Comments on: Plants That Every Balcony Gardener Needs

By: 3 Insects You Should NEVER Kill

3 Insects You Should NEVER Kill — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:56:52 +0000

[...] 4 Plants Every Container Gardener Needs [...]

By: Matt Sweeny

Matt Sweeny — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:01:52 +0000

This is super helpful thank you for sharing.

By: Ladybugs! Everywhere, There’s Ladybugs…

Ladybugs! Everywhere, There’s Ladybugs… — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:30:17 +0000

[...] If you’d like to use ladybugs as an organic way to control aphids, first, try to attract native varieties. You can do this by growing plants that ladybugs like. [...]

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:08:39 +0000

I am going to have to remember these for next year. For some silly reason, I never grow dill…. maybe because I have bronze fennel volunteers everywhere, and fennel and dill don’t play well together. But if there are more lady bugs, then I will go for it. And I adore catnip, and lemon balm. As for the spiders, well as long as they aren’t too big…

Jen

By: Fern

Fern — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:37:05 +0000

Michelle–I’ve seen a huge influx in interest in companion planting. It goes part and parcel with all the interest in organic gardening.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:22:23 +0000

You’ve got some great tips here Fern! The art of companion planting seems to have disappeared in recent years as people try to use artificial products to try and make the most of their planting, but personally I think it’s best to do it naturally, and it seems from your tips that you do too.

Long live Companion Planting : )

By: Fern

Fern — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:29:55 +0000

Kaci–Congrats on the new place with a bigger deck. You must be really enjoying it now that summer has officially arrived.

By: Fern

Fern — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:46:17 +0000

Helen–You’re a natural!

By: Kaci

Kaci — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:37:08 +0000

Great post, Fern! I was just wondering what plants I should add to my expanding garden (I recently moved to a new place with a much bigger deck)! These are four that are DEFINITELY going on the list! Thanks a bunch!

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:06:50 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know that catnip and dill were so good to have! I’ve got all four of these plants in my garden without knowing what they did. Thank you for the info!