I dont have dill but I do have marigolds

good point...my herbs are in pots.

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.

Not here! Only mint is invasive for me.

Not here! Only mint is invasive for me.

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

Wow, you must have a really green thumb.

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.

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

Marigolds will protect tomatoes

What zone is Trinidad?

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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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

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.

Try it and let us know!

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.

@@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.

The flowers are great for attracting beneficial insects

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I'd say marigolds and sweet alyssum

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Herbs with strong scents like rosemary, basil, lavender

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

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

Also depends on where you live.

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.

You can try buying ladybugs, or I read neem oil is a natural way to deter aphids. 👍 Hope you have better luck

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What is Rodale? I was hoping for some new ideas because this list hasn't worked and seem pretty invasive for me for the most part. I started bronze leaf fennel last year and it brought in braconid wasps to help protect my kale, but I was late in planting so it didn't work. Also didn't know it was perennial so plan to move some of it this year and expand because it actually started coming up on March. Dill is another food source for similar beneficials (and something I would use as an herb) so thought I would try to find that a home somewhere as well. My biggest pest is cabbage whites, but am learning that I actually have historically planted brassicas way later than I should. Thinking that I might just skip any that I don't have planted til August or early September so maybe it will break the life cycle enough that there is less pest pressure in the fall.

@@cynthiacollins2668 You have no idea what you are talking about. You have no business disseminating rumors, lies and BS.

That's the worst! Chives and green onions can deter them

@@Gardenary thank you for your response. I battle slugs everyday.