Plant These Herbs to Protect Your Garden from Pests

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Did you know you could use plants to protect your other plants? That's right.
This type of companion planting is one of the best forms of organic pest control. This packed episode is your guide to the best herbs you can plant in your garden to protect your fruits and vegetables from pests ranging from ones you can barely see (aphids) to ones as large as you (deer) and everything in between.
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@Christian-jx3nx Ай бұрын

What I’ve learned in 10 years of gardening: When pest pressure is high companion planting does not work. Keeping your garden clean and using organic pesticides like neem, soap, vegetable oil, spinosad etc or covering brassicas does work but you have to spray weekly or every two weeks. Pests even attack mint.

@abbibrannan333 2 ай бұрын

My dear tenant died. What does that have to do with Gardenary? Just what you said, Number 1 is chives! Yes, dear Dan was an outdoor caretaker as well as ornimental gardener, Every single flower pot and plant of the dozens had CHIVES planted also in the container. So I already saw that deer and maybe some others do not like potatoes, onions and chives so they tend to go elsewhere. Now to finish watching and learning, Thank YOU!

@goldiemandella7594 2 ай бұрын

Thought for sure you would also mention marigolds and dill.

@poetsgarden1 25 күн бұрын

I dont have dill but I do have marigolds

@courtney2842 8 күн бұрын

Yes, please discuss the various beneficial flowers that will repel pests. Thank you!

@katrynlord6516 2 ай бұрын

8B here. All the herbs you have listed here except for the onions parsley and sage are very invasive in 8B. Those , along with majorum and mint have taken over entire beds and sections of my yard in a year at my house. Now I only plant them in huge pots. I do notice not as many bugs but I wish they wouldn't take over the whole crop so I could plant them in the actual beds of my veggies. I dehydrate my herbs and dry much of them for tea or a mix for sprinkling on whatever eggs, potatoes hot dishes anything.

@poetsgarden1 25 күн бұрын

good point...my herbs are in pots.

@hyacinthABC 2 ай бұрын

Rosemary, chives, thyme, sage - all have taken over my garden beds in 9b and are hard to control. Almost as invasive as mint!

@4thHouseOnTheRight 2 ай бұрын

Same. Now I only grow my herbs in pots and put them where I want in the garden. Only exception has been basil & sage. Both look like bushes but they stay pretty contained as long as I keep them cut back.

@cynthiacollins2668 2 ай бұрын

Not here! Only mint is invasive for me.

@cynthiacollins2668 2 ай бұрын

Not here! Only mint is invasive for me.

@paulababb7362 2 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm in zone 7a. Have you tried planting those varieties in a pot and partially sinking it? That works here, but we also have a cold winter

@elainroles7217 2 ай бұрын

Wow, you must have a really green thumb.

@Missoptimystic Ай бұрын

Rosemary got you through grad school!🤣🤣🤣 I get it, because that's what lavender did for me!

@sallyrucker8990 Ай бұрын

I like having my herb garden all together in the front yard beds. They are lovely and most don’t need to be watered too much, since they are mostly Mediterranean. I do plant nasturtiums in my vegetable beds, and marigolds. These are terrific for attracting pests and insects away from my vegetables.

@suzanneseely7167 2 ай бұрын

Yes, please discuss the beneficial flowers.

@GoingGreenMom 2 ай бұрын

Highly recommend bronze leaf fennel! It doesn't bulb, but has this wonderful texture and disks of yellow flowers that attract beneficial insects that protect brassicas and tomatoes. Can also say that oregano does nothing for the things she mentions other than bees loving it. And it is invasive in my garden.

@poetsgarden1 Ай бұрын

i love chive flowers in my salad..so pretty so tasty. I east Borage flowers as wel.

@denisefaust6408 2 ай бұрын

Yes on flowers to protect plants please!! I do not use synthetics to help my garden thrive, thank you for all your great info!

