[Diana in Wisconsin]

Diana’s Beneficial Bug Mix:

Orange Cosmos
Blue Bachelor Buttons
Calendula (yellow or orange)
Dill
Cilantro
Fennel

Mix a package of each of these together and plant a row of this, or just patches of the mix throughout the garden. If space is a problem, grow this mix in a pot near your garden bed or other potted veggies. Let the dill & cilantro go to flower, and the fennel go to ‘frond’ stage. These flowers and herbs bring in the Good Bugs, who will eat the Bad Bugs for you. It really brings in the butterflies, too! :)

Borage and parsley in the garden also bring in good bugs & pollinators! And, of course, cut yourself a bouquet of the mix for the kitchen table, and use the dill for pickles and the cilantro leaves for salsa, etc. This mix makes plenty for the use of man and bugs alike, LOL!

I’ve been using this mix in my 100% organic food garden for a decade or so. Works like a charm and I absolutely LOVE the fragrant and beautiful bouquet it makes, too!

[Red_Devil 232]

Thank you! I do have the Dill, Cilantro and Fennel seeds. I am set to go! How much room do these take up? I plan on making a 3 or 4 foot long by 2 foot Planter to plant these seeds in. So I can just mix all these seeds together and sew all-together in my planter?

[Marie Antoinette]

That sounds good, I may try that in pots.

We patched up my little greenhouse last week, so we’re ready to grow now. This week I sowed 130 bell peppers of various varieties thanks to the freeper who posted links to the dense planting method. Saving me LOTS of space and time up front. What I can’t use, I can share with neighbors. This year I added flowers to what I’m growing, I have young daughters, after all. :)

Since I sowed so heavily, I may not transplant into individual pots, I may go with popping them right into the garden. Depends on how my garden soil looks.

[Redleg Duke]

I passed your post on to the War Department. It sure is worth a try! Thanks!