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".
Disambiguation - some call it sweat....I call it melt water.
"Melt water"!
It's a good job you are blinded by it otherwise you'd be bored to tears anyway reading my "woes".
I'm melting....struggling to read your woes.....melt water keeps blinding me!
Nature did all the work!
It took me over 5 mins to get a good enough photo. It kept focusing on the lettuces behind. Then I had to email it to myself. Then I had to change the size on the laptop cos it was too big to upload. Then email it back to myself. So I could upload it on my tablet because I can't log in on the laptop.
That's a pretty colour. Well done you (on your horticulture, NOT your photography!)
I was unable to take a photo that wasn't blurred!
Congratulations. I am pleased for you. Mine are looking bigger and stronger....but no signs of any colourful potential yet.
Fellow boragers, I come with news of my very first flower of the season! Exciting times ahead! It's a gorgeous purpley pink. I'll try and get photos
Well it isn't too bad on our patch. Saw a "red admiral" type butterfly for the first time in a good few years last week. Loads of small light blue butterflies all over the place. I've rescued a couple of bees from the windows internally this month, and have been bumping into a few outside. I've really been noticing all the wild flowers too this year? Perhaps I'm just full of the joys of late pring/early summer.
I find a couple of the "hedgerow" type flowers I've thought worthy of a quick photo....again, bear with.
Good stuff!
out_of_step said:phacelia
I just looked that up.
Last year I gave my friend a mixed wildflower pack to sow in his front garden.
This year it's mainly one flower I couldn't identify, but had lot of bees on.
Inadvertently, you have identified it for me!
Photo above, but not very well focussed, as on my phone.
Thank you.
Ah, you are experiencing it too then?
I saw a Brimstone yesterday at Mottisfont.
Fingers crossed then that with the summer actually arriving at last, after an awful spring (at least in the south of England), nature may catch up
You can't beat phacelia for attracting bees. They absolutely love it
I am hoping it is due to the cooler weather and less sun. When we had sun last week I saw a speckled wood and a peacock butterfly on my walk. When we had warm weather earlier in the year I saw a Brimstone.
Yes miss!
It isn't the end of the world. They will come if you have the flowers.
out_of_step said:I spotted my first cinnabar moth if the year thr other day.
Photo onto the insect thread please.
Me too. Patience my friend!
They've emigrated to Wales.
You've got my bees
Even after nurturing Rambo all these weeks i have Borage envy