Re: Beneficial Companion

Thank for the list.  It was a printable one! :)

Kristie 
Zone 9   Southern Cal
>I just found a neat list of Beneficial Companion flowers and herbs to
>grow with vegetables. I can't wait to try them.  Has anyone found any
>of these truly helpful ? They are to improve growth and many times
>improves the flavor of the veggie.  
>
>Simplified list, and one's I want to try are:
>
>Basil with Tomatoes and Peppers
>   [Gardening Nun in Monastery told me this also]
>Borage with Beans and Strawberries
>Carrots near peas
>Chamomile with cucumbers
>Dill with cabbage and onions
>   [keep them from carrots and tomatoes]
>Flax with potatoes.
>   [deter Colorado potato beetle]
>Garlic and Rue with roses 
>   [garlic repels aphids, Rue repels ants]
>   [Rue useful with fruit trees it says]
>Nasturtiums with squash and melons
>   [repels white fly]
>Parsley with asparagus
>Sunflowers with cucumbers
>   [keep away from potatoes]
>
>This source: "The Western Garderer's Journal- A Three-Year Almanac",
>by Margaret Moulton is just wonderful, and has other companions that
>she mentions, but these are the one's I'm planning to plant in with
>my crops this year. Winter time can be a great time to "think and
>plan''. Fun, fun, garden will be functional and pretty. 
>
>Sincerely,       
>~Carleen~
>Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
>Rainier, Oregon  ~ Zone 8
>  
>
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