Fascinating for any gardener

I love to garden.  Whether it be flowers or food, I love to watch something grow and produce.  I must admit that flower gardening produces much more favorable results for me than does my attempt to grow vegetables and fruits.  I have always blamed the trees in the yards next to mine which don't allow enough light to shine in my vegetable garden or suck the nutrients right out of my carefully composted soil but is that the whole story?  Maybe not.

The Mix & Match Guide to Companion Planting arrived today and I have already looked at it cover to cover. After a brief "lesson" on gardening how-to, the book is primarily a resource helping you decide what plants to put together and which ones are better left planted in different pots or gardens because they just don't get along.  Each main crop is coded with it needs and then you can flip through the pages (divided into three "cards" each) to find an above ground companion which will support the main crop's needs above ground as well as a below ground companion that gives the plant what it needs at the root system.  If you follow the recommendations, the author claims you will have fewer pests and disease and therefore increase the quantity of home grown fruits and vegetables you can put on your table.

The book is hard bound making it durable but the pages are spiral bound making it simple to keep open and flip the pages until you find just the right companion plants. Now if I could just get more sun in my backyard!  However, I think pot gardening might just be worth a try this year.  I'm excited to add this to my gardening book collection.

I did receive this book free from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.  I was in no way obligated to leave a positive review.