@liengreen7873 2 ай бұрын

Yes!!!! Please on the flowers , but hopefully soon as I’m starting my seeds (I’m zone 4b)

@marionbetham5017 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this information, I would love to know more about the beneficial flowers in your next episode. I'm learning a lot :)

@jeanettebreaux7110 Ай бұрын

Marigolds will protect tomatoes

@rich-ard-style6996 18 күн бұрын

Rosemary wreath was worn by student in ancient times. Bc it helps focusing while studying, I read.

@rich-ard-style6996 18 күн бұрын

And the chive flowers are nice in a flower bouquet. They last well and are pretty.

@deborahwynn677 2 ай бұрын

Would love to hear about the flowers for our gardens. Thrilled to hear that I have all of the herbs. Just need to grow more of them and spread them out.

@brendabadih8855 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your natural guidance. The herbs you recommend are primarily "masking" and masking is one of the best preventative methods. Along w flowers, herbs are delightful additions. Wish I knew your location. I'm in Houston TX. Just planted, a little late, 10 beautiful corns. The rats are everywhere, I have yet to outsmart them shy of a rat terrier and a few feral cats. We got them trapped and neutered/spayed. Rats, opossums, racoons are a garden issue here. I have squashes on the vine. Come to the garden! This is a good video. Thanks. 🌱✝️

@leonebem 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing!

@annierampersad3982 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this information.Happy gardening to all. Much love from Trinidad 🇹🇹

@magnetic189 2 ай бұрын

What zone is Trinidad?

@zenrockgardens 2 ай бұрын

I am really rethinking my gardening because of you and I am really excited about it. Thank you.

@SoilandMargaritas 2 ай бұрын

I old you are amazing! I could listen to you all day talk about garden stuff 💪🏼

@JustWatchMeDoThis 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I want to know about flowers too. Thanks! Making my list of herbs to purchase. I already have seeds, but going to get a few plants already started too.

@user-pj7pn1re9s 2 ай бұрын

I am so excited to get this information. just bought the book too. thank you.

@donnamariejones3866 2 ай бұрын

Thank you soooo much, I am starting my first raised sustainable raised bed Sun garden here in Sacramento county growing zone 9b. I am learning so much from you and am sorting through my seeds this morning and I have all the repelling herbs here in my seed collection!! #stayingontheoffense in the garden;) I would love to learn more about the beneficial flowers 🌸 to use in my garden 🪴

@poetsgarden1 Ай бұрын

thank you so much for your natural approach!!!!!

@lindabrown760 2 ай бұрын

Wow, great informative information! Thank you so much. I just came across this video and I will for sure start listening to more from you!!

@ourvalentine2012 2 ай бұрын

Yes please for the flowers that are beneficial!

@cristinagomez9627 Ай бұрын

Yes, please. I would love for you to make a video on the beneficial flowers for the garden :) Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

@sharonlamaster5017 Ай бұрын

Keep your great information coming! 👋

@laurabruton3789 2 ай бұрын

I have fallen in love with your channel!! Ever since I saw how you do zinnias. I have OCD and worry about doing everything perfect- the way you explain plants is so special and wonderful- thank you!! I am hooked now!!

@kaybee1776 2 ай бұрын

Yes! Please share about the flowers. I see you planting pansies and snapdragons but not sure what else. Thank you for this very helpful info!

@Godwinsjc 2 ай бұрын

Thank you God Bless

@ranns160 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much.

@patcharles3336 2 ай бұрын

I have all those herbs you mentioned for years now, all over my yard. The pests are still there. Just yesterday I sprinkled pellets for slugs in my garden. Thanks for showing off your lovely garden!❤

@aggiekromah6254 Ай бұрын

Thank you my dear I love all of your posts😁👌👌❤️

@zlatamontgomery1593 Ай бұрын

Thank you for video

@rich-ard-style6996 18 күн бұрын

Dill snd fennel is really nice to have to raise the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly in your garden. Just saying, fir people to have them. And milkweed for the Monarch.

@Minamac1Cali 2 ай бұрын

Yes please discuss which flowers are best

@fredrickvanolphen3299 Ай бұрын

Thanks so much Nicole! ❤️🌿💕 Mint is another but it tends to be invasive so it's n best grown in pots.

@rich-ard-style6996 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for your very positive video and tips.

