Today we planted poppies, marigolds, pansies and calendulas beside our vegetables. These flowers are companion plants and they keep away insects that will eat our vegetables. These flowers also help the vegetables to grow better.
When we planted the flowers we dug a hole and put the flowers in with the roots facing down. Then we held the leaves up, put dirt over roots and pressed firmly on the dirt.
We watered the plants with compost tea. The compost tea has water, worm wees, comfrey, slugs and snails in it. It is really stinky but the plants love it.
Some of the gardeners went to the up top playground to get some mondo grass to plant in the new play garden. The grand opening of the play garden will be next week! There will be toys in the garden for everyone to play with.
Wow, I always learn so much from this blog. You are very clever Siena and Grace. I can't wait for the Grand Opening of the Play Garden.
ReplyDeleteI am going to try making some compost tea at home to see if it will help my plants. The play garden is a great idea and I'm sure will be very popular with everyone.
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