Tagetes

... on the marigold front they have to be scented, which the tagetes varieties are.  They do summat which keeps nematoded out of the soil.  And they deter whitefly.

Borage is one to grow near your tomatoes, but I can't remember why.  Also commercial strawberry farms, near my dad, always grow borage, must be a reason!

If you grow chamomile near your cucumbers, it's supposed to enhance the flavour.  Mind you my chamomile is fabulous, no and the one  :shock:  cucumber I grew tasted nice!

Poached egg plants are supposed to be good for attracting hoverflies, which eat lots of bugs, greenfly, whitefly etc.  In fact anything that particularly attracts hoverflies is a good thing - fennel is the best for that, it's like a bug version of a pleasure park!

sure are  pongy . tips for ya later in the eyar when they die back to seed heads  colect them when they are dry in the sun put in a brown paper bag shake and the seds wil fall from the husks , save the seeds in envelopes . sow in normal compost next year in spring . plant out and they wil stink even more and be bigger , feed them during the growing with sulphate of ammonia for masses of flowers  and even more stinkies

Protect your marigolds from slugs when you first plant them out,they make a bee line for them.Fennel in my gardenseems to get covered on aphids later in summer,maybe thats what attracts the hoverflies.flowering thistles attract hoverflies,but this can be a bit of a mixed blessing if you let them seed.

Re Borage: Bees absolutely love borage flowers and it's a great attractant for pollinating strawberry crops well. Orchard growers use similar tricks to attract early mason bees to pollinate tree crops. Too bad about the lonely cuke, though. Perhaps the chamomile was too sweet for the bees to bother with the cuke.

Borage is one to grow near your tomatoes, but I can't remember why.  Also commercial strawberry farms, near my dad, always grow borage, must be a reason!

If you grow chamomile near your cucumbers, it's supposed to enhance the flavour.  Mind you my chamomile is fabulous, no and the one  :shock:  cucumber I grew tasted nice!

Poached egg plants are supposed to be good for attracting hoverflies, which eat lots of bugs, greenfly, whitefly etc.  In fact anything that particularly attracts hoverflies is a good thing - fennel is the best for that, it's like a bug version of a pleasure park![/quote]

Borage is especially for pimms as it tastes like cucumber and the flowers look pretty next to the mint leaves,so they tell me......