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Some plants thrive in each others company. They offer protection from bugs and disease, provide shade and enrich the earth with nutrients. Planting basil, for example, next to tomatoes helps to ward off whitefly and a patch of nasturtiums not only looks good, but keeps the nasty aphids away from your runner beans. Some plants, on the other hand, just simply don t get on. 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 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! Combined with a handy, easy to use diagnostic table and clear, easy to understand line drawings, Jayne Neville s book is destined to be a classic reference book on this unscientifically proven yet known to work area of gardening.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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 ...
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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This is a book of 128 pages of which only pages 89-125 are actually on companion planting, with a further (approx) 5 pages dealing with some general issues. The rest is just stuff you can get in most gardening books, but dealt with in less detail. That's a little irritating in itself, but, annoyingly, there's relatively little text for the number of pages, with lots of photos, most of which aren't much use.
At £9.99 RRP it's a bit steep. There are a few nice tips in those few pages, but not many, and overall it's a disappointment.
I'm convinced that there is a good book to be written on the subject of companion planting, but I'm afraid this isn't it.
At £9.99 RRP it's a bit steep. There are a few nice tips in those few pages, but not many, and overall it's a disappointment.
I'm convinced that there is a good book to be written on the subject of companion planting, but I'm afraid this isn't it.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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We've got the Companion Planting to help us in planning and growing plants that will deter pests, improve soil and make our garden more interesting. Read more
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I bought this to find out what plants repel what insects it only had a small section but i learnt alot of other useful stuff like: what to plant with what veg/fruit to make them... Read more
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