Road Trip: Companion Plants

Iz and I took a trip to Athens, Ohio this week to visit a nursery where Iz has bought a lot of our plants. We drove three hours to visit Companion Plants buy a flat of plants and then drove home! The drive through South East Ohio is beautiful, changing from flat farmland to rolling pastures to dense pine forests. There is really no major interstate that goes from Cincinnati to Athens, so there is plenty of scenery.

We have met the owner of Companion Plants before at and herb festival, but Iz took a moment to reintroduce himself and chat. The owner is so nice and knowledgeable! We took our time to browse, they offer around 600 different plants, and started to accumulate a nice stash of plants.


Click the images to see what we purchased.



Here is Isaac browsing in a small section of the greenhouse. Look at the eucalyptus tree!


There were some really cute terra cotta plant tags for sale but I abstained from buying any.


 We didn't manage to plant everything when we got home, but we found a home for the Kentucky Colonial Mint. Isaac divided the plant into three to give it more opportunity to spread around the bed.

 I can't wait to use it in tea and other yummy summer drinks!








Even though it was a short road trip, we had a great time!