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 ...

When you're planning your vegetable garden this year, consider the power of companion planting. Some plants, when grown together, actually help each other thrive. Others barely tolerate the company of ...

This technique involves pairing complementary plants together to help solve a handful of common gardening concerns. Companion plants are an essential part of any garden. These mutually beneficial ...

Companion planting is the practice of grouping plants together that have beneficial relationships. Companion planting isn’t an exact science, and takes experimentation and observation. The goal of ...

There is a lot of choice when it comes to growing squash. That includes picking from the many varieties, with different shapes, sizes, and colors, deciding whether to grow in the ground or containers, ...

Gemma is an experienced freelance writer who has spent the last five years focusing on expert-driven content relating to homes and gardens. She has contributed to several lifestyle publications ...

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, ...

It’s a fact of life that certain things are infinitely better when paired together: wine and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, chips and guacamole. But this logic doesn’t apply solely in the kitchen.

My Sicilian grandmother always planted basil next to her tomatoes. She claimed the basil made the tomatoes taste sweeter. Grandma never spent time in the library researching scientific articles on ...

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 ...