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Companion planting tips
List of companion plants and effects



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Companion planting
Natural pest control in your kitchen garden for Eco
-friendly Gardeners

The colour and shape may be different, but the taste will be better.

Organic gardening is simply growing plants without the use of pesticides or herbicides, instead relying upon insects, birds, shade, sun and trying and testing a combination of all things natural. It can be fun it can be rewarding ,the taste, the satisfaction of harvesting fruit or vegetables that you know are fresh and aren't full of pesticides and herbicides. The colour may be different, the shape may be different and the taste will be different !! 
 
Companion planting, the organic landscape gardeners pest control

 By growing numerous types of crops you create a habitat for beneficial insects and animals, deter problem pests, and enrich your soil. Companion planting isn't new,it can be traced back to ancient Roman times and probably all the way back to the beginning of gardening . Just to survive, just to get food on to the table the ancient gardener and farmers must have used organic gardening companion planting plans before the arrival of Eco warriors, pesticides had not been invented !!. Maybe that's why folk living in Faulkland have all got healthy rosy cheeks. 

Try the old tried and tested, Corn, Squash and Bean combination in a small corner of your  garden and taste the difference.

By separating crops you  create a garden dependent on pesticides or herbicides, Take a walk in a local wood or a field that has been left to nature, even a disused petrol forecourt, runway or old factory gradually turning back to green and see natural harmony at work There are bugs that feed the birds, small mammals managing ground growth, and larger mammals including badgers and foxes managing the smaller ones.
 
Every garden needs birds and wild animals. As well as being a pleasure to watch, the birds eat greenfly and caterpillars from your plants, animals (badgers and hedgehogs) eat slugs and snails . Also, as the farming countryside becomes more and more hostile to wildlife, domestic gardens are becoming an increasingly important habitat for our wildlife .
This is the environment that can be created in your garden, making it harmonious for  birds and the bees and providing a peaceful place to grow things to eat and a relaxing place sit  with family and friends .

This doesn't mean you have to let your garden become over grown with weeds, they need to be controlled, some are beneficial but all weeds should be removed before they go to seed.

 Being Eco friendly doesn't mean going to extremes. It doesn't mean turning into 
Eco Worriers , we can still have a patio or decking.  It does mean caring about our environment and it does mean having a garden we and our family and visitors can enjoy or what would be the point. More about sustainable gardening on my webpage sustainable eco gardening


Plant Companion(s) and Effects
Asparagus Tomatoes, parsley, basil
Basil Tomatoes (improves growth & flavor); said to dislike rue; repels flies & mosquitoes
Bean Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, summer savory, most other veggies & herbs
Bean (bush) Sunflowers (beans like partial shade, unless you live up north, sunflowers attract birds & bees for pollination), cucumbers (combination of heavy and light feeders), potatoes, corn, celery, summer savory
Bee Balm Tomatoes (improves growth & flavor).
Beet Onions, kohlrabi
Borage Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves growth & flavor), squash, strawberries
Cabbage Family (broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi) Potatoes, celery, dill, chamomile, sage, thyme, mint, pennyroyal, rosemary, lavender, beets, onions; aromatic plants deter cabbage worms
Caraway Loosens soil; plant here and there
Carrot Peas, lettuce, chives, onions, leeks, rosemary, sage, tomatoes
Catnip Plant in borders; protects against flea beetles
Celery Leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cauliflower, cabbage
Chamomile Cabbage, onions
Chervil Radishes (improves growth & flavor).
Chive Carrots; plant around base of fruit trees to discourage insects from climbing trunk
Corn Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash
Cucumber Beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers
Dead Nettle Potatoes (deters potato bugs)
Dill Cabbage (improves growth & health), carrots
Eggplant Beans
Fennel Most plants are supposed to dislike it.
Flax Carrots, potatoes
Garlic Roses & raspberries (deters Japanese beetle); with herbs to enhance their production of essential oils; plant liberally throughout garden to deter pests
Horseradish Potatoes (deters potato beetle); around plum trees to discourage curculios
Hyssop Cabbage (deters cabbage moths), grapes; keep away from radishes
Lamb's Quarters Nutritious edible weeds; allow to grow in modest amounts in the corn
Leek Onions, celery, carrots
Lemon Balm Here and there in the garden
Marigold The workhorse of pest deterrents; keeps soil free of nematodes; discourages many insects; plant freely throughout the garden.
Marjoram Here and there in the garden
Mint Cabbage family; tomatoes; deters cabbage moth
Nasturtium Tomatoes, radish, cabbage, cucumbers; plant under fruit trees; deters aphids & pests of curcurbits
Onion Beets, strawberries, tomato, lettuce (protects against slugs), beans (protects against ants), summer savory
Parsley Tomato, asparagus
Pea Squash (when squash follows peas up trellis), plus grows well with almost any vegetable; adds nitrogen to the soil
Petunia Protects beans; beneficial throughout garden
Potato Horseradish, beans, corn, cabbage, marigold, limas, eggplant (as a trap crop for potato beetle)
Pot Marigold Helps tomato, but plant throughout garden as deterrent to asparagus beetle, tomato worm & many other garden pests
Pumpkin Corn
Radish Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumbers; a general aid in repelling insects
Rosemary Carrots, beans, cabbage, sage; deters cabbage moth, bean beetles & carrot fly
Rue Roses & raspberries; deters Japanese beetle; keep away from basil
Sage Rosemary, carrots, cabbage, peas, beans; deters some insects
Soybean Grows with anything; helps everything
Spinach Strawberries
Squash Nasturtium, corn
Strawberry Bush beans, spinach, borage, lettuce (as a border)
Summer Savory Beans, onions; deters bean beetles
Sunflower Cucumber
Tansy Plant under fruit trees; deters pests of roses & raspberries; deters flying insects, also Japanese beetles, striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs; deters ants
Tarragon Good throughout garden
Thyme Here and there in garden; deters cabbage worm
Tomato Chives, onion, parsley, asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, carrot, limas
Valerian Good anywhere in garden
Wormwood As a border, keeps animals from the garden
Yarrow Plant along borders, near paths, near aromatic herbs; enhances essential oil production of herbs

 
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