Grubs in the vegetable/flower garden
Mark Furtak SoCal Sunset 10/USDA 8b
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Sneaking vegetables into the flower garden
Comments (18)I like to put Thai basil in the back of my flower border and let it go to flower. Unlike regular sweet basil I don't find that Thai basil gets bitter if if flowers. I pinch it back early in the summer so that it gets bushy then let the light purple flower stalks go and just harvest leaves from the bottom as needed. It makes a nice vertical filler in the border and attracts tons of bees and butterflies. I also plant purple royalty bush beans throughout the front of my flower beds. They are nice small plants with pretty lavender flowers and then I get handfuls of purple beans too. I like to think they are improving the soil in my beds too. Last summer I really enjoyed growing pepperoncini (sp?) peppers which made nice bushes covered in white flowers. I was also thinking of sneaking them into my flower borders this year. They were really prolific and seemed to love the hot steamy weather here in Virginia. Now I just have to perfect my pickling method. My neighbor had Black Pearl peppers in her front yard and the dark leaves were really dramatic....See MoreHelp with laying down vegetable/flower garden bed
Comments (94)went to lowes and showed the gardener there the photos. she told us they were getting too much water and thats why they were getting fungus at the bottom. moved the plants to another bed with lesser water through the day and they seem to be fine. now, coming back to my vegetable bed, how do i get it to drain better. while making it i put in a layer of industrial fabric, 1-2 inches of organic peat humus and then 2-3 inches of a mix of top soil and organic peat humus. the gardener said that the peat humus at the bottom must be retaining too much water...See MoreFlower Garden to Vegetable Garden??
Comments (1)Unless the flowers included bigger things such as large shrubs & maybe ornamental trees, chances are that the roots are coming from elsewhere, such as from nearby trees, & they aren't likely to sprout in your garden. If it were me, I'd just do the best I could, maybe cut the roots that I couldn't get out, & move forward with my vegetable garden. Have fun!...See MoreVegetable Garden Flowers
Comments (5)I am an utilitarian, and recognize the benefits of blooms nearby. I have a large flower bed 5 ft from the garden, and numerous wildflowers in and around the orchard. the point is to have continuous blooming through the growing season, so that a stable population of beneficials can be established and maintained. now that is late season, goldenrod, echinacea, zinnia and mums run the show at both sites. Orchard blooms early, so it needs summer blooms starting with daisies, while the garden blooms in summer, so nearby spring flowers (violet, dandelion, daffodil, iris, day lily, lilac, ornamental pear and apple) help....See MoreMark Furtak SoCal Sunset 10/USDA 8b
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