The concept of planting different crops in proximity.
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Placing nitrogen fixers around established trees?
I have several young (1-4 years old) fruit trees and am considering planting nitrogen fixers around/underneath:
white clover (ground cover)
lupine (herb layer)
siberian pea shrub (shrub layer)
It ...
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What to guild with Asparagus
I have been working on applying permacultural techniques of layering in space and time, and most of my gardens work well on this principle but I am having trouble applying it to asparagus. What should ...
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Are there any plants that shouldn't be planted near garlic?
I recall reading something on companion planting and crop rotation that mentioned some crops shouldn't be planted near or where garlic or other alliums were planted. The reason was that those plants ...
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What herbaceous plants like acid soil, blueberries and white pine mulch?
Looking for herbs to fill out a blueberry bed. The soil is somewhat sandy and acidic, lots of coffee grounds mixed in, and its topped with white pine chips and needles. What herbs would be happy ...
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What is a good companion for asparagus?
I am considering planting about 4 asparagus plants in a 5'x7' patch. The asparagus will take up most of the space in the patch. What companion plants would work well in such a space?
Wikipedia ...
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How should flowers be used as a companion in a vegetable plot?
I noticed our neighbours have a row of flowers / flowering shrubs going through their vegetable plot. I think they are carnations.
I know I could just ask my neighbours, but I would like to get a ...
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What are some good plants to put in a guild built around plums/stone fruit?
I'm starting a small orchard of stone fruit trees -- just a few hundred square feet. I will be putting in plums next spring, and I'm thinking about what to plant between/around them. In the lingo of ...
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Do legumes provide nitrogen to their companions?
It's common knowledge that legumes (clover, beans, etc) can (with the help of Rhizobium bacteria) fix nitrogen from the air and hold it in the soil.
Much is made of this fact -- advice that we should ...
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What are the criteria for picking out vegetables to grow together in “Three Sisters” garden?
A "Three Sisters" garden is a garden grown consisting of three different crops which help each other grow in some fashion. Such as Corn, Squash and Beans. I read about it in Roots Shoots Buckets and ...
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Where can I find credible information about companion planting/intercropping
If you do a search for "companion planting", you get millions of hits. However, it's hard to separate out the real legitimate information from the muck. There's a lot of misinformation based on ...
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What are some good companion veggies/flowers/herbs to scare off beetles?
I've had the biggest problems with Asian Stink Bugs (an invasive species that is terrorizing the Midatlantic USA region) and Asparagus Beetles. Oddly enough the asparagus beetles (right pic) are ...
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Herbs to grow (pair) with tomatoes
I have 3 tomato plants in pots right now. One of them is in a large pot and I recently planted some basil in the pot, partly for some extra basil, and partly because I have heard that basil and ...
