TY - BOOK AU - French,Jackie TI - Guide to companion planting SN - 9780947214654 U1 - 635.04 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Melbourne PB - Manna Press KW - Companion planting KW - Organic gardening KW - Companion crops N1 - First edition: Arid Books, 1991; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 that are unconventional and wild, untidy even, but always beautiful without a need for pesticides and herbicides where plants are companions for each other and for the other species of the earth 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; Companion planting; Organic gardening; Companion crops ER -