With companion planting, you not only enhance the beauty of your vegetable garden but also boost its productivity and resilience. This age-old gardening technique involves pairing plants that ...

Traditional companion planting, which involves planting different types ... Annual flowers can be planted in the beds around vegetables. In the Master Gardener Vegetable and Fruit Demonstration Garden ...

A square-foot garden takes a raised bed one step further and divides ... companion planting when space is limited to give ...

Like companion planting, polyculture planting is another way to make the most of your raised garden beds. However, instead of having tidy rows of carrots, lettuce, or other vegetables, you can ...

DEPENDING ON WHO you ask, companion ... vulnerable plants. Which is why it’s advisable to keep that row of aphid-trapping nasturtiums away from the beans in the vegetable garden.

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 ...

Read on and learn the how and why of companion planting. There is certainly a bit of garden folklore associated with companion planting, however there is plenty of biology and plant science to ...

Companion plants play various roles in the vegetable garden community. The bean companions featured here enhance harvests through pest reduction, weed management, and structural support.

Lorrie Rugg promotes the benefits of companion planting among gardeners, highlighting favorable plant pairings for garden ...

In March, many of us are well underway in planning our vegetable gardens. Even if you do not have room for a large, in-ground garden, you can add space to grow edibles by using raised beds or ...