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Articles tagged with "companion-planting"

A backyard salsa garden bed with two tomatillo plants in husk, chili peppers, cilantro, onions and a staked tomato in late summer sun
25 Aug

Companion Planting Tomatillos: A Salsa Garden That Works

Peter Vogel
Summer patio with terracotta pots of lemongrass, catnip and basil, a hand crushing a leaf and a small fan on the table
24 Aug

Plants That Repel Mosquitoes: What Works and What Does Not

Peter Vogel
Top-down view of a 4 by 8 foot raised garden bed with companion planting layout featuring tall tomatoes on the north edge, basil and parsley clustered around them, gridded carrot and lettuce blocks, and marigolds and nasturtiums at the corners
21 Aug

Raised Bed Garden Layouts: 6 Plans That Actually Work

Peter Vogel
A vegetable garden bed edged with a flowering insectary strip of sweet alyssum, yarrow and phacelia with hoverflies and a ladybug among the blooms
21 Aug

Insectary Plants: What to Grow to Bring In the Predators

Peter Vogel
Autumn vegetable bed with a row of tall blue-green leeks growing beside feathery carrot tops and lettuce, with straw mulch between the rows
20 Aug

Leek Companion Plants: What to Grow Beside Leeks

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of green and purple kohlrabi interplanted with red lettuce, beets, and onions in a garden bed
19 Aug

Kohlrabi Companion Plants: Partners for the Overlooked Brassica

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of frosted Brussels sprout stalks in an autumn garden with sage and onion companion plants
19 Aug

Brussels Sprouts Companion Plants: Best and Worst Neighbors

Peter Vogel
Pencil-crayon illustration of a cabbage patch with dill, nasturtium, and onion companion plants in morning light
19 Aug

Cabbage Companion Plants: What to Grow (and Avoid) Nearby

Peter Vogel
Fall vegetable bed with three large cauliflower plants, leaves tied over white curds, beside a row of onions and an edging of lettuce
18 Aug

Companion Planting Cauliflower: Brassica Bed Plans

Peter Vogel