In this little gardening guide you’ll receive a FREE Printable Companion Planting Chart for Stress Free Gardening. So grab your FREE gardening catalogs and let’s start planning your companion garden together! You’ll discover the beauty and ease planting a garden can be. Let me start by saying that Companion Gardening is probably the easiest way to garden there is. This of course is my opinion but if you are a beginner then I truly hope you will try this method out!
I grew up in the country where my family would have little gardens and there’s just nothing that beats the flavor and health of homegrown veggies and fruits! When I discovered companion planting many years ago, it made gardening so much easier. It’s amazing how god created certain plants to enhance the soil and be a companion to the plant next to it!
Printable Companion Planting Chart for Stress free Gardening
Companion Gardening is the best, easiest and most rewarding type of gardening I’ve found! Having a garden doesn’t HAVE to be exhausting or stressful.
There are so many gardening ideas to help you with the best ways to garden it doesn’t have to be hard!
I want to explain how I do Companion Planting, what it means and offer some great resources like the Free Printable Companion Planting Chart!This type of gardening is SO easy and SO successful.
What is Companion Planting?
Companion planting is when you plant two or more types of plants together that “encourage” each other to grow well! How do they do that? Wikapedia: “Companion planting in gardening and agriculture is the planting of different crops in proximity for any of a number of different reasons, including pest control, pollination, providing habitat for beneficial insects, maximizing use of space, and to otherwise increase crop productivity”
That’s the technical lingo…Does that make sense? Read below for an easier explanation.
What are some examples of companion planting?
Companion Planting has been around for centuries. The Three Sisters Garden was first done by Native Americans! They planted Corn, then beans and squash around the corn. The beans would grow up the corn as it grew. Making the corn stalks stronger and the perfect climber for beans. Even more than that is the fact that beans create nitrogen in the soil as they grow, which makes corn and squash VERY HAPPY!
There are several easy to read books if you want to learn more about the Three Sisters Garden Story or Three Sisters Garden Variations…etc.
The bottom line is that certain plants encourage phenomenal growth for each other. Use the vegetable companion planting chart pdf printable and find out just what plants are the best partners!
What vegetables are best to plant next to each other?
Some plant examples you should grow together are:
- Peas with sunflowers, maize, lavender, and cabbage.
- Carrots pair well with Lettuce, chives, leeks and peas.
- Beans should be planted with Sunflowers, cucumbers or strawberries.
The companion planting chart printable here shows..what plants do well when planted next to a certain other plants. AND what doesn’t grow well together…it really works! That is exactly what Companion Planting is all about!
Since you are just starting out I wanted to make you a handy printable Companion Planting Chart pdf you can use! see the full list of recommendations of what grows well with what and what doesn’t! This free printable is yours to refer to over and over again!
What vegetables should not be planted next to each other?
Well just as some plants “encourage” each other to grow, there are certain plants that DO NOT grow well together. A few examples are:
- Beans seem to have a negative effect on: Broccoli, Cauliflower and Kale.
- Asparagus: nothing from the onion family as they compete for certain nutrients in the soil.
- Carrots: Don’t grow with your Herbs.
- Tomatoes: Keep away from corn.
- Lettuce: Don’t plant near garlic and onion.
Companion Planting can be done anywhere!
These pictures show one of the places where I made room in my flower garden for the veggies and how I’ve also planted in containers on my porch a few years ago. A perfect solution, if you are super limited for space, is to think about trying to use some smaller upright planters .
If you want a bigger crop you could use this super cool Garden Tower Project planters. I’m going to buy one this year and try it out! I’m also going to have a raised garden bed! super excited about this because it’s been years since I’ve had the room!
Broccoli, Leeks, Lettuce, Brussels Sprouts, Sugar Snap Peas…
Notice that some of my planting is done in simple containers on my porch.
Garden Pests
Of course what garden is complete without a few pests….I’m going to put sandpaper around my plants to see if that helps..it’s said that Snails don’t like to crawl over rough stuff…we’ll see. I’ve already tried egg shells and a little bark…nope didn’t help!
Still Growing….
One of the secrets to keeping weeds down is to plant really close together…enough room to grow..but close enough together that no weeds grow..You can plant at least 1/2 of what a package says to plant apart and still have a great harvest!
The Ultimate Vegetable Garden Planner
Oh man am I ever excited about this Planner! It’s the PERFECT fit for the Companion Gardening printable I made! This will save so much time, help organize your garden, track different soils and fertilizers you used and so much more!
Perfect for keeping track of your best results and what works, so you can repeat the following year! Ditch what didn’t work and keep what did!
This vegetable Planner will Help you to:
- Take control
- Plan ahead with long-term, monthly & weekly goal setting & charts
- Know what you planted & how much you harvested
- Know what soil amendments used & where
- Know what pests popped up & on which plants
- Save money & brain cells
Over 200 Pages for you to download and print! Of course the beauty of downloadable products is that you can print just what you need OVER AND OVER! You don’t have to print every single page and then be overwhelmed. Julia left no stone un-turned when it comes to The Ultimate Vegetable Garden Planner!
SO many useful printables for every need, that you can use over and over! Check out what’s inside:
Julia has graciously given my readers an extra 10% discount off of an already ridiculously low sales price!
Be sure and PIN the Beginners Companion Planting Resources for Gardening to your favorite gardening boardif you don’t have time to go this post right now!
How to decide what to plant
If you are feeling a little confused on what you might want to plant, Heirloom Seed Pack has EVERYTHING you need to get started! This Heirloom seed bank has 55 strains of vegetable and herb seeds; over 12,800 seeds total!
100% Heirloom seeds, 100% USA Origins, 100% Non-GMO, Seed to Seed ready 100% Non-Hybrid seeds so each plant can provide more viable seeds for later use!
If you don’t want to plant every little thing…you can save for next year. The only thing that will happen to the seeds is that they will take maybe a day or 2 longer to germinate.
I will be planting more warmer weather Veggies soon…when we have some consistent heat going here in the Pacific Northwest…here are some awesome books that go waay more in depth if you are interested. Lots of awesome tips for Companion Planting.
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Books on Companion Planting
Here are some of my favorite Companion Planting books:
The Mix and Match Guide to Companion Planting
Companion Planting Beginners Guide
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