Companion planting is one of my favorite techniques for creating a thriving vegetable garden. By strategically placing certain plants next to each other, you can improve growth, deter pests ...

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 ...

Nasturtiums act as effective trap crops by being the more desirable plant for common garden ... that companion planting is without merit. The practice itself has benefited fruit and vegetable ...

Creating plant communities for mutual benefit is an old gardening tradition. Companion planting isn ... and leeks together on the allotment or vegetable patch to protect against a number of ...

Access the Garden Planner on any device ... You’ve thought of everything — varieties of vegetables, spacing, light exposure, companion planting … I could go on and on.

Local farmer Ned Birkey offers home garden planning tips. Also, see what gardening workshops are coming up in Monroe County.