I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, fennel is underrated as heck! Whether eaten raw, used in a soup or roasted with cheese and breadcrumbs, this is an often-overlooked powerhouse vegetable. Here are 10 helpful plants for bug control in your kitchen garden. It’s also a great way for some plants to protect others from bugs and other pests. I’ve learned over the years, that co-planting (or companion planting) is a great way for plants to help each other grow. Needless to say, I hadn’t considered using plants for bug control at that point. The culprit that year was the Tomato Hornworm, and it caused me to lose nearly half of my tomatoes (and my mind!). I would pop outside to check on my kitchen garden and see that some of my tomatoes had been chewed, and others were missing leaves or stems were completely bare.

Gross, invasive, plant-eating, vegetable-killing bugs! I’m looking at you, Tomato Hornworm! I’ll never forget the first time I grew a large crop of tomatoes. Do you know what gets in the way of that joy? Bugs. The joy of growing a kitchen garden in your yard is imagining the delicious recipes and meals you’ll create using your home-grown herbs and vegetables.

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