Lacy #phacelia aka #purple#tansy is native to NW Mexico & SW USA - it's in the borage family. I've been using them as part of #pollinators#garden & as a natural aphids #PestControl for food plants. This pretty flowering #plant attracts hoverflies & those insects love eating aphids. When it's done flowering - you can cut it down & use cuttings as #GreenManure.
No better time to build a compost heap than on the hottest day of our Indian summer. The cover crops are coming along nicely. More people are commenting on the home made compost since I started making a pile at the front of the plot three weeks ago.
Too often, and I do it too, compost is made somewhere out of sight or hidden away.