Companion Planting: The Beginner's Guide to Companion Gardening (The Organic Gardening Series)

Book has a lot of useful information. Binding is very bad. Pages easily fall out by 2 or 3 view of the same page. Its a mess trying to keep pages in the proper order.

I love that this has a list of plants with the good and the bad companions. This makes it a good reference. Before that list, though, are some simply written chapters highlighting the basic principles of companion planting. I would not call this an in-depth treatment of the topic, but was exactly what I was looking for when thinking about what would go well with what. It also gives you ideas of how/where to pursue more in depth research on a particular aspect of companion planting.

Great book for gardeners. I've always had a small backyard gatden that did okay. Now that I've read this book, I know which plants to put together or to keep separate. I can't wait to harvest this year.

Read it first on Amazon prime unlimited. I liked it so much I decided to buy my own hard copy. This book is perfect for me as a beginer in planting with companion plants. Book is easily organized for quick referencing.

Alphabetical layout with a summary of facts about each garden plant. Laymens terminology instead of scientific lingo. A great and enlightening source of knowledge. Editing latout could have been better. Illustrations or pictures would have made this much better.

Being a beginner gardener this book was very easy to follow along and understand. It helped me plan my garden layout to optimize my pest control and production of my garden. Definitely will order another one for a gift. The only downside was the lack of pictures, hence why only 4 stars.

I've had this book on my iPhone for months. It's a simple read. I'm a newbie vegetable gardener and it helps me plan out my next planting moves throughout two seasons now. The big tips for me: separating where I grow my potatoes from the tomatoes, cucumbers and other warm weather fruiting crops. Had no idea till this book came along.One criticism: there's a lot of discussion about pests that I found hard to follow.Having it on my phone has also prevented some ill-advised impulse buys at the plant nursery. I'm sure this book will continue to be a critical reference as my gardening skills evolve.

Because I am a long time gardener and am simply looking for the basic information, I found this book to be what I was looking for without a lot of fancy full color pictures which I didn't need. I downloaded it to my Kindle to take with me to the garden as my quick reference while I garden and plant. It easily serves my needs and purpose since I already know my plants. Anything else I can look up for identifying as I go as needed.

I was very disappointed in this book. I was specifically looking for a British author who would talk about UK climates and UK species. All terms used in this book are American, as are spellings. It rendered the book useless to me and if it weren't for the pandemic I would have returned it.I work with independent and self-publishing authors and I am always happy to support them by buying self-published books. However, in this case the author has been sloppy, using the copyright page from a different book they had previously written about a completely different topic (fermented foods). It made me wonder what else had been copied and pasted from elsewhere.Save your money, or better, buy one of John Harrison's excellent books on growing food in small spaces.

A basic book but a good starting point.No photos or tables which is a downside and it really could have gone more in depth.I would have liked to have seen categories such as companions to deter pests, companions for pollination, companions for better flavour, companions for better growing conditions/light filtering/space saving etc. Or something.I hate flicking through a book for reference and having to read a block paragraph to find the information I was looking for. It's written more as a book, than as a book to refer back to while in the garden.I would also have liked to have seen more research supported compatibility, as it is touched on but mostly the information is anecdotal. Perhaps some information about chemicals released by the plants and more in depth information on WHY they are such good/bad companions. And definitely more information on good plants for succession planting, as was touched on with beans and peas. But I suppose that could be just another book for me to buy.Most of the basic beginner plants are in this book but I would have liked to have seen more plants. I also think it's silly to talk about pests without showing what they look like. The beginning chapters felt unnecessary to me, and much like filler content.I have written out good companions myself so it is easier and clearer to refer to.Overall, I'm glad I got the book and do still flick through it every now and again, but it is pretty basic and a bit annoying to use.

This book is not glossy and doesn't have any pictures but it certainly has all the information a gardener needs when planting fruits and vegetables. It was the only book I found that dealt with the subject of companion planting with little fuss and an A-Z of plants for ease when looking for a specific plant.There is also a handy section at the beginning on the Good, Bad & Ugly of various insects.Mine already has dirty fingerprints on the edges where it is getting plenty of use. Good Stuff!

Whilst this book has some very useful information in it, the terminology is very American. Some of the plants use the American names and some of the bugs are not found in the UK, so not that relevant.There is enough good information for most UK vegetable growers to still make it a useful guide

Easy book to read and understand Companion planting. Brilliant if you've got an allotment as it has plenty of ideas on what plants like growing together and others that offer protection from flies and caterpillars without resorting to chemical sprays.