The Complete Guide to Companion Planting Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Garden Successful Revised 2nd Edition (Back to Basics)

I received a copy of The Complete Guide to Companion Planting last Christmas and only just finished it. The book deals with beneficial relationships between plants, such as one plant repelling insect pests of another, attracting predators that feed on pests, nitrogen fixing and more.The book was interesting, but there were a few problems. On pages 52 and the color photo X the book states that leafy plants thrive on oxygen. Those plants need more nitrogen than most plants, not oxygen. The author mentions lemon balm but not how aggressively it spreads (I know from personal experience). There is also a lot of general gardening advice early in the book, like how to make compost, do container gardening and building raised garden beds. None of this information is wrong, but it doesn't have much if anything to do with companion planting.Overall I'd say the book is worth keeping, and I intend to try some of these ideas.

I was excited about this book until it arrived and it is not indexed well. I thought I was going to be able to look up the types of plants I have and cross reference them with their companions. But it is not really indexed in a way that is helpful to me.

Read it, probably never pick it up again. Nothing new here.

This book provides a look into something many gardeners, including myself, do not consider: What to plant as a companion crop to help each plant grow and flourish in a flower bed.I will refer to it many times next Spring!

great information!!! easy to read and understand

Useful examples will keep as a reference book

I found this to be the most helpful book so far on companion planting and has enthused me to be in the garden more and really enjoy it with the extra color of the flowers and companions

Good information with clear presentation.

I have the ebook of companion planting for two years now and I use it so much that I decided to buy the book too.