Plant Pals

Hello!! So this week not much has been going on in the garden. We're (AKA me) planning on figuring out a date and asking all the other gardeners :) what day would be best to just have a big garden cleaning session. Keep an eye out for the google form!!

Alright so I was aimlessly googling, as you do, when I came across this concept called companion planting. It's basically where you plant plants that help each other grow together. Yeah I know, it sounds like common sense and we have come across this in the past. A past gardener mentioned that when you grow peppers, to grow them in pairs and there was something else too but I forget it right now. Whoops.

Anyway, there's whole lists out there about which plants would grow nicely together, which ones have detrimental effects on each other, etc. I don't know how well the chart/image shows up for you, but I'll post a link to it and other websites below so you can see it (hopefully) easier!

This is definitely going to be useful as we head into winter / the garden planning season. Next year we definitely want a wider variety of plants than we had this year and potentially start growing herbs (!!!). Additionally, we probably want to plant more flowers alongside the welcome path since flowers attract butterflies and bees for pollination!! :D. There are some tulip bulbs in the benches ( or at least there were the last time I checked) and if I recall correctly then they are suppose to be planted in the winter in preparation for spring.

I'll most likely end up doing a follow up post to this one once there is a general idea about what plants we're actually going to be planting next year. That way you guys know which plants will get planted with each other and if anyone actually reads this, then when we plant it won't be as confusing.

Until next time, see ya!

Sources

https://www.windowbox.com/resources-links/companion-planting-chart-for-vegetables

https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/companion-planting-guide-zmaz81mjzraw

https://porchsidegardening.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/a-table-of-companion-plants/