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Companion Planting & Edible Flowers with Sarah Raven and Arthur Parkinson - Episode 10

2021/4/8
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Companion planting is a win-win situation - you bring even more beautiful flowers into your garden, and they help each other to bloom. From pests to mildew to black spot, there’s a number of dangers that careful companion planting can solve naturally.

In this episode of ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’, Sarah and Arthur offer tips on how to pick plants to protect one another, and Sarah gives us a Fish Cake recipe that offers a natural alternative to black pepper - the delicious Nasturtium.

In this episode, discover:

  • The 4 main types of companion plant you can sow 
  • How companion plants work together to help each other thrive
  • Keeping mildew and black spot at bay
  • Planting nacotiana tobaccum as a natural alternative to a brassica cage
  • Including Nasturtiums in Sarah’s delightful Fish Cake recipe

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