Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles : Amazing and Useful Techniques For Non-Toxic Gardening and Housekeeping is the long title and sometimes hilarious but surprisingly relevant and useful book written by Ellen Sandbeck, the authoress of “Green Housekeeping” and “Eating More Dirt”. Irreverent but actually quite practical, much of the stress of her insights revolves around organizing one’s spaces properly to begin with. But following all that are some garden secrets, some vital tips, a few secrets from her elders and the “old fashioned”, as well as suggestions about pest control featuring practical and unusual tools. Yes, some of the suggestions make for more rather than less work – let’s face it, working around pesticides and heavy metals and minerals can be fraught with failure. The ease of point and spray insecticides, the luxury of sticking some poison around the home and garden makes life simpler if, unfortunately, more dangerous for ourselves and our pets and visitors.

Ms. Sandbeck provides some suggestions – a few of which all will find useful – as well as providing a crackerjack and sometime hilarious bit of writing that can entertain as well as enlighten.

For more on Ms. Sandbeck and more on organic pest control, click here.

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