3. Companion planting

I was keen to put plants together that like each other and flowers that assist nature's balance of insects and bugs. Marigolds detract bugs from plants, tomatoes and beans like growing together and tomatoes and peppers don't. Potatoes need to be far from tomatoes. Nasturtiums can go anywhere and also are good for repelling bugs. Lettuce is good for ground cover.

I made a map of what would work together, what are friends and foes. I wanted a mixture of companions and foes together to see what would happen. It was turning into a complex puzzle of experiments! My page was filled and I imagined a busy and full space, just like I'd seen around town.


I started to lay out the plants and got digging.

There still seemed to be so much space 😬



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