Phoenix Distribution Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting: Fully Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition

<p style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 13px; padding: 0px; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Companion planting works - but only when you know why. This book is the result of 40 years of studying gardens, orchards and the bush; of Jackie French experimenting and testing what lore works and what doesn't. The result is a plan for gardens:</p> <ul> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that are unconventional and wild, untidy even, but always beautiful</li> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">without a need for pesticides and herbicides</li> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">where plants are companions for each other and for the other species of the earth</li> </ul> <p><span style="color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Jackie French is well-known for her many gardening and children's books, TV appearances on Burke's Backyard, her radio segments, and columns including those in The Australian Women's Weekly and Earth Garden.</span><br style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" /> <br style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;" /> <span style="color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Her books include the multi-award winning&nbsp;</span><i style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Hitler's Daughter</i><span style="color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><i style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Diary of a Wombat</i><span style="color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">&nbsp;as well as books like&nbsp;</span><i style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Backyard Self-sufficiency, Natural Control of Garden Pests, Soil Food, The Wilderness Garden</i><span style="color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, and&nbsp;</span><i style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(83, 86, 90); font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Jackie French's Chook Book.</i></p> <ul> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Completely revised and updated</li> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More than double the extent of the 1st edition</li> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Full colour, now with some 100 photographs</li> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Separate chapters on companion planting for Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers, the Lawn, and Soil Fertility</li> <li style="--tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">In its 7th printing, with more than 25 000 copies in print, this inspirational guide is set to be most gardeners' companion for life.</li> </ul>