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Planting peas
Onions and peas don't like each other in the garden so keep them apart

It is time to plant peas in the early spring, they like cool weather. If you are unsure about your area check with your local farm bureau. There are a few guidelines I follow when planting my peas and other plants.

Plants like animals and people have other plants they don't like and some they really like. If you are going to go to all the trouble to buy seeds, plant them, weed them and water them it is best to make sure they are surrounded by others they like and get along with well.

Peas grow sell with carrots, carrot roots contain an exudate beneficial to the grown of peas, peas do well with turnips, radishes, cucumbers, corn beans and potatoes, and many aromatic herbs. Peas planted near turnips do well together.

Peas do not like or grow well with onions, shallots, gladiolus, garlic all alliums inhibit the growth of peas and beans.

If you put wood ash around the base of pea vines it helps to control aphids.

If you want to plant caraway seed, sow it with a crop of peas. Just a few of the guidelines I go by when planting my peas. I will keep you updated as I plant my garden and let you know what plants I don't get along.

Planting Tomatoes Tomatoes, they do not do well with potatoes close by, but love Carrots

I would suggest you go to our How to plant tomatoes page for more details

Tomatoes and all members of the Brassica Cabbage family repel each other and should be kept apart. Tomatoes and potatoes should be kept apart. Do not plant fennel near tomatoes.

Tomatoes protect asparagus against the asparagus beetle. Tomatoes also protect gooseberries against insects.

Tomatoes are compatible with chives, onions, parsley, marigold, nasturtium and tomatoes love carrots.

If you plant garlic bulbs between your tomato plants they protect them from the red spider mites. Stinging nettle grown close improves the keeping quality of tomatoes.

Tomatoes will protect roses against black spot. If you are not able to plant tomatoes close to roses make up a solution of tomato leaves in your vegetable juicer, adding four or five pints of water and one tablespoon of cornstarch. Strain and spray on roses.

Don't plant tomatoes near young apricot trees. Tomatoes and corn shouldn't be planted together since the tomato fruitworm is identical with the corn earworm. Don't plant near potatoes since tomatoes render the potatoes more susceptible to potato blight.

You may grow your tomatoes in the same place year after year, unless you have a disease problem, then plant them in a new place.

If you have availability to fish emulsion or dead fish it is good to put it in the dirt where the tomatoes are going and also an aspirin or two gives them a head start.

If you smoke be sure to wash your hands before you work in your garden, tomatoes are susceptible to diseases transmitted through tobacco.


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Planting Beans You are probably looking at this picture and thinking I will never be able to live up to that picture. Well, it isn't a picture of my bush bean garden, not enough weeds and the soil isn't that pretty at my place. I am working on it, but give me time and a gardener. Lets face it, we are not Martha Stewart who has I am sure more than one gardener on hand. When I say I am going to plant beans today, that doesn't mean I have a group of gardeners who will be planting today and I may be the supervisor or just tell them to do so. I admire Martha and am wishing I had the staff she has, but I have to deal with who I have me, a husband who is busy and young Grand kids who are willing but get easily distracted. So all you gardeners out there with less cash flow than Martha, do the best you can and you will enjoy the fruits of your labors. Just a few hints to help you be more successful, Here are a few things that I feel help me to have a better bush bean harvest. The other beans that are included in the bush beans I am talking about are wax beans, green beans, snap, and butter beans. If you plant a little celery with them, about one celery plant to every six or seven beans that will help. Plant cucumbers with bush beans and they will do well together. Bush beans planted in strawberry rows help each other, both advancing more rapidly than if planted alone. Bush beans help corn if you plant them in alternate rows. Do not plant near fennel, that is not good or onions as all beans don't like onions. They do grow well with summer savory. I do like the way they have the small fences up in the picture above to help keep the beans upright, great idea.	Planting Potatoes Now you are really excited about this garden you've started and young potato plants come to mind. You first need to start with potatoes that have eyes in them. You need to cut up the potato plants and make sure each section has an eye in it. If there is any bad spots in the potatoes throw it away, do not plant bad seed. I like to cut my potatoes up and plant them right away, I have had better success by doing it that way. Dig your furrows with a hoe or shovel and plant your potato plants in the ground, plant about 3 inches deep and 12 inches apart. Potatoes do well planted with cabbage, corn, beans and horseradish which should be planted at the corners of a potato patch. They also do well with marigold and eggplant which is a lure for the Colorado potato beetle. Potatoes do not do well planted near pumpkin, tomatoes they have the same bug attraction. Raspberry squash and cucumber. Sunflowers stunts potatoes growth and the presence of these plants lower the potatoes resistance to blight. If you plant beans with potatoes they help protect against Colorado potato beetle and the potatoes protect the beans against the Mexican bean beetle. Nightshade weed attracts potato bugs and they eat the weed and die. Nightshade is a member of the same family as potatoes and it has poisonous leaves, white flowers and black berries. Cabbages do well planted between potatoes after the first hilling. If you see lamb quarters in the potato patch it is an indication that the crop should be moved to a new location. The reason to plant eggplant with potatoes is the Colorado beetle is attracted to eggplant rather than the potatoes as they prefer eggplant unlike my husband who dislikes eggplant and I love eggplant. Don't grow potatoes near apple trees as it can cause the potatoes to be more susceptible to phytophthora light. When you harvest your potatoes don't store with apples as ripening apples give off small amounts of ethylene gas which can give the potatoes an off flavor and they may not keep as well. The apples also can lose flavor. Good luck with your potatoes.
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