Dill is one of the components in my ‘Diana’s Beneficial Bug Mix’ that I need to get sewn!
Off top:
Dill
Cilantro
Blue Bachelor Buttons
Calendula
Persian Carpet Zinnia
(if you can’t find them; any small Zinnia will do)
Borage
(But MomWithHope says NO! to Borage...it CAN get invasive!)
Orange Cosmos
I either tuck these pot-started plants into a corner of every raised bed, or I plant then in 5-gallon pots and scatter them about the garden area.
Beneficial Bugs LOVE this stuff and will keep the Bad Bugs in check for you. As an added bonus, Dill is a favorite of Monarch Caterpillars.
Both of us saw Yellow Tiger Swallowtails, today. No Monarchs yet - and we have TONS of wild Milkweed for them to snack on. Maybe they just haven’t gotten here, yet? Midwest storms slow them down and we have had a lot of those this Spring season.
Haha on the borage. Invasive is too kind a word. We ripped it all out before it went to seed. Plants were about 3 1/2 feet tall. It all went on the compost so that was good. We laughed this week as one plant came up from a seed. It is about 10” tall and flowering. We’ll leave it for now.
Well I have a story. I had given up on finding any shishitos locally and ordered two from Bonnie. Had to drive east yesterday about 40 minutes and there is a Menards there. Hubby heard this spring on tv that they sold Bonnie plants, and the next time I had to go I stopped and there was nothing there. A month later I had to go back yesterday. It was 85 degrees and I thought for a minute I was going to pass out but still went out to the garden center. This is where all the shishitos have gone in west Michigan. They had a huge assortment and varieties I have only seen online. I went around the back and found 5 full trays of shishito pepper plants. I could hear the angels sing. Got 4 and put them in the ground early this morning. Never saw more than one tray locally at two stores here. Hooray I am all set now!