Companion planting

[NCW_Woodnymph]

I am just dying to get started on my garden! Since it's too early to plant, I am trying to plan what I am going to plant where. Since I have very little space and I want go completely organic this year, I have decided to read up on companion planting. Does anyone have any advice?

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[StellaBlue]

The only one I can think of off the top of my head is planting basil in with your tomatoes. Keeps some bugs off, and enhances the flavor of the tomatoes. And basil smells awesome, especially after rain.

I'll check my notebook from last summer's planting, and post again when I can remember the other good companions.

I do an organic garden, and am looking forward to planting time. Just around the corner...kind of.

[NCW_Woodnymph]

Thanks. I never knew it was good for them but I always plant my tomatoes and basil together. I think it's just because I usually use them together. :D

I heard that marigolds help keep bugs away. Has anyone tried that?

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[funkymagnolia]

i can not wait until i have my own yard to plant a garden!!! this is one thing i am soooo looking forward to!

japanese beetles LOVE basil...i don't know how to keep them away though :confused:

[StellaBlue]

I plant marigolds every year in my garden. I'm not sure how much good they do, but they look pretty, at least. I never had Japanese beetles on my basil. They stick mostly to my flowers in other areas of my yard, but out of my garden. You can't really do much to get rid of them, except plucking them off of the plants. I pull my off the plants and put them in a bucket of soapy water. If I were a different kind of person, I would get one of those bags that "trap" them (that actually attract them) and put it somewhere on my neighbor's land, so they would all go there. ;)

[LIBRA]

I plant marigolds too, I think they help keep rabbits away, I also plant all my hot peppers around the outside of my garden, that helps keep them out too.

I cant wait for spring!!! SO much work to be done..but so worth it!

[LIBRA]

ck out this site, it has an A to Z listing, looks pretty good!!

http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html

[Buffalo Head '75]

companion planting - for some reason I can't stop thinking that this is a mafia euphemism for when you are sick of your significant other and you plant them into the ground.

[NCW_Woodnymph]

ck out this site, it has an A to Z listing, looks pretty good!!

http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html

Thanks Libra. :D That site looks great. I can't wait to try some of it. Fingers crossed that spring comes early this year. ;)

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[LIBRA]

I second that finger crossing, ha!!! Im ready for spring!!!

[gogreengirl]

Hey woodnymph,

I use to 'pot around' at this nice little Permaculture garden and the whole idea of it was to use plants to improve or reduce the need for fertilisers.

We had many trees and small shrubs and we planted nitrogen fixing Geranium to give those trees a great start to life and to encourage good health.

If you look up Permaculture on the web, there are many useful sites that explain it more in depth than I can.

Permaculture I think is very useful in this day and age of over-use of pesticides, insectisicides, herbisides....and the rest. Mother Nature is over polluted!

Basically find plants that will work for you but make sure they don't get away from you and become weeds.....I know!



Permaculture: Perma- To remain , Culture- To care :flutter