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Yep, healing flowers. Very nice for the skin and the lips. Think marigolds.
Oh! I almost forgot!!! Catnip for mosquitoes! Fresh catnip repels them.

I am doing pretty well with my little herb garden this year **patting myself on the back** I am adding catnip in this spring. I started with the easy stuff to test out my ability, and am ready for more I think. I had to keep my Golden (Miss Mellow) from eating it all ... but after that it was smooth sailing! LOL We buy catnip all the time for our cat (Marsy) and he loves it, so it should be fun.
 

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I am doing pretty well with my little herb garden this year **patting myself on the back** I am adding catnip in this spring. I started with the easy stuff to test out my ability, and am ready for more I think. I had to keep my Golden (Miss Mellow) from eating it all ... but after that it was smooth sailing! LOL We buy catnip all the time for our cat (Marsy) and he loves it, so it should be fun.

I had issues with Catnip. It grew like mad for me, but if it was inside it smelled like $#^% and Sam kept jumping on it and rolling- dirt everywhere and when I put it on the deck, whiteflies attacked!
 

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I had issues with Catnip. It grew like mad for me, but if it was inside it smelled like $#^% and Sam kept jumping on it and rolling- dirt everywhere and when I put it on the deck, whiteflies attacked!

Hmmm .. it will be outside, but I will have to read more about the whiteflies. I have mint growing now, and I think that is supposed to repel some bugs?? I am completely new to the herb garden, but found it pretty enjoyable this year so I will definitely try again next year. I think I only have another month or so before the frost takes over anyway, so I am not sure how well they will do outside in the winter. I was told they will grow back next Spring, but will have to wait and see.
 

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I had never seen whiteflies before- I grew catnip in the mountains, no problem. You may never see them, KT. I was growing alot on the deck- tomatoes, peppers, basil, ect. Any of them could have be the cause. But once I got them, they destroyed everything. Didn't even plant this year. Wasn't in the mood to deal with that again!
 
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