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season: early-summer
section: who keeps good company
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## good

- borage still going strong by the tomatoes, the bees will not leave them alone now
- nasturtium among the squash vines, a sacrifice the squash bug accepts in their place
- basil thick around the peppers, the heat brings out the oils that keep the beetles off
- marigold everywhere, the deeper the summer the more they earn their square of soil
- dill allowed to flower near the cucumbers, it brings the wasps that take the cabbage worm
- chives and parsley left to bloom, every flower is a contract with a pollinator
- a row of buckwheat in any bed already finished, it feeds the bees and softens tired soil

## bad

- if anything new goes in, do not set it where the kin grew last year, the soil holds the memory
- keep the squash out of the potato bed, the vines tangle and the soil is tired from both
- sunflowers pull water and shade hard, do not crowd the beans against the stems
- a second tomato never thrives where the first one stands, they will only fight for what is left
- mint loose in any bed, root it in a pot or it will own the ground by autumn