Now that we have entered the second week of March and Daylight Saving Time, I have begun to think about getting back to work in the garden. It is a bit early to clean out the beds and borders, although I have been picking up twigs and other debris, but I will wait a few more weeks before I tackle the beds, giving insects time to emerge after their winter dormancy. My kitchen herb bed is the biggest mess; all of the herbs look awful right now, but I don’t want to start pruning them in case a late-season Black Swallowtail or other butterfly chrysalis has wintered there, waiting to emerge in the spring. It’s hard for me to resist cleaning, because herbs are what I enjoy growing the most. In the meantime, I’ve been learning more about herb culture. An interesting chart on Facebook about companion planting herbs with other species of herbs, rather than with vegetables, caught my attention a few days ago. Companion planting is an age-old method of growing fruits and vegetables, often spread ...