No, really.  These are my favorites, today.    

 

I love Marigolds.  I plant hundreds of them every year.  I don't even know when I last bought seeds.  I just keep saving the seeds and planting them over and over.

 

Marigolds produce thousands of seeds.  Each flower has about 50 seeds.  And of course I collect them, and store them in a dry place until time to plant again.  I sow the seeds when I sow tomatoes and peppers and eggplants.  They like warm soil.  Then as they grow, I transplant them into cell packs.  I can spend hours doing this part.  And when they are big enough to put out, I plant them everywhere!!!   I love the whole process.  It feels like I am participating in some kind of magic.  

 

This row of Marigolds is in the first row in the garden.  It's what we see when we drive up the road.  

 

When I go out to the garden to pick cucumbers and tomatoes, I also bring in Marigolds and put them in little vases all over the house.  They make me happy.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!