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 Boragers. This treat has been deathly quiet for too long. It's time to burst forth with more joyous and exciting news.
My little army of solid and sturdy little green bee feeders reached the point of deployment today. Two pots have been dedicated for a few platoons, random planting in random places for others.....and a couple have been despatched about 100 miles north for a new life under the command of Allied forces.
Long live the borage and the bees !
What little beauties!! Austin - I mean Bert would be proud!!
Fun fact - Borage in Arabic means "father of sweat" because of its diaphoretic (inducing perspiration) properties.
I hope the ones shipped off northwards behave themselves!