Louise Riotte (1909–1998)
Author of Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
About the Author
Louise Riotte (1909-1998) was one of America's most beloved gardeners. Riotte wrote 12 books in her lifetime, She lived on a small farm in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Works by Louise Riotte
Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening (1975) 1,067 copies, 9 reviews
Astrological Gardening: The Ancient Wisdom of Successful Planting & Harvesting by the Stars (1994) 44 copies
Planetary Planting: A Guide to Organic Gardening by the Signs of the Zodiac and the Phases of the Moon (1976) 30 copies
Raising Animals by the Moon: Practical Advice on Breeding, Birthing, Weaning, and Raising Animals in Harmony with… (1999) 12 copies
Carrots love tomatoes 1 copy
Associated Works
Gnostica: a Practical Guide to the Magick Within You, Vol 5 #3, # 39 (1976) — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Riotte, Louise Therese
- Other names
- Helbach, Louise Therese (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1909-09-25
- Date of death
- 1998-09-10
- Burial location
- Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Hawesville, Kentucky, USA
- Place of death
- Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
- Occupations
- horticulturalist
astrologer
writer - Short biography
- Louise Riotte wrote 12 books on gardening, companion planting, and garden lore, among them the ever-popular Carrots Love Tomatoes, which has sold more than 515,000 copies. Her father taught her to believe in and practice astrology, while her mother was a practicing herbalist. All her books feature her own line drawings.
Before becoming a book author, Riotte was a ghost writer for Simon & Schuster and for Jerry Baker's national radio call-in show, "On the Garden Line," and she wrote a number of articles for Organic Gardening.
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Statistics
- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 1,794
- Popularity
- #14,342
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 14
- ISBNs
- 54
- Languages
- 6