>>990258Nice map, sounds delicious! (And beautiful- Painted mountain corn) I never heard of gypsy peppers before, or luffa sponge- do you grow it to eat or use as a scrubber?
I'll post pics as it grows and will watch out for yours too!
>>990472>How effective is the marigold/nasturtium combo?It works good for me, unless it's just dumb luck, I haven't had much problem at all with bugs and use zero pesticides. The only insects that 'bug' me are cabbage butterflies (putting egg shell halves or little oyster shells on the brassica leaves helps a lot though-- I guess they think the white is another butterfly already laying on the leaf and they keep looking-- but the shells blow off in the wind and have to be repositioned every day or two -- that and picking little caterpillars regularly) and my squashes have succumbed to squash bugs although considerably later in the season than some folks nearby
The marigolds are a wonder plant, they grow well in the poorer soil outside the beds, bloom all summer, attract a ton of butterflies and bees, according to wikipedia repel/distract "root-knot nematodes, beet leaf hoppers, cucumber beetle, squash bug, onion fly, cabbage root fly" and "produce a pesticidal chemical from their roots, so strong it lasts years after they are gone." I will always have them in my garden.
The nasturtiums are so pretty, and nice to put a peppery leaf or bright flower onto salads. They are supposed to be a trap crop for aphids, attract predatory insects, and supposedly repel/distract "asparagus beetle, cabbage looper, cabbage worm, carrot fly, cabbage weevil, Colorado potato beetle squash bug, Japanese beetle, Mexican bean beetle,striped pumpkin beetles, whitefly, cucumber beetles, flea beetle."
>>990504Thanks! I use Adobe InDesign for anything typographic.
>>990538Lol :)
I picked up a packet for fence and gate at the same time, lucky find