🌿 Meet Comfrey: The companion plant Beverly and Angela say you shouldn’t overlook!
This garden treasure survived the hard freeze and is already putting out new growth. Here’s why you need it in your Gulf Coast garden:
✅ Chop & drop mulch (weed suppression!)
✅ Compost activator
✅ Nitrogen & potassium rich
✅ Medicinal properties
✅ Beautiful blooms
✅ Incredibly hardy
✅ Free fertilizer from your own garden
🌱 HOW TO USE COMFREY:
**Chop & Drop:**
• Cut older leaves and drop at base of fruit trees
• Use around tomatoes and potatoes
• Builds soil while suppressing weeds
**Compost:**
• Excellent compost pile addition
• Acts as activator/starter
• High in nutrients
**Companion Planting:**
• Works in fruit tree guilds
• Great around heavy feeders (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes)
• Attracts pollinators with pretty blooms
💚 Beverly’s Tip: “Don’t waste the leaves—use them in the garden!”
Angela’s Insight: “People have been using this plant for hundreds of years literally.”
🌡️ FREEZE HARDY:
Just survived a hard freeze with minimal damage to older leaves. New growth already emerging strong!
📍 GET COMFREY & COMPANION PLANTS:
The Arbor Gate | Tomball, Texas
Available plants, plus everything for your companion garden:
• Organic Soil Complete (bags or 1-yard totes)
• Custom compost blends (bacterial & fungal dominant)
• Food Complete slow-release fertilizer
• Leaf mold and double-screened compost
• Beneficial insects for integrated pest management
• Expert advice for building productive gardens
🏡 The Arbor Gate
📍 Tomball, TX
📞 (281) 351-8851
🌐 arborgate.com
📸 @arborgate
🎥 Beverly Welch — Founder, The Arbor Gate (since 1996)
🎥 Angela Chandler — The Garden Academy
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🌿 Do you grow comfrey in your garden? How do you use it?
📍 The Arbor Gate in Tomball has comfrey plants and everything you need for companion planting! Call ahead: (281) 351-8851
🌱 Top Uses for Comfrey:
✅ Chop & drop around fruit trees
✅ Tomato & potato companion
✅ Compost activator
✅ Natural fertilizer (high in N & K)
✅ Medicinal properties
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I make a tea fertilizer with the leaves for indoor plants. Very stinky when fermented.