Companion planting is the practice of enhancing your crop production by growing combinations of different plants close together. Some combinations can significantly benefit plants and enrich the soil, ...

Carrie Petty is an avid gardener who has spent years perfecting her craft. As a result, she has become well-versed in the importance of succession planting and companion planting. She joined us to ...

I am always looking for ideas that make gardening simpler, safe and beneficial. Companion planting seemed like it could have some advantages, if it really worked. The idea of companion planting has ...

Traditionally, farmers assumed they must kill their cover crop before planting cash crops. But the longer you let a cover crop grow, the more benefits you can harvest. Enter the ‘planting green’ ...

Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil and fight pests and weeds. We’ll get to that, but first, ...