Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful GardeningEmploys a dictionary format to furnish information on the characteristics and uses of plants that promote the growth of other varieties, offering descriptions of helpful weeds and insect-repellent plants. |
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... rows help repel the Mexican bean beetle . Summer savory with green beans improves their growth and flavor as well as deterring bean beetles . It is also good to cook with beans . Beans are inhibited by any member of the onion family ...
... rows help repel the Mexican bean beetle . Summer savory with green beans improves their growth and flavor as well as deterring bean beetles . It is also good to cook with beans . Beans are inhibited by any member of the onion family ...
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... row , ( as marigolds with bush beans ) , or in adjacent rows . Lettuce and onions do well together so I pop in a lettuce plant each time I pull a green onion for the table . I plant onions close together , pull every other one , letting ...
... row , ( as marigolds with bush beans ) , or in adjacent rows . Lettuce and onions do well together so I pop in a lettuce plant each time I pull a green onion for the table . I plant onions close together , pull every other one , letting ...
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... rows as we often do in our gardens . Try radishes in a foot - wide bed with no thinning . Put fast - growing lettuce such as buttercrunch , simpson or oakleaf , between cabbages , broccoli , Brussels sprouts or even tomatoes , which ...
... rows as we often do in our gardens . Try radishes in a foot - wide bed with no thinning . Put fast - growing lettuce such as buttercrunch , simpson or oakleaf , between cabbages , broccoli , Brussels sprouts or even tomatoes , which ...
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