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Companion Planting (2)

Articles tagged with "companion-planting"

Pencil crayon illustration of a backyard vegetable garden bed with a border of flowering chives around carrots and tomatoes in late spring
15 Jun

Companion Planting Chives: Allium Protection for Every Bed

Peter Vogel
Pencil crayon illustration of a backyard sweet potato bed with sprawling Ipomoea batatas vines edged by bush beans and orange marigolds in late summer
15 Jun

Companion Planting Sweet Potatoes: Tropical Root Combos

Peter Vogel
Side-by-side comparison of two backyard garden styles with a small companion planted raised bed of tomatoes, basil, marigolds, and carrots on the left and a larger strip intercropped field with alternating bands of corn and soybeans on the right
12 Jun

Intercropping vs Companion Planting: What's the Difference?

Peter Vogel
Backyard herb and vegetable garden featuring a mature garden sage Salvia officinalis with silvery-green leaves and purple flower spikes surrounded by broccoli, cabbage, carrots, and rosemary with bees visiting the sage flowers
12 Jun

Companion Planting Sage: The Anti-Pest Herb

Peter Vogel
Backyard raised bed garden with healthy spinach plants in dappled shade beneath pole beans and sweet corn with strawberries and radishes nearby
10 Jun

Companion Planting Spinach: Cool-Season Shade Partners

Peter Vogel
Backyard garden with a mature Meyer lemon tree surrounded by a circular companion planting guild of borage, calendula, nasturtium, white clover, and comfrey with bees visiting flowers
10 Jun

Companion Planting Citrus Trees in Warm Climates

Peter Vogel
Backyard garden scene with a large black walnut tree showing healthy lawn beneath it on one side and wilted yellowing tomato plants on the other demonstrating juglone allelopathy
10 Jun

Allelopathy in the Garden: When Plants Inhibit Each Other

Peter Vogel
Backyard garden bed with tomato plants and blooming borage interplanted, with bright blue star-shaped flowers and bees visiting
9 Jun

Companion Planting Borage: The Tomato's Best Friend

Peter Vogel
Backyard winter vegetable garden bed with overwintering garlic emerging through crimson clover and hairy vetch cover crop, pencil crayon illustration
5 Jun

Winter Companion Planting: Cover Crops and Green Manures

Peter Vogel