the practice of planting two or more plants together for mutual benefit, such as pest control and enhanced crop production

a plant that completes its lifecycle in one growing season, and does not survive the winter. These plants must be planted each year.

a valuable insect that helps in the garden by acting as pest control or by pollinating plants

the use of living organisms, such as beneficial insects, to destroy harmful pests from the garden

a term used to say that a vegetable plant has started to flower and produce seeds. This will affect the quality of your harvest as most of the plant’s energy is put to flowering and setting the seeds [..]

a box-like structure usually covered with plastic or glass. Used to protect plants from frost thereby extending the growing season

the practice of growing different types of crops in the same area from one year to the next. This helps to manage soil fertility, improve crop yields, and control diseases and pests

the number of days between planting and first harvest

the act of removing dead flower heads to promote further blooming

sowing seed in the ground where the plant will grow to maturity