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Saturday, June 5, 2010
Butterfly Gardening
Tiger swallowtail on Jupiter's Beard. That's another perennial grown from seed. Badass.
How do you keep mosquitos at bay when you are gardening?
ReplyDeleteShe says: "Mosquitos are a fact of life. If you don't like mosquitos, stay inside and look at pictures of gardens on the internets." heehee
ReplyDeleteI scratch a lot and complain, that seems to help.
Are there plants that you can add to the garden that repel mosquitos?
ReplyDeleteOf these, we have marigold and lavendar: http://www.wildernesscollege.com/plants-that-repel-mosquitoes.html
ReplyDeleteWe also have a shit ton of bats and birds- those help.