10 Plants You Need in Your Vegetable Garden

To provide your home with a continuous supply of organic and fresh vegetables all year round, you need to plan out what particular plants you should include in your lists.

A sort of advice, before going into your home gardening activities – consider the condition of your soil, vegetables that  are soil depleters and plants that helps to amend your soil. And importantly, plants that repels/ward-off insect pests and attracts beneficial insects.

All these things should be your first order to make your gardening a success.

In order to succeed in your gardening, I would suggest to apply companion cropping with your vegetable plants to maintain the ecological balance in your garden.

1.   Asparagus. A good companion crops that are compatible with asparagus are;  tomatoes, parsley and basil. Some insects that attacks asparagus spares its companion crops.

2.   Beets. You can plant together with beets these companion crops like; bush beans, lettuce, kohlrabi, and cabbage.

3.   Cabbage. This vegetable grows well with the following crops; Celery, Onions, Potatoes, Aromatic Herbs, Beets, Chamomile, Spinach. But its not compatible with tomatoes, pole beans, strawberries, and dill.

4.   Carrots. Carrots is compatible as companion crops with the following; lettuce, radish, onion, tomato, peas, rosemary, and sage, however, it does not like to be with dill.

5.   Cucumber. This vegetable grows satisfactorily with the following companion crops; corn, peas, radish, beans, and sunflower, but is not compatible with; aromatic herbs, potatoes, and sage.

6.   Lettuce. Lettuce is compatible with the following companion crops; onion, strawberries, carrots, radish, and cucumbers.

7.   Tomatoes. Tomatoes grows well together with the following companion crops; carrots, onion, parsley, nasturtium, asparagus, and cucumber, but does not like to grow with; cabbage, cauliflower, fennel, and potatoes.

8.   Celery. Celery is compatible with the following crops; onion, tomato, cabbage, bush beans, and nasturtium.

9.   Onion. Onion and other family like; garlic, leeks, shallots, and chives are compatible with; lettuce, beets, carrots, strawberries, tomatoes, cabbage, and summer savory. But it does not grow well with peas and beans.

10.Pepper. This crop is compatible with; tomato, basil, parsley, petunias,  carrots, onions, and okra, but is not compatible with; fennel and kohlrabi.

Follow this planting guide for you to have a continuous supply of vegetables in your kitchen and for a complete requirements of nutritional needs for your family.

Happy gardening!