Perfect Pairings of Companion Plants with Arthur Parkinson - Episode 167

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4.8 • 788 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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For any organic gardener, companion planting is one of the most essential, rewarding and productive ways to ward off bugs and fungal infections.As the seasons are beginning to turn, it’s a wonderful time to recap the importance and joy of companion planting - Sarah is joined once again by Arthur Parkinson, where we revisit classic combinations, and share some unconventional pairings that you might not have considered.In this episode, discover:The many reasons that companion planting is a fant...

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by sarahraven.com, which is home to everything you need for a truly
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0:29.4	to discover even more.
0:46.3	Welcome to GrowCook Eat Arrange with me, Arthur Parkinson and my good friend and gardening guru Sarah Raven.
0:47.8	And on this episode, I thought we'd do a little recap on the importance and joy of companion planting,
0:56.7	which is pairing up usually vegetables, but some flowers,
1:00.4	with a plant that aids them in either repelling bad insects
1:05.3	or aids them in their growth at times.
1:08.2	And for me, last year, one of the nicest things I did was post my friend and
1:13.8	Sarah's sister-in-law, actually, Juliette, who's got a greenhouse. I posted Juliette some seedlings of
1:20.4	these tajities as a way of getting her to go into her greenhouse, which fatally she's had built
1:26.7	at the very bottom of her garden, which makes an effort to go into her greenhouse, which fatally she's had built at the very bottom of her garden,
1:28.5	which makes an effort to go there. And these tajities, I was then sent all through the summer
1:34.6	photos of them being picked for the vase even before she had a crop of tomatoes. So I think
1:40.8	flowers in the greenhouse can really help somebody who maybe is new to gardening or isn't that bothered to actually get into the joy of what a greenhouse is.
1:50.4	And for me who hasn't got a greenhouse, I've got this wonderful vision one day of having it just full of tajities and tomatoes.
1:57.5	And I know, Sarah, for a long time now, you've championed companion planting for all sorts of reasons, haven't you?
2:03.7	Yeah.
2:04.6	Well, basically, if you're an organic gardener, which you and I are, you know, chemicals and reaching for anything to kill the bugs that will kill the good bugs as well as the bad bugs is a no-no.
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