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Beginners Guide to Companion Planting Using Companion Gardening to Grow Healthy, Organic and Happy Plants! Paperback version has over 70 amazing black and white images, for glorious colour images please choose the Hardback or eBook versions. Companion planting is the strategic placement of plants in close proximity of each other to allow you to maximize the use of space while taking advantage of the natural abilities of each plant. Companion planting is centuries-old and can still be used to give gardeners excellent results today. When done correctly, it can reduce leaf damage caused by disease and pests by over 60%. Yes, that result can be accomplished without chemicals and poisons seeping into the soil. Growing symbiotic plants alongside each other can give your garden a ton of benefits, especially if you want to enjoy pesticide, herbicide, and fungicide-free crops. There's no need to buy expensive equipment or heavily rely on chemical products to keep garden problems in check. In fact, most of these can be reduced in severity or eliminated altogether in a completely natural way, you'll simply need to be smart about the approaches you choose and tailor them to your particular situation. In Beginners Guide to Companion Planting, you will discover: The millennial wisdom of companion planting rediscovered - from the Ancient Greeks to modern farmers How to use plants for natural pest control, soil fertilization, and optimization of yields - one secret that professional agriculturists don't want you to know Plants that love each other and hateful pairs that should never come together The beautiful flowers that can repel or even kill pesky insects The power of herbs in the garden, and why you should always plant this one specific herb next to your veggies How to bring good bugs into the garden and make them stay Advanced companion planting techniques (even some long-timers are unaware of these!) Extensive charts and appendices that will demystify companion planting once and for all You may think that a natural garden producing unparalleled yields is out of your reach. With a little bit of guidance, perseverance, and experience, however, you can discover the planting formula that will deliver wonderful results out of your space. You have to understand the dynamics in the garden. You should know the sun, water, and soil needs of different plants so that you can grow them together. Planning companion pairs in your garden should involve intimate knowledge of the flora and fauna. Luckily, this book belongs to the GREEN FINGERED GARDENER SERIES(TM) that will teach you all of the essentials to make the most of every single technique.

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An excellent source, clearly directed at the newcomers to the subject of growing organically and companion planting. I bought this on kindle, loved it so much that I bought the hardcover, I believe it will be a resource for years to come. A little gem of information, both practical and inspiring. By SR, Amazon Customer This is not my first Peter Shepperd's book and I must say it was exactly what I expected and even more ! Couldn't wait for the launch of his new book, I had previously read the Introduction to Raised bed gardening after becoming green fingered over the previous lockdown! Peter's books are always a smooth read and are so clear and concise I can easily say that these are the best gardening books you will find. The cover is really beautiful and pleasing to the eyes too and there are plenty of colourful images to help you learn about the companion gardening method. I have been struggling a little bit with the usual annoying garden pests so I can't wait to try some of the techniques in the book to save my fruit and vegetables ! 5 stars for Peter By Amazon Customer I am not so much of a beginner when it comes to gardening, I am very happy with the crop production I manage to produce every year, and I got a lot of hints and tips for my gardening in general from the previous book from this author. This is why I downloaded Beginners Guide to Companion Planting as soon as it became available . I wanted to step it up another level and learn more about how plants can help eachother in their environment and how I could improve my soil using specific ones to boost my yield and I can't wait to get my hands dirty in my garden. The book is very informative and easy to read, includes plenty of images and examples of good neighbouring plants and also some unexpected material on how to use companion plants in a structural way if you are also looking for a visual effects. It's an absolutely wonderful book and I couldn't recommend more . By Amazon Customer

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Peter Shepperd is in his 40s, his interest in gardening started when he decided to give his family access to fresh, homegrown, and organic food.Peter has been studying new gardening approaches to diversify his experience and skillset. His experimentation has allowed him to figure out what works and what definitely doesn't.He disagrees with the use of pesticides and chemicals. He has decided to produce this series of books to cover all aspects of growing, gardening, and organic sustainability.Peter has spent over a decade experimenting with different gardening techniques and perfecting his approach to growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and other plants. Not only this, but he has learned how to make the most of each part of the food that he grows.Teaching others has become his passion as some affordable, and straightforward practices have entirely transformed how his family gets access to healthy, delicious, nutritious, and attainable food. Peter's vision is to slowly transition more and more people away from the often-tasteless vegetables that are purchased in supermarkets and are heavily reliant on the use of chemicals that are damaging the environment, towards homegrown organic healthy produce, believing that the process of doing so will also help grow the person that has produced them as well.Peter lives with his family near Windsor in England.

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