I’ve mentioned in previous blogs how effective marigolds are as companion plants in a vegetable garden, because they’re particularly effective against root-knot nematodes as well as a deterrent to unwanted foraging worm or insect activity.
Blue-mist flower is like a lime-green woven with lavender-blue fluffy carpet. Not only are they lovely to look at, but are a magnet for late season butterflies.
Weeds teach me that any day is a jubilee day, if I choose to recognize the joy in it! I’m going to personify my weed as a she, credit her with strength, resourcefulness, and independence. These thoughts read like the lyrics to a song. Here we go!
My totally organic garden feeds me. Except for the fall prep calendar and sun placement, nothing is organized about it believe it or not!
If you want your garden to be a monarch butterfly way station, you must plant butterfly weed. This statuesque, architectural statement in your yard is a miracle plant!
As perennials are finished and are cut back, now is the time to implement all those catalogue browsing, magazine dreaming, yard envy planning!