Companion Planting in a nutshell is the use of a combination of plants to:
This is based on the understanding that different plants attract different kind of insects and diseases which can be deterred by having different plants that attract competing insects.
Examples of companion planting can be found here
Eco Hacker Farm are working on a companion planting database that is easy to use for garden planning.
The purpose of the database is to enable the user to easily put together a combination of plants that compliment each other without having to go through the whole chart or wasting time in researching each and every combination online.
We want to enable anyone to plan a permaculture garden - no matter the size
We are looking for people to contribute, you can add to the database or make suggestions on how we can improve it.
To track the development of this project, check out the development logs.