Published on 12, July, 2020
....aka Battle Of The Borage
There have been rumblings for the past week or so but I thought now would be as good a time as any to get the show started. Today I sowed between 16 and 20 seeds.
I thought it might be nice for any members who want to join in to sow borage seeds and chat about it. We all know bees and pollinators need a helping hand and this is a lovely plant we can have in our gardens to help. The flowers are pretty star shaped blue, sometimes pink or purple. You can eat the flowers or put in ice cubes and you can use the leaves to make borage fertiliser for the garden.
I thought it might be a nice way to unite online friends by doing something remote in real life.
It does self seed so I take no responsibility if you end up with more next year! The more the merrier. Apologies if you have no outdoor space. Maybe do a bit of guerilla gardening if you can
This post was inspired by Jamie (who I cannot tag for some reason) and Number
So lets help our wildlife!
"No-one can do everything but everyone can do something".
Nice idea
We have some seedlings growing already.
Here is a photo I took in our garden a couple of years ago.
I have tons of photos of bees on our flowers, including and especially lavenders, which they adore.
I must do a sort and put some more on Trisha s photo thread.
There is an astonishing different number of bee types in the UK alone (over 250).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bees_of_Great_Britain
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/05/types-of-bee-in-the-uk/
Thanks for the links Debbie. I love the woodland trust website. And I'd love to be able to spot more wildlife and be able to name it. I don't just mean "that's a bee" but the kind it is. Same with birds.