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The A-Z of Companion Planting explains the theory and the practice. It looks at its usage historically and brings the practice up to date with all today’s gardening techniques and our desire for chemical-free vegetables. Then the author guides you through which crops, herbs, grasses and fruits can be planted together (and equally important, which mustn’t) to make sure that you get the very best crop with the highest yields – and naturally!
Jayne Neville, herself a practitioner of companion planting, discusses and explains the reasoning behind it, giving the reader a fuller and more rounded understanding of an age-old gardening practice which modern reliance on ‘chemical warfare’ has unjustly marginalised. With the current trends towards both permaculture and no-dig gardening, this might just be your passport to healthy and environment-friendly crop production!
With easy to use diagnostic tables and an A-Z section detailing the plants and their ideal companions, Jayne Neville’s book is destined to be a classic reference text on this scientifically unproven yet ‘known to work’ area of gardening.
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Add ReviewJ Turner - Apr 30 2011 7:35AM
This is a book packed with facts on companion planting, not just an A-Z on plant companions but the theory behind the various ways it works. I didn't realise companion planting worked on so many different levels. As well as the A-Z section on plants, there are quick reference tables on pest & disease control, plants for attracting beneficial insects, and a quick reference companion planting table. And to help you get the best from your plantings, natural ways to get your garden and veggie patch in great condition. There are lots of other ideas here too; creating wildlife areas to attract frogs, toads, hedgehogs and other gardener's friends into the garden, various ways of making compost, liquid manures, no-dig gardening and green manures to list just a few. I'm itching to get outside and try some of them out; the only downside is that I will have to wait until the spring to get started with the actual business of growing my own plant companions
Yanton - Apr 30 2011 7:36AM
if you want a quick reference on companion planting then this is the book for you. It is not a picture book, but great advice which I am keen to apply on the best plant companions, also the plant mixes to avoid.
