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".
Hello fellow Boragers.
I write with joyous news. The excitement is palpable. I have now officially birthed my borage. I have named them......from top left to bottom right, thus;
Bor, Bor Jnr, Bora, Bora Jnr, Borachio, Borachio Jnr, Borak, Borak Jnr, Borbala, Borbala Jnr, Borc, Borc Jnr, Bordan, Bordan Jnr, Borden, Borden Jnr, Bordin, Bordin Jnr, Bordon, Bordon Jnr, Boris, Boris Jnr, Boring, Boring Jnr, Boredom, Boredom Jnr.
Yes - for any of you who are not familiar with me, I am both autistic and also quite peculiar. I believe you can be either or both or neither or one and not the other.
I like the fact that the chosen names (I bet you can't see the elected theme of them) come from a selection of linguistic traditions........Norwegian, Korean, Hindi, Hungarian, Scandinavian, Germanic......and of course, English.
Being highly self aware, I am now also of the opinion that I have too much time on my hands this morning, so I am happily going to dive into some work activities......because if I don't, I feel that my research into the name Borak (The Legendary magical horse that bore Muhammad from Earth to the Seventh Heaven in Hindu tradition) will swallow my brain whole !
Happy Monday Boragers !
What, no Borat?
I was tempted.....but it felt too ridiculous.....oh, no, wait....I filled the "ridiculous quota" for my post with the name Boris!?
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