Americans use approximately half a million tons of pesticide each year, but many studies suggest that this harms humans as much as unwanted insects. The household-cleaner industry is also booming, while The National Center for Health Statistics attributes the rise in respiratory cancers and diseases among homemakers to the use of toxic cleaning products. Restoring time-tested, human-friendly techniques for maintaining your home and garden, Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles offers ingenious, nontoxic alternatives to the ...
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Americans use approximately half a million tons of pesticide each year, but many studies suggest that this harms humans as much as unwanted insects. The household-cleaner industry is also booming, while The National Center for Health Statistics attributes the rise in respiratory cancers and diseases among homemakers to the use of toxic cleaning products. Restoring time-tested, human-friendly techniques for maintaining your home and garden, Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles offers ingenious, nontoxic alternatives to the highly poisonous chemicals found in the average kitchen cupboard. Try citrus as a solvent, or use sour skim milk to kill plant viruses. Rid yourself of lice with coconut oil. Baking soda, white vinegar, and coffee grounds all offer safe alternatives to deadly cleansers. In the garden, cornmeal cuts down on cutworms and wood ashes keep the slugs away. Overflowing with simple, highly effective tips like these, along with invigorating illustrations, Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles offers a refreshing way of living and thriving. Expanded from its successful self-published edition, this will be a staple ingredient for every chemical-free pantry.
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Add this copy of Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles: Amusing & Useful to cart. $2.19, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by de La Terre Press.
Add this copy of Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles: Amusing & Useful to cart. $2.59, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Emerald rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by de La Terre Press.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Add this copy of Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles: Amusing & Useful to cart. $2.59, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by de La Terre Press.
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Add this copy of Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles: Amusing & Useful to cart. $9.95, like new condition, Sold by Michael Patrick McCarty, Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Castle, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by De la Terre Press.
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Like New. Size: 5x0x8; 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 earth. Ellen Sandbeck has discovered that the all-natural alternatives are just as easy and effective to use, and that they are wickedly fun. Sandbeck's way way of banishing thistles from her backyard kingdom is a case in point: she chops off their heads and lets them bleed to death. Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles reveals all of her best tricks. From bedroom, garden to lawn, your home will be clean and green and pest-free. Explode cockroaches with baking soda and sugar. Freshen your care with coffee grounds. Keep out slugs with a bread dough that kills. Armor your plants with soap spray. Grow disease-resistant plants by putting sick one in your compost pile. Eradicate crayon marks with mayonnaise. Protect your roses with a minefield of garlic. Get rid of raccoons with dirty laundry. Cure plant viruses with spoiled milk.
Add this copy of Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles to cart. $12.95, very good condition, Sold by CatTale's Books & Gifts rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brainerd, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by De La Terre Press.
