HOMESTEAD HOW-TO
Borage is a hardy, low-maintenance plant that brings more than beauty to your vegetable garden. Its delicate purple flowers are a magnet for pollinators like bees and butterflies.
Calendula has a distinctive musky fragrance that will repel hornworms, aphids, and flea beetles from your vegetable plot.
Marigolds are the superstars of the companion planting world – few plants don’t benefit from being grown near these flowers! Marigolds are great zucchini and other vegetable companion.
Nasturtiums are often grown as a trap crop, attracting aphids who love to feast on the flowers of this pretty plant. They can also help to reduce squash bug populations and attract beneficial insects to your vegetable plot.
This low-growing annual flower is highly effective at attracting parasitoid wasps, and it is one of the best insects for pest control.