Описание: Are you looking for a complete guide on companion planting to grow healthy vetegables?
Then keep reading...
Companion planting is the gardening method that carefully chooses compatible plants to grow together for their shared benefit, and has been used for centuries by gardeners.
Modern companion planting techniques were developed in the last several hundred years in cottage gardens in Europe, and have since spread around the world.
Companion planting is used widely in flower gardens, vegetable gardens, and gardens that are lovely mixes of all kinds of different edible and ornamental plants.
There are many great reasons why companion planting is so popular at the moment.
Plants can help one another attract beneficial insects as well as repel harmful ones.
A mix of plants will often have different tolerance levels to disease which will lower the overall risk of viruses, bacteria or molds doing a lot of damage to the garden as a whole.
Mixing low-growing plants in with taller ones can create a natural mulch that will help keep weeds down, minimize evaporation and protect the soil.
And companion planting maximizes the garden space.
Climbing plants will be supported by others, and weaker plants will be better sheltered from the wind if there are sturdier plants shielding them.
This book covers:
- What companion planting is and how it can benefit you
- Organic gardening and companion planting
- Companion planting strategies
- Allelopathy: The chemical abilities of plants
- Planning your garden using companion planting
- Benefit of companion gardening
- Companion Plants (a list of popular vegetables and herbs to grow in your Companion Garden, including planting, plant care and harvesting/storing your vegetables
- Poisonous Plants
- Wild plants
- How to make your own special mix of compost for infilling
- Insects: the good and the bad Insects
- Beneficial insects in the garden and how to draw them in
- How to repel pest insects
- Beginners Mistakes to Avoid
And much more.
In addition to all of the practical benefits that companion planting offers the you, there are wonderful aesthetic benefits as well.
A garden that is planted with an enticing mix of different shapes, textures, and colors is truly a beautiful sight to behold.
You will learn all about the many wonderful ways that plants can work together to make your garden more productive, healthier, and more visually appealing.
And youll discover ways to use these methods to plan companion plantings that are specifically tailored to the amount of space you have, what youre most interested in growing, and the region you live in.
Use the methods in this book to improve your existing garden or to create a new garden from scratch.
Once you start companion planting, you will love it.
It brings a boring, straight-rowed vegetable plot to life and makes it more interesting and productive. It reduces your reliance on chemicals and helps you to work in harmony with nature.
