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Tag: vegetables and herbs

Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

What are some good flowering plants to put near a vegetable garden to attract bees to help with pollination?

Any flowering, pollen-producing plant will attract bees, including your vegetables. Bees also need a source of water, so the addition of a bird bath or something similar can help attract them. The only caution is that some of the flowering annuals will reseed themselves vigorously and can become “weeds” in subsequent gardens.…

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