Veggie friends and enemies

Plant a Kitchen Garden

When planting a kitchen garden a good rule of thumb, 'green or otherwise' is to plan out which vegetables grow where and who is their neighbor. I used to plant willy nilly, until I caught myself wondering why some years veggies turned out beautifully, other years- not so much.

Then I got introduced to companion gardening. Essentially what this means is when gardening, if you plant vegetables together that complement each other, you often get a higher yield. The other great benefit is that quite often these combinations also help with pest control.

Without a companion chart, - which I suggest everyone get- the basic rule is to sort out your seeds and plant complementary families together. Such as beets do well next to cabbage, but not at all well when faced with being cosy with pole beans. Vegetables have friends, they also have enemies.

Below is a quick companion guide- also showing some veggies to not plant beside each other. A hand reference to keep around when it's time to get to sowing!

Companion planting chart


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