Book Reviews - The Complete Guide to Companion Planting

The Complete Guide to Companion Planting

BY: Dale Mayer

PUBLISHED BY: Atlantic Publishing Company

PUBLISHED IN: 2011

ISBN: 978-1-60138-345-7

Pages: 288

Reviewed by Billy Burgess

Are you interested in becoming a gardener? The Complete Guide to Companion Planting gives you a basic understanding of what vegetables and flowers to use.

You’ll be informed by the history of companion planting, and where to place your garden. You’ll learn the biological benefits of combing plants, how to pick out your plants, where to plant, and ways to feed your garden. There are chapters on companion herbs, annuals for your garden, companion perennials, wildflowers and weeds, bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes, shrubs, bushes, and vines, and companion fruits.

With organic vegetables becoming popular, and the prices of vegetables going up in the grocery stores, it is no wonder why gardening is becoming a popular hobby. My favorite chapter 3 is my favorite. It lists the insects and bugs that you do and do not want in your garden. Author Dale Mayer has written a wonderful guide to new and advanced gardeners.


*I would like to thank Atlantic Publishing Group for sending me a copy to review.