Product Description

In an age of increasing hostility towards chemical control of the food we eat, "Companion Planting" is the ideal guide to working with nature, to produce healthy and bountiful crops. There is something fascinating about companion planting - it is immensely enjoyable to be able to outwit one's enemies with simple, tried-and-tested methods. More and more gardeners are recognising the good sense of working with nature instead of trying to club it into submission.Entertaining and often anecdotal, the snippets of wisdom in this book are arranged alphabetically, allowing the reader to easily search for a particular plant or garden pest. In many cases the author offers a method for encouraging a healthy crop or discouraging a nuisance to the gardener. Her summary of good and bad garden companions is a useful quick reference tool for gardeners planting beds or containers of vegetables and herbs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7459 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

About the Author
Brenda Little is a garden writer based in New Zealand.

Customer Reviews

companion planting author brenda little
loved reading this,a really good reference book have got to try some of the planting ideas

companion planting
This book is very helpfull for the would be gardener with a quick guide to what to plant with what and also what not to plant. Am looking forward to sampling the results

Companion Planting
An invaluable book for gardeners - so invaluable that I bought three more for friends! Excellent awareness of the value of companion planting. Only complaint is that she's unclear sometimes on her gardening terms - for instance she refers to the cabbage 'moth' - unclear if she means the cabbage root fly or the different cabbage white butterflies. Similarly she doesn't make clear which 'marigold' family she means - she lumps two completely different species together. However, these are small quibbles in an interesting and valuable book - and yes, my outdooor tomatoes outdoor ARE planted next to chives and parsley, toghether with Tagetes (French marigold), and there's sage near my beans!