@sharonaubrey-smith5121 27 күн бұрын

Loved your talk on herbs, thank you so much. Would love to see your talk on flowers😊

@MyPlantWorld 2 ай бұрын

thanks for useful care tips

@swetha2244 2 ай бұрын

Loved it. And Yes please, do talk about what flowers 🌸 to put in the garden.

@dlindsay913 2 ай бұрын

Flowers please! Thanks for your help!

@AAHomeGardening 2 ай бұрын

I have all these in my garden

@sophiawilliams6646 15 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for a mouthful of such vital information .Yes please I would like the lesson on flowers as well,

@Gardenary 14 күн бұрын

Here it is! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJmAl8yHr9StgY0.html

@sandrafagan8693 Ай бұрын

Brilliant 👏

@dorindaperdick3185 21 күн бұрын

Yes please talk about helpful flowers!! Love your podcast

@Gardenary 21 күн бұрын

You can find the flower episode on our channel now too!

@poetsgarden1 Ай бұрын

i love chives...I grow alot of them..I t hink they look pretty and I use them daily. I put them on just about everything. I have very few pests in my garden. I love my rosemary too but its getting so big. I love my thyme too. Pretty little plant.

@ren8240 21 күн бұрын

Just found your channel. Yes please for flowers! 🌻

@Gardenary 20 күн бұрын

Welcome to Gardenary! Here's our flower video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJmAl8yHr9StgY0.html

@susanrigginscolorado 2 ай бұрын

Yes please - flower info!

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

Coming soon!

@saraleclerc2455 2 ай бұрын

Yes flowers please

@poetsgarden1 Ай бұрын

thanks for the ideas...Ive made lots of shorts on individual flowers, but it would be fun to make one with all the flowers I grow and eat. She gave a lot of great info here.

@ashortenhaus 2 ай бұрын

pls do a flower one!

@anniemorrison1250 Ай бұрын

Beneficial flowers would be great to hear about. I will be trying these ideas of herbs to repel pests. I'm growing in pots, so I will put these herbs in pots next to the plants I want to protect. I hope that works. I'm hoping to attend a workshop one day. I live in east Tennessee. It's good to have someone in my zone to ask questions and get advice. TIA, Annie

@deehale5375 21 күн бұрын

Please talk about flowers! I love this video on plants to plant in your garden. Thank you so much!

@Gardenary 20 күн бұрын

Glad you like it! Here's our flower video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJmAl8yHr9StgY0.html

@debbieperry5089 2 ай бұрын

Would be interested in attracting flowers

@dandeliondreamspodcast9469 Ай бұрын

I’m in zone 5 and thyme comes back for me no problem ☺️ rosemary is hit or miss 😬

@Gardenary Ай бұрын

You can certainly try that if that's what you have space for, but make sure to stay on top of the watering. Those are shallow, so they dry out really fast

@kerryalbritton6532 Ай бұрын

Excellent video for planting herbs 🌿 would love to see your flower one also

@Gardenary Ай бұрын

It's here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJmAl8yHr9StgY0.html

@rich-ard-style6996 18 күн бұрын

Oregano is spreading wildly, but is attracting a lot of different kind of pollinators.

@Penelope.CHyndman 22 күн бұрын

Thank you, I just need to add oregano and thyme to my garden. I have all the other herbs that you have mentioned.

@barbtwining7650 2 ай бұрын

Flowers also please.

@fabricdragon 2 ай бұрын

i grow thyme as an ornamental ALLLL over

@01Mariah10 8 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

@lovelight9164 Ай бұрын

Im growing onions with my tomatoes and with my sweet peas so I guess I will see if its a good or bad thing.

@LindaDavis-iq9zj 2 ай бұрын

Where did you find your raised beds? Perfection!

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! They're from shop.gardenary.com

@ethelkamanga872 2 ай бұрын

Flowers

@angelfhy Ай бұрын

Please do the flower one please please please

@Gardenary Ай бұрын

It's coming up!

@nsmigel3152 2 ай бұрын

Do you recommend one of each herb in each bed or each area?

@gbg975 2 ай бұрын

Are you in Houston area pr Tennessee at the moment ?

