Publisher's Synopsis
Companion Planting is one of the most ancient gardening techniques. It goes back in centuries and it is something that was spontaneously observed and applied by farmers all around the world.
In the last decades then, lots of conscious farmers all around the world started to refuse the idea of industrial cultivations and decided to go back to a more natural, eco friendly, and healthy way of cultivating vegetables.
They are farmers who decided to convert their production for the market, but also families who just grow vegetables in their backyards for their own food supply, or individuals who just grow some vegetables and want them to be natural, organic and delicious.
And that's how in the last years the ancient idea of companion planting came out again as a fresh and new one.
Companion planting is one of the main principles behind organic agriculture, and this book will reveal to you all of its secrets.
In Companion Planting you will discover:
- What companion planting is and how it works
- The 12 most common mistakes in CP gardening and how to avoid them
- The flower that will make your garden beautiful while fertilizing the soil
- Which herbs and vegetables are a great match both in your garden and in your plate
Plus:
- 29 cards for 29 vegetables telling you, for each one of them:
- Properties
- How to grow them
- Which plants they want as neighbours
- Which plants you'd better keep away from them
Whether you have your garden going and you want to optimize it by rearranging it by the principles of companion planting, or you are planning to start from scratch on your vegetable gardening path and you want to start with the right foot, this book is for you
