Comments on: Does Companion Planting Work? Just Ask My Beans!

By: crystal M

crystal M — Sat, 14 May 2011 15:09:30 +0000

Whats borage?

By: george Bouth

george Bouth — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:40:16 +0000

Plant borage near or around your garden it is a magnet for honey bees’s and then the rest of your veggies will be tremedously pollinated

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:17:18 +0000

About keeping carrots over the winter: I bought a 25 or 30 lb. bag at the farmers market last September for $5.( they were huge and not “pretty “but smooth and clean ) and we ate them until Febuary fresh! They were in a thick clear plastic bag with little holes here and there, and were kept them in our garage all winter @ 5-10 degrees C. I’d check if they got too moist I’d open the bag a bit, then close it when they were almost dry. The same worked with potatoes! A friend stored her carrots over winter in an extra fridge in plastic bags with paper towel, to control the “too moist or too dry” problems. Hope this helps someone !

By: Billy Sykes

Billy Sykes — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:36:52 +0000

Growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky my Dad always planted Kentucky Wonder beans with corn.We would place two kernels of corn and one bean about 18″ apart with fertilizer between them.I can remember jumping to reach the beans…about 8″ inches long and get a handful.The corn was Hickory Cane.This is how I plant every year and always have a bumper crop!

By: Field of Beans (and Corn) | Alberta Home Gardening

Field of Beans (and Corn) | Alberta Home Gardening — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:05:41 +0000

[...] 2008 I experimented with inter-planting beans and corn. It worked so well that I tried it again in 2009. I had my best corn ever that year, so I’m [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:05:01 +0000

Christie, I’ve never actually measured the yield for my carrots. We have no good place to store carrots over the winter, so we mostly eat carrots fresh. If you plant carrots in the block planting method, it would basically be like you space your rows the same way you space the seeds in your rows. So just imagine squishing your rows together instead of 8-10 inches apart. Your yield should not decrease with the closer rows.

By: Christie

Christie — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:10:55 +0000

I have a family of five and I am interested in some of your techniques. Block planting with carrots… what is your yeild? I need to be able to get enough veggies to can or freeze. So with square foot or block gardening what is your yeild? Do you just eat well in the summer and fall or do you get enough for the rest of the year as well compared to line gardening? I line garden but I space my rows about 8-10 inches apart.

By: victoria

victoria — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:40:40 +0000

Very interesting. Anyone know the companion for string beans or collard greens. Have just sprayed greens for green worms. Any suggestions?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:29:18 +0000

For strawberries – plant them near beans and onions (go figure!) And they say they like to be mulched in pine needles. I mulched mine in pine saw dust this past year and that seemed to work pretty good. I plan to mulch in wood chips in the future as the wet saw dust can stick to the strawberries, requiring you to wash them before eating. I’ve also read that strawberries grow well under raspberries, gooseberries, and roses – though I couldn’t personally verify that.

As for tomatoes – I see no reason to keep them from onions, chives, or leeks.

By: josey124

josey124 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:36:41 +0000

Great blog! I was wondering what to plant with strawberries. Can I plant tomatoes with onion, chive or leek or do they hate eachother? Thanks!