only assist and approximate her in our creations. If we
are gentle in relation to her forces and balances, she will
correct our errors and ll in for our lack of
understanding. As you gain more experience and
develop a sensitivity and feeling for gardening, more
companion planting details will become clear naturally.
Do not let too much planning spoil the fun and
excitement of working with nature!
Birds and plants can work together. The sonchus plant seeds attract the finch,
which afterward eats aphids from the cabbage.ENDNOTES
1 Helen Philbrick and Richard B. Gregg, Companion Plants and How to
Use Them (Old Greenwich, CT: Devin-Adair Company, 1966), pp. 16,
57, 58, 60, 65, 84, 85, 86, 92; and Rudolf Steiner, Agriculture—A
Course of Eight Lectures (London: Biodynamic Agricultural
Association, 1958), pp. 93–95, 97, 99, 100