This technique involves pairing complementary plants together to help solve a handful of common gardening concerns.

including a downloadable 16-page Guide to Companion Planting with profiles of more than 50 plants and a detailed chart of suggested beneficial plant pairings. Combining plants that repel insects ...

Creating plant communities for mutual benefit is an old gardening tradition. Companion planting isn't just about pest control. By combining plants carefully, plants can help each other in terms of ...

Traditional companion planting ... Combine crop plants with other annual or perennial plants in the vegetable bed. Herbs are desirable crops themselves, and often produce small flowers with exposed ...

Some things just work well together. Peanut butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs. Wine and cheese. And when we step out of the kitchen and into the garden for a moment, we find plenty of perfect ...

One of the questions I have had over the years is, “Why would you want to mix two different plants in the same row?” When I ...