The key to growing a successful garden is being diligent about planning. While you may like the way a plant looks in one area of your yard, it doesn't necessarily mean that's where the greenery will ...

Grow sweet alyssum to provide nectar for hoverflies, which feed on aphids. Each spring, I grow legions of onions and shallots from seed, and my biggest challenge is keeping them weeded. Last year, I ...

The secret to getting a bountiful garden isn't blasting Bach throughout the night but creating harmony. We're not talking about the vocal kind but the symbiosis that comes from companion planting.

Determining the best companion plants for the vegetables in my garden has been really confusing. Companion planting is one of those subjects which seems to motivate the creation of charts and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’re starting a vegetable garden, you’ll want to get the most you can out of your garden plot. To do ...

A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...

These compatible plants will help one another grow. Did you know that companion planting can maximize your gardening space, increase plant growth, and ward off pests? By choosing plants, flowers, and ...

Grow herbs and vegetables in the garden with this herb companion planting guide. Learn which herbs to plant together for a maximum yield. The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion (Lyons Press, 2018) by Amy ...

Every gardener, from the apartment dweller to the farmer, has a finite allotment of planting space. What you want to grow needs to fit into that space, so planning is essential. With planning, you can ...