Plant a lavender hedge around the onion patch to protect them from onion maggot and lavender bushes around fruit trees to deter codling moth.
Rosemary planted near carrots deters carrot fly and bean beetle. Sprigs of rosemary placed with clothes will repel moths and silverfish.
Put sage bushes near doorways to keep ants away. Planted in the vegetable garden, sage is believed to keep mice away.
Plant fennel near doorways and windows to repel flies and mosquitoes. Place fresh leaves in your pet’s bedding and rub through its coat to ward off fleas.
Use both annual and perennial chamomile flowers to make an anti-fungal spray by pouring one liter of boiling water over two firmly-packed cupfuls of fresh flowers, steep then strain.
Protect cabbages, beans and tomatoes by planting basil nearby.
