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".
If anyone would like to join in, i got my seeds from amazon for £2.58 and they're doing really well:
www.amazon.co.uk/.../ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title
......which is fine...but, if like me, you fear that Amazon might be (metaphorically) one of the four horsemen...then you can go to an actual shop....I bought a pack of "Suttons" borage seeds for £1.49 = 70 seeds in the pack, allegedly.
Night shade! (Botanical themed "banter")
If you say that thrice on a full moon he comes back from the dead
I'm glad someone does. Well sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. Tonight I do!
No worries Number. I completely understand people avoiding it
Perhaps its the echoes......"Mary"...."Mary"....."5 penny" etc
I like it in your head. That sounds VERY wrong on so many levels.....but you know what I mean.
Thanks for the reassurance Jamie - I'm glad you didn't think I was throwing "shade" in your direction - as that was not (and never will be) my intention. I have, on occasion bought from Amazon in the past...but I like to avoid it at ALL costs normally.
I still think amazon only sell books. I know they don't but in my head they do. It confuses me so I just avoid.