The corn is the cornerstone of it all, standing tall and providing support for the others. The green beans come next, fertilizing the soil with nitrogen and crawling up the cornstalk, stabilizing it ...

Gardening is an important pastime in Tales of the Shire. A proper Hobbit needs a proper garden full of fruits and veggies — including any ingredient that can’t be foraged in the wild. If you want the ...

BANGOR, Maine — What could be more natural than growing two plants side by side in a relationship that helps them both thrive? That’s the heart of companion planting — a gardening practice rooted in ...

Companion planting is the practice of planting different types of plants near each other to benefit both the plants and the garden as a whole. The idea is that certain plants help each other grow, ...

Cucumbers are a warm-weather favorite in vegetable gardens, prized for their crisp texture and refreshing taste. Whether you grow them on trellises or let the vines sprawl across the ground, they can ...

Planting the right companions with zucchini helps it grow better, stay healthy, avoid pests naturally, and more. Zucchini grows best near beans, peas, and herbs like basil because they help the plant ...

Q. How does companion planting work? Companion planting has been around for a long time, so most of the early evidence was anecdotal in nature. Eventually, companion planting was scientifically proven ...

As an obsessive plant collector with little impulse control, I will take any excuse to cram a few more species into my tiny plot. So the concept of companion planting, an old belief that adding ...

Photo: cjp/E+ via Getty Images. No matter the season, companion planting can help your garden thrive. This popular strategy involves growing certain plants together that mutually benefit one another.

National Arbor Day is a very old holiday, dating back to 1872 in Nebraska. That’s what fifth grade students at Granville Intermediate School learned during an assembly on April 25. A tradition at the ...