McKenzie Seeds

Did you know these flowers are edible? Both the flowers and leaves of nasturtiums are edible, offering a peppery taste similar to watercress. They make a colorful addition to salads, garnishes, and even as a substitute for capers. 🧑‍🍳

Nasturtiums are also:
Good for Pollinators 🦋
Drought Tolerant 💦
Deer Resistant 🦌
Fragrant 👃
Great companion plant to cucumbers (plant in your raised garden beds) 🤝

Increasing the diversity of a landscape works wonders in preventing this disaster. 💫

This diversification mixes things up enough to prevent pathogens
from spreading mercilessly through a monoculture of plants. 🌿

Cosmos are a great flower to add to the garden!

They are...
Good for Pollinators ✅
Drought Tolerant ✅
Deer Resistant ✅

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Pollinator Month is a time to celebrate and support the essential role that bees, butterflies, and other pollinators play in our ecosystem by promoting awareness and planting pollinator-friendly flowers. 🐝 🙌 🦋

What flowers are you ready to see bloom? Comment below!⬇️

Increasing the diversity of a landscape works wonders in preventing this disaster. Try to have no more than 10 percent of a cultivar and less than 30 percent of plants of the same family. 🙌🌱

What is it?
Chaos gardening is a movement that embraces a more natural and relaxed approach to landscaping allows plants to grow more freely and mimic natural ecosystems, leading to increased biodiversity and reduced maintenance. 🙌

How to do it? 🧐
Select appropriate plant species.
Prepare the soil.
Managing weeds and pests in a sustainable manner
Chaos garden away! 🌱

Please be sure to keep an eye out for these tree-eating pests. 🔬

Each egg case can contain up to 1,000 eggs 😱

If you see one, scape them into a hot, soapy water bucket to reduce the next generation and keep your tree safe!

Avoid fertilizers high in nitrogen, it will cause carrots to grow lots of leaves and less focus on growing the root. 🥕

But don’t let those leaves go to waste! Carrot leaves can be used for all kinds of cooking like pesto, chimichurri, and salads. 🍽️

Celebrate Victoria Day with plants! 🌿

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