Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden, but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers will walk you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate. With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive--and beautify your garden in the process.
Presents simple techniques for an early spring garden of color profiling 30 hardy annual flowers.
"If you want to know whether it is kosher to plant onions between cabbage plants, this is the place to look.
With gardening expert Louise Riotte’s sage advice, as well as her own beautiful illustrations throughout this book, you’ll enjoy learning about the fascinating ways plants work together as you tend to a thriving and bountiful garden.
Discover the joys of gardening with My First Outdoor Garden, an interactive and illustrated guide for the youngest of gardeners. This book teaches you everything you need to know to succeed in your first foray into raising plants.
Stopping Slugs Welcoming the Helpers In a companion garden , spring is the season to put out the welcome mat for garden helpers . Here's a list of reminders about how to attract beneficial insects , birds , and other beneficial animals ...
Mays. very spring, usually in mid- to late April, usually after a run of chilly, overcast days, comes a singular day when the sky's so clear, the air so mild, the wind so calm that everything seems momentarily stilled, breathless, ...
This beautiful book illustrates the design and planting of the ornamental vegetable garden, where aesthetics and practicality combine to create edible gardens.
"Attractive, easy vegetable/flower combinations"--Cover.
Reflecting the latest research on how plants influence and communicate with each other, Jessica Walliser offers a research-based guide to companion planting—a gardening method that uses strategic plant partnerships to improve crop yields ...
A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.