In the left photo you can see the commencement of the garden. Here is the shed, some gardening paraphernalia and various plants. To the right of the picture can be seen two large pots. These are the nasturtium plants.
Nasturtiums are a useful insect repellent.
If planted around broccoli, cauliflower, the cabbage family, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers and fruit trees, they deter white flies, squash bugs, and are a trap crop for aphids. They also limit woolly aphid damage to apple trees if planted in a circle around them. Nasturtiums are cultivated mainly for their ornamental qualities, but are sometimes used for their spicy, peppery tasting leaves, seeds and flowers. The leaves are eaten in sandwiches and salads, the flowers are used as a garnish for salads and to flavour vinegar, and the seeds are pickled in vinegar to be used like capers. Not long after I started planting out my tomatoes I noticed the soil was rather thin under my gardening stuff.