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Companion Planting

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Asparagus companion planting: choosing neighbours for a twenty year bedAn asparagus bed is a twenty year decision you cannot dig over later. What can share the space during the spring cutting season, what has...asparagus

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Companion Planting for a Sustainable Home GardenWhat companion planting is Companion planting means growing different plants close together so that each one gains something from the oth...Companion Planting
Companion planting in Australia: what really helps, and what is folkloreSome companion planting genuinely helps and a lot is folklore. Here is what stands up in an Australian vegetable garden.Edible Produce

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Intercropping: two crops in one bed, without losing eitherHow to fit a second crop into a bed without halving the first. Keep the main crop at full spacing, use the time, height and root gaps, an...companion planting

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Growing Nasturtiums in the Vegetable GardenWhy nasturtiums earn their space Nasturtiums pay their way more than once. They pull aphids off the crops you want to eat, they flower fo...Companion Planting

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Three Sisters in Australia: corn, beans and squash in one bedCorn, climbing beans and squash in one patch works here, but the planting order decides it. Block spacing, the 15 cm bean rule, why the b...climbing beans

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Underplanting fruit trees: what to grow under the canopy without starving the treeA 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 wors...beneficial insects

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What to plant with potatoes, and what to keep awayMost potato companion charts are folklore. Here is what the Australian evidence supports: keep the rest of the potato family out of the b...beneficial insects