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Julia’s veggies - Organic veggies Healthy Growing, Healthy Eating

• Many of the strong smelling herbs that repel harmful insects have beautiful flowers to attract

the beneficial ones e.g. mint, scented pelargonium and sage.
To improve the soil
• Numerous herbs have a beneficial effect on the soil and on other plants nearby.
Some, such as fenugreek and clover, do this by adding nitrogen to the soil.
These plants are members of the legume family, all of which have a symbiotic relationship
with the bacteria in the soil.
• Other herbs add nutrients to the soil by mining them from deep below the top soil, where most
vegetables cannot reach, e.g. comfrey.
To add beauty to vegetable garden
• Both the flowers and leaves of herbs and edible flowers will improve both the appearance
and scent of the veggie garden. They can be planted as a border or inter-planted amongst the
vegetables e.g. lavender, nasturtiums, viola and pansies (pics above: pixabay).
See a chart of companion plants Margaret Roberts identified on the following page.

Autumn Events:
Sunday 30th January – Market day at Cresta Lodge, 10am to 6pm
Saturday 5th February – Farmer’s Market at the Rugby Club, 10am to 3pm
Sunday 27th February – Market day at Cresta Lodge, 10am to 6pm
Saturday 5th March – Farmer’s Market at the Rugby Club, 10am to 3pm
Saturday12th & 19th March – Introduction to Organic Gardening/Farming Workshop,
9am to 1pm

To Contact Julia Farmer:
Email: jellyfishfarmer@yahoo.com for more details or to receive our weekly newsletter.
Also visit my Facebook Pages for more information – Kingfisher Farm, Farmer’s Natural
Produce, Farmer’s Markets, Grow and Cook with Julia.
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