrong buying this book since if you did not care for it yourself it is guaranteed to be a good gift for someone you know. Lots of interesting trivia, only more useful than those trivia kinds of books.

Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles

What a great book! Natural deterrants for everything from mosquitos to weed grass and if that's not enough the quotes are enough to keep you amply amused. This book has more tips in it's few pages than I have seen in much larger publications.

Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles

Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles, by Ellen Sandbeck saves my household from using wicked chemicals. Borax and sugar for ants, and rotten bugs in water are now what we do to keep our house and garden freer from pests. Thanks Ellen Sandbeck!

Hilarious

Not only is this book informative, but it is funny. Some of the passages in this book will really make you burst out laughing. Plus, if you're interested in learning how to run your household without using noxious chemicals, give it a try.