Companion Planting
Underplanting fruit trees: what to grow under the canopy without starving the tree
A plan for the circle of ground under a backyard fruit tree: the clear trunk collar that lowers the collar rot risk, why lawn is the worst option, what to sow beyond the drip line, and how each climate zone changes it.
Asparagus companion planting: choosing neighbours for a twenty year bed
An asparagus bed is a twenty year decision you cannot dig over later. What can share the space during the spring cutting season, what has to stay out, and whether the old warning about onions and garlic holds up.
What to plant with potatoes, and what to keep away
Most potato companion charts are folklore. Here is what the Australian evidence supports: keep the rest of the potato family out of the bed, leave room to hill up, and put the flowers where they will not get buried.