@melvinajessop696 2 ай бұрын

I want to know about flowers to help the garden

@cbak1819 2 ай бұрын

I have issues white white butterflies. I have already seen one this week..help😮

@cbak1819 2 ай бұрын

Zone 6 here.. Rosemary never makes it through winters .

@JustWatchMeDoThis 2 ай бұрын

I'm in 7b and I am going to overwinter mine inside. I want to make pots of mini Christmas trees out of some of it and decorate indoors this Christmas, then put it back outside during growing season.

@wealthNwisdom63 2 ай бұрын

It’s something you’ll just have to keep in a pot same zone as you and I still have both of mine

@jenniferc4083 2 ай бұрын

I'm in zone 6 as well. I dug up my rosemary, and other herbs as well, last fall and kept them in a simple hog panel hoop house all winter. The outside temp got down to -30°F but the inside temp only got down to 25°F. Not only did they survive, the rosemary are already blooming! Fortunately, we are having a warmish spring so I am able to bring them outside during the day and hopefully they will get pollenated.

@GoingGreenMom 2 ай бұрын

What I finally did to get mine to survive my zone 5 winters (it died last winter but I'm zone 6 now supposedly, but it was getting crowded out by bulbs I think) is to plant it in a corner where it had concrete on 2 sides that is fairly protected from winter winds. So mine was in the slightly more than 90 degree corner by my patio and sidewalk with a porch and tree and such on the other side of the patio. Still got full sun but not the wind and best I can figure the heat sink effect slowed the temperature change in the soil. They don't like their roots messed with though, and I have some ditch lilies that are trying to take over, and buttercup that have spread in the area my rosemary was. But it survived about 6 or 7 years in that spot.

@nhiarslain2422 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for the details information on these herbs, I have most of them, but in pots. Will separate them & replant then among my garden. Notice the study cages/ trellises in your garden? Would love to get some like yours. Please advice. My ordinary tomato cages have not live up to their potential. Collapsed under pressure every year. Appreciate much.

@Gardenary 8 күн бұрын

Tomato cages are the worst! We love a nice, strong metal trellis. You can find all the trellises in this video at shop.gardenary.com. I think the one featured most is the Nicole Arch Trellis

@RainStormfront 19 күн бұрын

I know it’s the simplistic way to say it , but if your garden is in balance, the problems often solve themselves.

@williambrown3388 10 сағат бұрын

Thank you for the great info!

@lynnrowan1326 2 ай бұрын

I use raised beds and containers as my soil is heavy clay and drains poorly. Because they dry out fast, I water daily in the 90+ degree summer heat in the deep south. All these herbs prefer less watering. How do you incorporate these herbs with the vegetables?

@umagandhi8422 2 ай бұрын

Great tips!! Any idea what to do with slugs?? Live in Atlantic Canada zone 6b thanks for wonderful episode!!

@fireflyfarmletontheeno777 2 ай бұрын

Beer! Works like a charm. I put old glass yogurt containers in my raised bed and fill with cheap beer.

@mahereentazree8693 2 ай бұрын

Also you can try mulching with egg shells, just crushing by hand.

@GoingGreenMom 2 ай бұрын

I have found Roly polies eat slug eggs, but if they run out of food they love eating seeds and seedling roots too. So don't introduce them if you don't have them, but if you find them it might be worth transporting to slug prone areas.

@Anna-sb9oj Ай бұрын

The only herb I’ve ever had any pests on is rosemary. It had such bad aphids.

@louisebb4183 2 ай бұрын

What pest are you talking about ? I have aphids even on chive and spring anions in the spring .

@user-fu3hb6pz2j 2 ай бұрын

Flowers please

@cyndyfabian7555 Ай бұрын

First time I've found you. I'm now a new subscriber. Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here. I have a 1/4 acre food forest garden in a 25yo subdivision in the Adelaide hills. I have all the herbs you listed here but will definitely adjust my planting of green vegetables to take advantage of them and of course increase my herbs. Thankyou so much for your information. 🌿☘🌱

@cbak1819 2 ай бұрын

I have had a chive plant for 4 years beautiful and blooms long.. not once have I seem a bee or pollinator on them, wondering why?

