The garden used to be overrun with aphids, sometimes to the extent that it was hard to find some plants under the seething mass of bugs (eww!). One thing I learnt at my permaculture course was that umbrelliferous plants (plants with umbrella-shaped collections of tiny flowers) attract beneficial wasps into the garden. The wasps then [...]
Posts Tagged ‘companion planting’
The benefits of umbrelliferous plants
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged aphids, bugs, companion planting, dill, parsley, pest control, spring, umbrelliferous on November 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Planting under citrus trees
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged citrus, companion planting, dill, nasturtium, spring on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I planted our citrus trees, I was well aware of the need to keep the grass away, so it doesn’t compete with the shallow tree roots. So I lay down a thick layer of bark mulch (being careful to keep the lower trunk clear). Some time later, I read through the Introduction to Permaculture [...]
Companion planting made easy-ish
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged companion planting, gardening on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The wonderful Little House in the Suburbs blog has shared three posts on companion planting: Part 1 – covers the rule “Too many members of the same family shouldn’t be seated together.” Part 2 – covers the rule “Hatfields and McCoys must be kept across the room from each other.” Part 3 – covers the [...]
