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2. Recommend "Carrots Love Tomatoes" and "Roses Love Garlic"

Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening, by Louise Riotte
"This classic has now taught generations of gardeners how to use the natural benefits of plants to protect and support each other. Here is a reader's complete reference to which plants nourish the soil, which keep away bugs and pests, and which plants just don't get along. Here is a complete guide to using companion planting to grow a better garden. 555,000 copies in print."

http://www.amazon.com/Carrots-Love-Tomatoes-Companion-Successful/dp/1580170277

Roses Love Garlic: Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers, by Louise Riotte
"This best-selling sequel to Carrots Love Tomatoes lists hundreds of herbs and flowers and explains how to combine them with other plants in the garden to maximize the health and yield of vegetables, berry bushes, and fruit and nut trees. "

http://www.amazon.com/Roses-Love-Garlic-Companion-Planting/dp/1580170285/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Lots of useful information in these books, like the herb that cats detest - keeps them from scratching the furniture or digging in your garden.