A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...

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Every gardener wants their garden to thrive. If you've had trouble in the past with issues like pests or yield, then it might be time to try out a gardening technique called companion planting. It may ...

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 ...

It’s a fact of life that certain things are infinitely better when paired together: wine and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, chips and guacamole. But this logic doesn’t apply solely in the kitchen.

When you're planning your vegetable garden this year, consider the power of companion planting. Some plants, when grown together, actually help each other thrive. Others barely tolerate the company of ...

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 ...