@GoingGreenMom 2 ай бұрын

It is a Last resort for the pollinators in my yard and it doesn't really bloom that long, so there are tons of other things they go to first.

@jeannesmith1761 2 ай бұрын

Yes I would like to know the stuff for flowers cuz I have 30 gardens at memorial Park in New Kensington PA and I've been doing it 20 years now so yeah I like to know everything okay talk to you later thank you appreciate your show okay bye

@cynthiacollins2668 2 ай бұрын

Would it help to keep the squash vine borer if i place sage leaves by the squash stems?

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

Try it and let us know!

@marm2371 2 ай бұрын

What about Basil??

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

The flowers are great for attracting beneficial insects

@datatamer 15 күн бұрын

Do you replant rosemary every year or take it inside for the winter? Thyme is fine to overwinter in 5b, but rosemary dies when it gets cold.

@Gardenary 15 күн бұрын

I overwintered my favorite herbs indoors when I was in Chicago

@bonnieblenders4606 2 ай бұрын

I have a gopher problem. Any ideas?

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WErKqVyb-9dGw.html

@lbfaith 2 ай бұрын

Can you plant those Italian herbs in a hanging basket? Just curious. I wouldn’t know how to set it up that way.

@GoingGreenMom 2 ай бұрын

I believe she was mentioning oregano and rosemary as being Italian, maybe there are particular types that drape, but both the rosemary I had for years and my oregano that comes back every year both grow upright rather than trailing like she says.

@lbfaith 2 ай бұрын

@@GoingGreenMom i understood lol. I just didn’t feel like typing all the herbs outright 😂 but I’m looking into it. I think having a hanging basket with draping herbs would look pretty. Plus I’d like to set them up near my raised beds hopeful deterring bad pests.

@angekentak 2 ай бұрын

Will they deter chipmunks etc?

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

Check out this video for animals: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WErKqVyb-9dGw.html

@MucleenFiddler 2 ай бұрын

How can I get your book

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

Both books are available at shop.gardenary.com!

@tenafleming7199 Ай бұрын

What can you plant with potatoes to keep the potato bugs out?

@Gardenary Ай бұрын

I'd say marigolds and sweet alyssum

@tenafleming7199 Ай бұрын

@@Gardenary Thank you!

@kaittemurry4740 Ай бұрын

What will protect from grasshoppers

@Gardenary Ай бұрын

Herbs with strong scents like rosemary, basil, lavender

@lindahaines9299 2 ай бұрын

I read asparagus and alliums should not be planted near each other! Is this true?

@Gardenary Ай бұрын

Well, I would do asparagus in the ground anyways since it's a perennial

@pamsmith7369 Ай бұрын

Chives are extremely invasive. I cannot get them out of my gardens! They’re EVERYWHERE!

@pan_bev_nice5960 4 күн бұрын

How about Garlic?

@Gardenary 2 күн бұрын

For sure. Anything in the onion family

@marciehaase2445 2 ай бұрын

How can you deter rodents. My herbs and flowers have been eaten by some kind of rodent. Some were sitting on my planting table

@Gardenary 2 ай бұрын

Check out this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7WErKqVyb-9dGw.html

@judithwalton9468 2 ай бұрын

Sorry my speed somehow got changed

@jcrane45585 2 ай бұрын

Thyme dies every other year for me in 8b

@danabella6540 2 ай бұрын

The problem with chives is they are all over the place

2 ай бұрын

They grow pretty well in a wooden box outside. They'll fill whatever container you put them in. Plus you get flowers.

@cynthiacollins2668 2 ай бұрын

Also depends on where you live.

@GoingGreenMom 2 ай бұрын

I'm going totry and dig up a bunch of mine this year and get rid of all but a couple small clumps. They just spread sooo much and so many other things have been better for the insects and such in my ecosystem. Hoping to plant more bronze leaf fennel this year, and then maybe some dill next year. Also working actual onions in since we eat those but not chives. Seems the only thing chives do is serve as a target for our dog to pee on and a little bit of winter interest if they don't get blown down right away.