Hey there. What's up everyone? Welcome back to the Epic Gardening

podcast. Today we're going to talk about somewhat of a controversial

subject I would say in the gardening world and that's going to be about

companion planting.

Is it fact or is it fiction?

It's an interesting question and it's one that I'm going to

discover and discuss in today's show.

And I'm going to present both sides of the argument and let you guys make your own decision.

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GardenMaker, go check them out. All right so companion planting it has so much sort of

gardening folklore around it, bad information, hype, etc.

Everyone really has a strong opinion on companion planting.

And you know, I get it it there's a lot of tradition in gardening

there's a lot of just sort of common practices that don't get questioned too much

and I think it's time to question some of these I think it's time to think

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