This is a technique that works both indoors and out.
Harmful bugs hate certain plants.
Especially garlic.
Garlic is laughingly easy to grow. Pick some up in the produce section and plant a few cloves on the perimeter of each container/grow site. Onions, chives and many others herb plants work too.
This is also a nice way to get goodies for the kitchen. Go out with scissors and to a little snipping. The shoots of garlic & onions are delicious. As long as you don't take more than 10% every few days, taking some off not only DOESN'T hurt the plant, it encourages more growth.
If you like flowers more than spices, marigolds are another plant that pests don't like.
Harmful bugs hate certain plants.
Especially garlic.
Garlic is laughingly easy to grow. Pick some up in the produce section and plant a few cloves on the perimeter of each container/grow site. Onions, chives and many others herb plants work too.
This is also a nice way to get goodies for the kitchen. Go out with scissors and to a little snipping. The shoots of garlic & onions are delicious. As long as you don't take more than 10% every few days, taking some off not only DOESN'T hurt the plant, it encourages more growth.
If you like flowers more than spices, marigolds are another plant that pests don't like.