Negative Neighbors: Which Plants Should NOT be Planted together?

Negative Neighbors: Which Plants Should NOT be Planted together?

The biggest problem in traditional agriculture is monoculture. Fields full of only lettuce. Orchards with only one type of fruit.

And that while so many plants do very well next to each other. In fact, help each other stay bug-free or grow better.

Yet it is important to pay attention to which plants you put next to each other. Because just as some plants stimulate each other, there are also plants that can’t stand each other. So which plants should not be planted together?

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Grow your Own Herbs Indoors or Outside for Quality Herbal Tea

Grow your Own Herbs Indoors or Outside for Herbal Tea

As you may know, Tom and I are huge advocates of organic food. Yet we are also aware that in some places organic produce is hardly available. So why not grow some yourself? And if you don’t have a garden, herbs are especially easy to grow indoors.

Some are easy growers, others need more attention. The orientation of your window is important, as well as the soil you put them in. You can sow them or use cuttings. And nowadays there are complete, highly sophisticated indoor systems.

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