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Space-Savers and Partner Plants
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Gary Jun. 23, 2009.
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Carrots can also be planted next to spring onions which in turn also goes well with beetroot.
Onions and strawberries also do very well together... sounds crazy I know but it does work.
Beans also do well with the addition of dill and both summer an…
Hi, from gardeners world last night, nasturtium were good because they attracted the bugs rather than the veg, - but you have to keep looking and wiping off the bug eggs from the underside of the leaves. Not so much a space saver, but pak choi grows…
:) thank you for the advice! nasturtium is one of my fave flowers of all time, so it's nice to know that goes well with so many other plants! i will be getting my herbs underway here very soon.
-heron
When I planned to start growing veggies I did a load of research and the notes I can just make out are scribbled on the jotter I've got by the computer. As far as I can make out, they say:
BEETROOT is good with onions, lettuce and cabbage
POTATOES…
i have been gardening both flowers and veggies for about 5 years now, and my garden and flower beds are an ongoing project still. i have trialed and errored my way to a pretty regular assortment of veggies out in the garden plot that have remained f…
i agree with the slugs and weeds comment, that will be your main concern for now, but beer in a shallow pan is the best slug deterent i know of. it attracts and kills. afterwards, tho, keeping the birds away is really a simple matter. if you have an…
i never heard of this before now! potatoes in a bag, what a neat idea! usually what i do for potatos every year is to find someone i know that doesn't mind parting with a couple of bales of hay, about 4 to 5 of them. i place them at the edges of the…
go with the first location, in my opinion anyhow, i have always grown extra tomatos on the front porch so i can have some too. :P hehehe! (it's kind of a family joke, but my hubby likes to go out there and get the raw hot peppers that are ready for…
well, i just stumbled upon this idea myself this year, and have the same ongoing experiment, minus the beans and add mamoth sunflowers. due to raccoons coming into my small corn crop and completely devistating the whole of it, i decided i needed to…
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