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===== Companion Planting =====

* introductory text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_planting
  * comprehensive article on companion planting: http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/complant.html
  * companion planting table: http://www.gb0063551.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/seeog/companion/

===== Plant Guilds =====

* introduction on gardening with plant guilds: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rnbnielsen/hort%20course%20nscf/Course%20Resources/Guild%20theory.htm
  * on working with plant guilds in permaculture: http://www.self-willed-land.org.uk/permaculture/plant_guilds.htm
  * plant & funghi in food forests: http://www.permaearth.org/foodforestarticle.html
  * Permaculture Guilds: A Primer: http://onestraw.blogspot.com/2007/03/permaculture-guilds-primer.html

A full permaculture guild consists of 7 layers (from Permaculture Guilds: A Primer):

* canopy layer (only for larger gardens, not on roofs, balconies, etc.)
  * low tree layer
  * shrub layer
  * herbaceous layer
  * rhizosphere
  * soil surface (ground cover)
  * vertical layer (climbers and vines)

Each guild needs 5 things:

* nitrogen
  * nutrients (non mineral, mineral, soil)
  * mulch
  * pollination
  * protection from external threats

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