![]() ![]() Harissa, a pepper-based paste used to season meat and vegetables (commonly used in Morocco), can be made easily at home-where you get to control the spice and heat. Gourds, cucurbit seeds, and cumin are also contained in this continent’s popular dishes. Popular family-style soups and stews are crafted from various African countries’ crops that consist of eggplant, okra, beans, spinach, onions, coriander, parsley, and pumpkins. Additional less spicy crops-yet flavorful-include corn, tomatoes, cilantro, beans, squash, sunflowers, and jicama. Spice up your garden with a variety of popular peppers so hot they’ll make you the coolest gardener on the block: Poblano (ancho chili), Anaheim, Serrano, Jalapeño (chipotle chili), Cayenne, Habanero, Aji Rojo, or Chilaca (Pasilla). Other popular essentials include pumpkin, spinach, cucumbers, chard, and corn.Ĭentral & South American EarthBox ® Garden: Add in okra, spinach, eggplant, sweet bell peppers (for some heat use Scotch Bonnets or Habaneros), and beans for a hearty meal that’s easy to make in a slow cooker. Island cooking consists of different types of stew, many with a tomato base. What better way to season your meal than with fresh herbs such as oregano, basil, and thyme from an EarthBox® Junior herb planter box? Other staples include sweet peppers, garlic, fennel, and cucumbers. Make more than just tomato sauce by mixing up your garden with artichokes, zucchini, and eggplant-all popular veggies used in Italian, Spanish, French, and Greek cooking. Adding vodka or gin to these refreshing drinks, optional. Basil or lavender can be used to infuse fresh lemonade. ![]() Cucumbers can provide endless coolers all summer long. If you’re particularly fond of a certain region’s style of cooking, but lacking space for a full garden, try mixing up your favorite ingredients in one or two companion gardening containers.ĭifferent types of mint, such as the chocolate spearmint variety, add a twist on the classic Mojito and Mint Julep. ![]() Summer squash/zucchini with bell peppers (the squash grew monstrous leaves that blocked the light).Cucumbers and beans (the beans got lost and died).Tomatoes and cucumbers (the cucumbers grow faster).Not every plant combination works in the EarthBox® gardening containers. Other effective combinations without tomatoes include: Here is a list of plants that get along well with them: For best results, we recommend choosing a determinate variety (usually labeled as bush, dwarf, patio, or container) when planting a companion planting box with tomatoes. You should not combine an indeterminate tomato variety with any other plants. Tomatoes are by far the most popular plants grown by EarthBox® gardeners, but they can be difficult to grow with other plants. The recommended number of pepper plants is 6, so choosing 6 different pepper varieties-such as Lafayette Yellow, Orange Delirio, Lilac Bell, California Wonder, Sweet Italian, and White Cloud-would yield quite a colorful variety with different flavors and uses. Try different varieties to see what you like bestĬhoosing different varieties of the same type of plant will allow you to create your own personalized garden sampler. Research the habits and requirements of the plants before combining them, such as sunlight requirements, watering needs, root systems, and maturity height. Try to combine plants that have the same growth rate. For example, when growing eggplants in an EarthBox® Original, we recommend planting 2 plants per box, and for peppers it’s 6 so, if you want to grow eggplants and peppers in one planting box, you would plant 1 eggplant and 3 peppers.Ĭombine plants that have similar sizes and needs When planting two different plant types in one planting box, plant half the amount of recommended plants according to the planting guides. General Guidelines for Companion Planting in Gardening Containers ![]()
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