Once you have Borage you will have it for life as it seeds everywhere. Blue is a bee's favourite colour! And Borage flowers and young leaves can be used in salads or floated on drinks like Pimms! Val
Kat - I'm a glutton for punishment. The front is actually more of a yard, with fruit trees and veggies here and there in containers and around the edges of the lawn. The back is all veggies and fruit trees. I wish I could take over the neighbor's vacant lot next to ours which is nothing but weeds. Too bad they're not friendly.
Beautiful photo! Borage should self-seed - all over the garden. It grows here all along the sides of the roads and on any rough uncultivated ground. And, yes, it's good to have in the garden because bees love it. Unless they're very young, I think it's better to cook the leaves because they are quite prickly when raw. There's a recipe on my blog, mediterranean-cuisine.blogspot.com, for borage and cheese parcels which were nice.
Chaiselongue - cheese parcels sound great (just the thing for this weekend's bbq). I've already made a few ice cubes with the flowers...they are so pretty in a drink.
Gail - thanks, but now after having seen Obama and the fly, I think I might try a different subject for awhile. Flies are difficult to capture in front of the lens!
That is the most beautiful photo - of both bee and borage - complimenti. Love the idea of putting flowers in the ice cubes, too. We had borage forever, but not much this year. Lots of bees though, and they love lavender, too.
Farfalle - of bees and butterflies(!), it's always a delight to see them at work in the garden. In fact, the task of weeding seems less of a task when you've got these wonderful insects in your company!
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am amazed that you have 2 gardens!
Once you have Borage you will have it for life as it seeds everywhere. Blue is a bee's favourite colour! And Borage flowers and young leaves can be used in salads or floated on drinks like Pimms! Val
Kat - I'm a glutton for punishment. The front is actually more of a yard, with fruit trees and veggies here and there in containers and around the edges of the lawn. The back is all veggies and fruit trees. I wish I could take over the neighbor's vacant lot next to ours which is nothing but weeds. Too bad they're not friendly.
I understand having bad neighbors. Money might make them friendlier.
Beautiful photo! Borage should self-seed - all over the garden. It grows here all along the sides of the roads and on any rough uncultivated ground. And, yes, it's good to have in the garden because bees love it. Unless they're very young, I think it's better to cook the leaves because they are quite prickly when raw. There's a recipe on my blog, mediterranean-cuisine.blogspot.com, for borage and cheese parcels which were nice.
Rowena that is a fantastic photo! I love it! You can see the little hairs on the bee and how he clings to the stamens. Nice work.
Chaiselongue - cheese parcels sound great (just the thing for this weekend's bbq). I've already made a few ice cubes with the flowers...they are so pretty in a drink.
Gail - thanks, but now after having seen Obama and the fly, I think I might try a different subject for awhile. Flies are difficult to capture in front of the lens!
That is the most beautiful photo - of both bee and borage - complimenti. Love the idea of putting flowers in the ice cubes, too. We had borage forever, but not much this year. Lots of bees though, and they love lavender, too.
Farfalle - of bees and butterflies(!), it's always a delight to see them at work in the garden. In fact, the task of weeding seems less of a task when you've got these wonderful insects in your company!
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