Companion planting is the practice of growing one plant to assist a different plant as part of a community of plants. Fruits, vegetables and herbs can be more productive and resilient when each plant ...

Grow herbs and vegetables in the garden with this herb companion planting guide. Learn which herbs to plant together for a maximum yield. The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion (Lyons Press, 2018) by Amy ...

Companion planting is the practice of enhancing your crop production by growing combinations of different plants close together. Some combinations can significantly benefit plants and enrich the soil, ...

Companion planting is a time-honored practice of growing certain plants together in order to either create beneficial effects or to avoid creating non-beneficial or adverse effects. Beneficial plant ...

Companion planting can help you grow healthier and more productive plants without harsh pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. This gardening technique has been used for generations to naturally boost ...

As a master gardener who specializes in organic gardening and permaculture techniques, companion planting is something of an obsession of mine. It's endlessly useful and is the foundation of a healthy ...

Some things just go together like biscuits and gravy or peanut butter and jelly. Likewise, plants have companions that produce best when planted side by side, says Kathi Mecham, a University of ...

My Sicilian grandmother always planted basil next to her tomatoes. She claimed the basil made the tomatoes taste sweeter. Grandma never spent time in the library researching scientific articles on ...

It is just about that time -- time to plant the summer garden! While many have already started planting those more cold-hardy crops like lettuce, kale and cabbage, our main planting time has yet to ...

Determining the best companion plants for the vegetables in my garden has been really confusing. Companion planting is one of those subjects which seems to motivate the creation of charts and ...