We often see charts telling us that tomatoes don’t like potatoes, and beans don’t like alliums. Some contradict others, and then working out where to plant anything becomes hugely complicated. However, many believe companion planting is a very useful tool, providing that it is making your gardening easier, not more challenging! The truth is that companion planting needn’t be such a difficult thing to do, we just have to slightly reframe how we think about it.
GOOD BEDFELLOWS
It is a fact that some plants just don’t ‘get along’; some will strangle others out, compete for light, water or nutrients or just not grow well as neighbours. People’s experience of the latter seems to differ wildly.
