Companion planting layout

Click for an up close look at this potager design layout for a raised bed vegetable garden. The detailed diagrams have great examples of companion planting and intercropping.

Most people plant their gardens with little thought as to what plants grow well together. The secret to an amazing garden, though? Companion planting! Companion planting not only takes nutrient uptake into consideration, but it also brings into account crop protection, pest management and positive hosting (aka. increasing the population of beneficial insects that will …

Companion planting means putting plants together in the garden that like each other, or help each other out

New to companion planting? Here's a quick and easy guide to this awesome gardening technique.

Some plants help each other enormously, while others hinder their neighbors – use this cheat sheet to ensure harmony in the vegetable plot.

Follow our companion planting chart and plans in your vegetable garden to attract pollinators, increase yields, natural pest control and more.

Planning a vegetable garden but all you have room for is a 10 x 10 space? You might be surprised by what you can grow. Here are sample garden plans for your smaller garden

Learn about the best tomato companion plants, the unique proven benefits they each offer, and what NOT to plant with tomatoes in the garden.

Vegetable or herb gardening has become much more popular in the United States in the past 10 years. The focus has been on growing more flavorful, nutritious, and fresher produce than can be found in the local grocery store. Television cooking shows make our mouths water with fresh herbs, garden-ripened tomatoes, spicy ethnic peppers, and veggies of all kinds. Growing […]

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