Re: Are you 'breaking the rules' by growing fruit or vegetables in

> I've thought about putting some onion in my mother's flower bed (more for
> bug and pest control than anything else), but I've got my own garden to
> tend.  I did plant marigolds in my "edible" garden, though.  They seemed
> to have lots of positive things they did for the garden with very little
> negative.
>
> Breaking the rules?  I guess, if you believe in pure flower and
vegetable
> gardens.  Gardeners for years have planted flowers as companions to
> vegetables.
>
> We might still plant onion in the flower garden, if we start getting too
> many pests...

I put garlic in my flower beds when they sprout, they help with
aphids, so I guess I forgot to include those.

I've also heard that marigolds are good companions for vegetables.
Plus, they'll attract bees and benificial insects.