Some edge-wear to wraps. P.o.n. inked top half title. Binding as new.
Additional Description
One of the series by Louise Riotte that has served as a useful companion for organic gardeners for a generation, this book explains how to plant your garden so as to maximise on the benefits certain plants offer each other.
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What is Companion Planting?
It's just planning your garden to take advantage of the fact that vegetables and fruits - like people - have natural friends they prefer to be with. And they help each other - like beets with onions or corn with pumpkins.
Sometimes plant friendships are a bit one-sided: carrots help beans, but the beans don't reciprocate. Though they will help nearby cucumbers.
Plants have bad companions, too, and you'll be doing them a favor to keep them apart. Your beans and onions are natural enemies, so you just keep them at opposite sides of the garden.
Other plants show their good character by luring insects that would injure their neighbors - the way dill attracts hornworms away from tomatoes. And helpers like garlic will drive Japanese beetles right out of the neighborhood.
Getting to know the good and bad companions can double the bounty of your garden. And the only work required is to plan your garden planting right. - from the wraps.
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Book Information
- Author : Louise; Riotte
- Publisher : Garden Way Publishing - Storey Communications
- Illustrator : Louise; Riotte
- Book Condition
: Very Good + - Book Type : Trade Paperback
- Published Location : Pownal
- Published Year : 1984
- Book Edition : Reprint
- Book Number : UEC12743
- ISBN : 0882660640