A companion planting guide built from numbered sources
Four published lists were merged row by row and checked against 32 numbered sources, mostly US extension and university publications. Where lists disagree, the page shows both.
Spring · Pair the crops
The Companion Planting Plan: a companion gardening chart with evidence on every pair
Thirty-six printable pages that show which vegetables, herbs and flowers sit well together, say how good the evidence is for each pair, and put the pairs on a calendar and into a bed drawn to scale.
36pages
19crops on the vegetable chart
11herbs
32numbered sources
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What exactly you get
What is inside this companion gardening chart
Companion planting chart for herbs: 11 herbs
Who sits well beside whom, grouped by how the herbs like to grow, with the weeks from last frost for basil, dill and parsley.
And also in the file
- Four evidence levels on every pair: tested, mixed, reasoned or lore
- A claim check of 12 common claims with a verdict and level
- Vegetable chart: 19 crops with what grows beside and what to keep apart
- Flowers in the vegetable bed, with a count-back worksheet
- Nine jobs a neighbour does, and trap crops for five pests
- Three Sisters drawn to scale, with the numbers from three states side by side
- Timing charts for cool-season and warm-season pairs, and a dated pair plan
- Bed plans at 1 inch = 1 foot: tomato, pepper and basil; cabbage family with trap rows; a blank 4×8 grid
- Logs: pair planting, trap crop scouting, a side-by-side test and pair verdicts
How you use it
Three moves, in the order you would do them
1
Find your frost dates
Look up your station on pages 4 to 6 and copy six freeze dates to page 3.
2
Look up the pair
Find a crop on the vegetable chart, then follow the key numbers to the source.
3
Date it and draw it
Put the pair on your calendar, then draw the bed at 1 inch = 1 foot.
The file
Exactly what arrives after you pay
Format
One zip with two PDFs: US Letter and A4, 36 pages each.
Printing
At home, at 100 %, so grids keep their true measurements. Fill in by hand.
Delivery
A download link by email right after payment. No account.
Licence
Print as many copies as you need for your own garden and household, in any year. No reselling or sharing.
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The Garden Year
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All four kits, together worth $28.00. One payment, no account, US Letter and A4.
- The Winter Plan, 32 pages
- The Seed-Starting Countdown, 35 pages
- The Companion Planting Plan, 36 pages
- The Season Record, 31 pages
FAQ
Questions gardeners ask
Which vegetables grow well together chart?
Pages 9 and 10 are the vegetable chart: 19 crops, each with what grows beside it, what to keep apart and the numbered sources behind it.
What are good companion planting pairs for a vegetable garden?
Tomato is a good crop to start with. The chart rates basil beside tomato as tested, lettuce as reasoned and marigold as mixed, and tells you what to keep away from it: fennel, potato, the cabbage family and black walnut.
What vegetables should never be planted next to each other?
The “keep apart” page lists ten reasons plants should not share a bed, and where reputable lists disagree it says so rather than averaging them.
What herbs grow well together chart?
Page 11 covers 11 herbs: who sits well with whom, the culture groups, and the weeks from last frost for basil, dill and parsley.
How do I layout a companion garden?
Pick pairs on the chart, check the timing so fast crops do not shade slow ones, then draw the bed. Bed plans for a tomato, pepper and basil bed and a cabbage-family bed are printed at 1 inch = 1 foot.
What companion plants go together?
It depends on the crop. The kit lists nine jobs a neighbour does, from shading and trapping pests to attracting pollinators, so you can choose a partner for the job you need.
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