Thursday, 10 March 2016

Sawtooth Variation



For years I’ve done pretty much the same thing with my kitchen garden, and I’ve had pretty much the same results. I plant about a dozen different crops, evenly split between vegetables and herbs. Early in the season we enjoy fresh peppers, lettuce, radishes, kale, etc. Then the heirloom tomatoes and mint take over and crowd out everything else. This year I may bow to the inevitable and just plant tomatoes. I might even pull the mint out altogether. (I threaten that every year; it never happens.) Instead, I’m thinking of putting herbs and edible flowers in pots on the deck: basil, catnip, garlic, lavender, lemon balm, lemon thyme, lemongrass, marigolds and rosemary. These are all plants that bugs (especially mosquitos) tend to avoid, so dining al fresco should be a more pleasant affair.

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