JeepHammer
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Since spring isn't quite here yet...
My grandparents had a BUNCH of irises (flowers) at the highway side of the garden (north facing) that drew in pollinators like crazy.
I first thought it was because they were depression era people that didn't put much stock in jewelry or big houses, but later I realized it was to draw in pollinators for the garden, and were perennials and didn't take much care volunteers every year.
Petunias in with onions, tomatoes asparagus and beans works as a repellent for mexican bean beetles, asparagus beetles, leaf hoppers, tomato worms, aphids, and a host of other insects that attack crops.
Keep in mind this is MUCH cheaper ($$$) than chemical insecticides, and is 100% safe to humans, and are stupid simple to use.
There is even a song about petunias in an onion patch, and like all the old child stories, there is some truth in it.
A Mother Earth News article on companion planting & crops that should/shouldn't be grown together,
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/companion-planting-guide-zmaz81mjzraw
Anyone else care to share what they do for their gardens?
My grandparents had a BUNCH of irises (flowers) at the highway side of the garden (north facing) that drew in pollinators like crazy.
I first thought it was because they were depression era people that didn't put much stock in jewelry or big houses, but later I realized it was to draw in pollinators for the garden, and were perennials and didn't take much care volunteers every year.
Petunias in with onions, tomatoes asparagus and beans works as a repellent for mexican bean beetles, asparagus beetles, leaf hoppers, tomato worms, aphids, and a host of other insects that attack crops.
Keep in mind this is MUCH cheaper ($$$) than chemical insecticides, and is 100% safe to humans, and are stupid simple to use.
There is even a song about petunias in an onion patch, and like all the old child stories, there is some truth in it.
A Mother Earth News article on companion planting & crops that should/shouldn't be grown together,
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/companion-planting-guide-zmaz81mjzraw
Anyone else care to share what they do for their gardens?
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