….thank you Ronovan for this week’s prompts ‘sweet and foul’
Marigolds
Sweet marigolds bloom
To the eyes pretty to see
But foul to the nose
….thank you Ronovan for this week’s prompts ‘sweet and foul’
Marigolds
Sweet marigolds bloom
To the eyes pretty to see
But foul to the nose
That’s why it’s good to plant marigolds in vegetable gardens – insects don’t like their smell!
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I remember planting them in front of my first vegetable garden but I had no idea that I planted the giant variety and they overshadowed everything in the garden.
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I grew up with those surrounding my house. I never knew they were a natural mosquito repellent until a few years ago. I just thought my parents liked them. 🙂
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I knew that insects that like vegetable patches don’t like them but I didn’t know that they repelled mosquitoes.
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Yeah. They even make a spray from the flowers for it. So people can have a natural repellent.
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I really like this one – makes me smile- and so true 🙂
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Great Haiku and beautiful photo Carol!
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They are very cute, and your photo is great!
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Excellent all around. Great opposite sentences. And a bit funny too in an honest way. Xx
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Thank you. I tend to write about what I know.
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