The garden uses flowers to prevent pests for vegetables

At 9 am, Bich Han, 28 years old, living at an orchid farm in Hoa Phu commune, Cu Chi, went to the garden to cut rainbow vegetables for lunch, while her nearly 3-year-old daughter followed her mother, choosing Zinnia chrysanthemums for the room. guest.

She has a lot of experience growing orchids, but she doesn’t know how to grow vegetables. When the Covid-19 epidemic broke out in mid-2021, with the goal of creating a food source for the family, Han and his wife began to clean up the land full of grass, garbage, concrete, and then to the beds, mixing soil for gardening. vegetable.

The total area of ​​the vegetable garden is about 180 m2, divided into 4 zones, including: area for growing leafy vegetables; areas for growing carrots and radishes; One area specializes in growing tomatoes and the other grows perennial varieties of kale and corn.