Plants can be BFFs—or frenemies. Companion planting pairs crops that help each other thrive, boosting yields and fending off pests naturally. Here’s a starter guide to get your garden humming.

Top Pairings

• Tomatoes + Basil: Basil repels tomato hornworms and mosquitoes while enhancing flavor (anecdotal, but gardeners swear by it).
• Carrots + Onions: Onions deter carrot flies with their pungent scent.
• Marigolds + Anything: These sunny flowers repel nematodes and attract pollinators.

Benefits

• Pest Control: Fewer bugs mean less need for sprays.
• Space Efficiency: Interplant fast-growers (radishes) with slow ones (carrots).
• Soil Health: Beans add nitrogen; pair them with greedy feeders like corn.

Try new combos like cucumbers with dill or beans with marigolds. Use our to calculate costs for these pairings and watch your garden level up!