Basil
Planted alongside tomato plants helps control tomato hornworms.
Thyme
Planted with cabbage helps control flea beetles, cabbage worm and white cabbage butterflies.
Marigold
Planted in vegetable gardens produces a scent that repels many garden pests.
Mint
Repels mosquitoes and produces an odor that aphids and cabbage pests dislike.
Garlic
Planted close to roses it can protect bushes from black spot, a fungus disease; can be grown in rings around a crop to repel aphids;
spray garlic tea on plants to eliminate fungus and mildew.
Remove energy-stealing root suckers from the base of crabapple, plum, and cherry trees in spring, as they appear. Cut as close to the ground as possible.
