Texas Gardening: What smells good in you garden ?, 1 by jackieshar

jackieshar wrote:
I have raw sandy alkaline soil....the flower beds are amended with some peat moss and composted manure. This year's datura came from scattered seed last fall. This is a first year growth. I take no credit at all other than the placement and the photos, they and nature grew themselves. I was told by a datura grower that they don't tolerate insecticide well...I don't use any..I do try to encourage benificial insects..the bees loved them so in the early morning hours that I would work other areas til they stopped foraging......I fertilize my gardens with rabbit poop or dried molasses, only. I think actually the molasses may have attracted the bees........