[Sca-cooks] Borage

[K C Francis]

In our community garden, with 2 bee hives, I foster borage anywhere it isn't in the way of plantings or walking around.  Then it goes into my compost pile.  I don't want to discourage reproduction.  The same goes for poppies, nasturtiums and purslane.  Let it grow until it is a problem.  This last year I let a patch of nasturtiums get too full and it stunted a couple of tomato plants.  While the flowers were beautiful, I really wanted the tomatoes!

 

Katira

 

anything YOU don't want growing in YOUR garden is a "weed"

 


 

> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:41:21 -0500
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> From: ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Borage
> 
> >Borage plants are available at nurserys but just ask any gardner if 
> >they have some to share and then stand back. I only use my own cold 
> >compost as a bottom layer because the seeds aren't killed and I 
> >don't want to strangle the vegetables with borage (or have to weed 
> >it all out).
> >
> 
> I used to deadhead the plants and not let the seeds ripen. Still got 
> a few new plants but not nearly as bad as other weeds I had to fight. 
> It helped that I had it planted in an herb bed that was well away 
> from the vegetables. (Twenty years ago when I still did such 
> things).
> Ranvaig
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