Companion Planting: Organic Gardening Tips and Tricks for Healthier, Happier Plants

by Allison Greer, Tim Greer (Photographer)

Overview

A practical and beautiful guide to companion planting for organic gardening success

Companion planting techniques have been used for centuries to facilitate better, more nutritious, and more abundant crops. With Companion Planting, you’ll have all the information you need in clear, concise terms and with charts and garden plans you can copy or modify to suit your family’s needs.

Starting with the basics of organic gardening, such as how to prepare quality soil and the importance of cover crops and organic fertilizer, author Allison Greer explains the principles of companion planting, how plants interact, and how you can use that information to your garden’s benefit. Fun companion planting facts include:

• Beets will grow better if surrounded by mint or garlic
• Tomatoes should not be planted near cabbage
• Flax helps protect some root vegetables from pests
• Tomatoes will thrive when planted near carrots
• Your celery will be happier if it’s far away from corn
• Broccoli and dill make a terrific garden pair
• And much, much more!

Companion Planting is a treasure for gardeners with busy lives who want an easy reference guide for planning their ideal kitchen garden.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510742604
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	03/05/2019
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	66,033
File size:	203 MB
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About the Author

Allison and Tim Greer are avid organic gardeners and grow as much of their food as possible. Allison is the author of Homesprout, a blog dedicated to documenting her efforts in creating a “homemade” life, and a social studies teacher. Tim is a photographer who also enjoys gardening and cooking. Their homestead is in Schuylerville, New York.
Allison and Tim Greer are avid organic gardeners and grow as much of their food as possible. Allison is the author of Homesprout, a blog dedicated to documenting her efforts in creating a “homemade” life, and a social studies teacher. Tim is a photographer, who also enjoys gardening and cooking. Their homestead is in Schuylerville, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Companion Planting 1

Chapter 2 The Principles of Companion Planting 9

Chapter 3 A Gardening Primer 21

Chapter 4 Laying the Groundwork 27

Chapter 5 Starling From Seed 49

Chapter 6 Flowers for the Garden 67

Chapter 7 Herbs for the Garden 91

Chapter 8 Insects in the Garden 105

Chapter 9 Keeping a Garden Journal 125

Chapter 10 A Plant-by-Plant Guide to Companion Planting 131

Chapter 11 Companion Planting with Perennial Edibles 235

To Conclude 248

Suggested Seed Companies 249

Scientific Studies Utilized 253

Index 255