Inter-Cropping Raspberries Best Companions are Garlic – Turnip – Tansy and Rue “Companion Planting is the growing together of all those elements and beings that encourage life and growth; the creation of a microcosm that includes vegetables, fruits, trees, bushes, wheat, flowers, weeds, birds, soil, microorganisms, water, nutrients, insects, toads, spiders, and chickens.” – John … Read more Raspberry Companion Plants
The Ark of Taste is a world wide catalogue of endangered foods that are deemed peculiar to a distinct ethnicity or geographic region, they are basically heritage foods. The ‘Ark’ was launched in 1996 in Italy by a group known as ‘Slow Food ‘ which still maintains it as the global Slow Food movement. The Ark of … Read more Biodiversity and the Ark of Taste
“Companion Planting is the growing together of all those elements and beings that encourage life and growth; the creation of a microcosm that includes vegetables, fruits, trees, bushes, wheat, flowers, weeds, birds, soil, microorganisms, water, nutrients, insects, toads, spiders, and chickens.” – John Jeavons, How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible Carrots, Peas, lettuce, … Read more Radishes Companion Plants – Inter-Planting
Asparagus has male and female plants, it is ‘dioecious’. The female plants you may have noticed produce small pea sized berries. The berries / seed pods start off green and ripen to a cherry red. The berries almost look like something we’d like to pop in our mouths for a taste – DON”T DO IT … Read more Berries on Asparagus Plants
Garlic is a great companion plant for tomatoes. Chives, Onion and garlic emit a pungent aroma which repels many insects. Garlic also releases sulfur into the soil that is beneficial to Tomatoes and detrimental to soil borne pathogens. Sulfur is a naturally occurring fungicide which will help in the garden with disease and pest suppression. … Read more Interplanting Garlic with Tomatoes
The coneflower aka echinacea is a North American native plant originating in the vast prairie lands where the deer and the buffalo roamed. Since its domestication, breeders have developed new dazzling varieties. Prized not only for its unquestionable aesthetic appeal, the coneflower also has herbal, medicinal and culinary attributes that make it a worthwhile addition … Read more 12 Coneflower Varieties to Try
Garlic is an awesome companion plant, it accumulates sulfur, a naturally occurring fungicide which will help in the garden with disease prevention. Garlic also is helpful in pest suppression, it discourages aphids, flea beetle, Japanese beetle, fungus gnats, codling moths, cabbage loopers, ants, snails and spider mites as well as vampires and members of the … Read more Garlic Companion Planting Guide
Do Basil and Tomato go good together ? Yes most certainly, in a pesto but not necessarily in a garden. Basil, contrary to popular belief is not truly as good a choice for a tomato companion plant as some garden gurus claim. 1. Both plants draw similar nutrients from the soil at the same times. So in … Read more Do Tomatoes and Basil grow Good Together
Fruit salad trees, or even as some call them “Franken-Trees” are not some exotic product that Alice brought back through the looking glass nor are they a futuristic GMO . They are simply multiple fruit tree buds/branches grafted onto a single root stock to produce functional and aesthetic trees that produce multiple varieties of fruit … Read more Fruit Salad Franken Tree
Acclimating Young Plants to the Outdoors Seedlings grown from seed and nurtured in a controlled indoor environment and to a lesser extent those purchased from nurseries are generally not acclimated to the outdoor environment. They are in a sense ‘fragile and tender’. Hardening off is a simple process of gradually acclimating these tender young plants … Read more How To Harden Off Seedlings