Hope for the Zucchinis.......

Wow is all I have to say! I placed the order for these seeds on Thursday night and here they are already on Monday morning. That is why I love Botanical Interests, they are fast, friendly, and not only that look at the cute packaging!

Aside from the carrots, I purchased all of these herbs to bring beneficial insects into the garden to help with pollination. I just love bumble bees and honey bees, they are so cheerful and determined, bumbling along from blossom to blossom, carrying up to 35% of their body weight in their little pollen baskets. Bees are so important in the garden as almost every veggie plant needs them to pollinate so they can set fruit. I experienced this first hand  last year when none of my squash set fruit. I was perplexed as there is usually so many zucchinis produced by one plant that you have to stealthily hide it in the neighbors mailbox to get rid of it! I thought maybe my soil didn't have enough nutrients, maybe I didn't water enough, maybe, maybe, maybe. Then it dawned on me, no bees! My poor squash plants were smack dab in the middle of the garden with nothing around them to attract the little buzzers! They were all occupied with the perennial garden, why waste their time with a few squash blossoms when they have zinnias, and coneflower and many other tasty treats all in one delectable smorgasbord? This year I am bound and determined to bring my little friends back into the garden by interplanting my veggies with a tasty selection of herbs and flowers. Here are just a few of them:

Calendula

Borage

Bee Balm

Dill

Hyssop

Echinacea

Zinnias

Maragolds 

The bees will be happy!