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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Well then, I'll just buy more marigolds <g>  I buy buckets of them for the 
porches because of the mosquitoes, so now I'll just spread them around.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>


> Lynda,
> I have found that anywhere I plant marigolds NOTHING bothers.  No voles, 
> no
> bunnies, no deer.  If I plant green beans without marigolds, nothing will
> survive.  Something will always crop them to the ground before the beans
> even come on.  Same with green peppers.  Without marigolds I find vole
> diggings throughout.  With, not a one.  I buy marigold plants already
> started for this because I want the plants up before the beans do.  If you
> have facilities to start them yourself, it would be a big money saver.  I
> grow in raised beds.  I plant the dwarf marigolds about every foot around
> the edge and a row of giants about every two feet down the middle.  Looks
> cool too.