There’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of eating a meal made fromproducefrom your own garden.

It’s fresh and tasty, and it’s the payoff for your hard gardening work.

It’s known as companion planting.

Companion planted garden

Basically, you want to design yourgardenso plants will provide some kind of benefit for each other.

Basil is also good next to peppers as they can make the peppers more flavorful.

you might also pair tomatoes with carrots, spinach, lettuce, onions, celery or asparagus.

Basil and tomatoes

To makestrawberrieseven sweeter, try planting the herb borage next to it (fromGardening Know How).

They’re also good next to lettuce and spinach.

But don’t put your strawberries near anything from the cabbage family (viaInsteading).

Putting cilantro near potatoes will help keep potato beetles at bay (fromThe Spruce).