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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Page 65
... vegetables are so closely crowded together . Raised beds have the advantage of improved drainage and better aeration . The soil does not become waterlogged in winter and as a result it warms up faster in spring and produces earlier ...
... vegetables are so closely crowded together . Raised beds have the advantage of improved drainage and better aeration . The soil does not become waterlogged in winter and as a result it warms up faster in spring and produces earlier ...
Page 85
... vegetables and herbs listed in this book help other vegetables to resist insects when grown with or near them . Scientists have done a great deal of research , also , on why certain other plants are attractive to insects . They have ...
... vegetables and herbs listed in this book help other vegetables to resist insects when grown with or near them . Scientists have done a great deal of research , also , on why certain other plants are attractive to insects . They have ...
Page 89
... vegetables growing in the same piece of ground , or in the same row , providing diversification . And this idea need not be confined to vegetables only . Flowers and herbs can happily bump shoulders with each other . In fact , they ...
... vegetables growing in the same piece of ground , or in the same row , providing diversification . And this idea need not be confined to vegetables only . Flowers and herbs can happily bump shoulders with each other . In fact , they ...
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