2025 was a challenging gardening year for me.
BUT I did learn a lot and that will make it an invaluable year in the future.
One of the things I learned was…
I need more herbs, preferably perennial herbs like mint, sage, thyme and oregano, herbs that overwinter in Toronto and that I don’t have to buy and plant every year.
These herbs not only add some much needed flavor to dishes. But they also ward off unhelpful insects i.e. pests like flea beetles and Japanese beetles while supporting helpful insects like bees and butterflies.
That protects the rest of the garden.
I badly needed that protection in 2025’s growing season. The insects chumped quite a few of the vegetable plants, stripping them to their stems.
