[Artemisia] A word about merchants & flowers
LadyPDC at aol.com
LadyPDC at aol.com
Sat Dec 29 14:08:21 CST 2007
In a message dated 12/29/2007 11:31:12 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
lady_flora at msn.com writes:
The same is true for planting marigolds (the American kind, not the
English) along your vegetable garden paths. The scent and taste of
marigolds is very unpleasant to a lot of pesky critters.
Not just good for the garden, marigolds are good for people as well. Plant
them where ever you intend to sit and enjoy and you will not be bothered by
mosquitos. Again something I learned from medieval gardeners (I have a book
printed in 1473 in which an Italian gardener describes his garden through two
growing seasons and the whys and wherefores as to planting of various things.
Unfortunately it is written in medieval Italian so it is a very slow
process of translating and then understanding what he is saying. But it does
provide me with a challenge whenever I am not feeling well)
Anyway, I did plant marigolds along the front pathway and around my rose
patio where I like to sit and read in the summer a couple of years ago and they
were correct. That whole summer I didn't receive one bite. My neighbors put
up zappers and sprayed and did all kinds of other stuff to no avail. They
finally came and asked me what my secret was, so I showed them. The whole
neighborhood was soon in bloom and the mosquitos abandoned the area for more
"tasteful" surroundings. Amazing what one little flower can do isn't it?
Debbie
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