Wildflower of the week- Borago Officinalis

Pimms, Pimms Pimms Pimms and borage floating about in it - yum. Taste of the summer.

gasp... hehe its a smashing summer drink isnt it, very moreish

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what a great idea Mookins, i for one will be reading these as i am also a lover of wildflowers i have Borage in my garden the flowers are a lovely blue.

great blog mookins, lovely plant to,, our local co-op has been giving out free wild flower seeds this week to encourage our bees, great idea dont you think,, so ive had a couple of packs and scattered them in my garden,, and like you said the wild ones are beautifull :o))

you will find it seeds freely too. i put the flowers -minus the sepals, into rice salads for a different colour. i also shred young leaves for salads.
i've been growing it for over 20yrs now and i only planted seed once.

Thasnk you Mookins. This is a lovely blog and I shall certainly be following it in the future and as for boring; I don't think so.

Very interesting blog Mookins and I didn`t get bored at all.Thanks.

aah bless thanks guys, was expecting a few groans but this is great. well done to all that have it already SBG thats brilliant 20 yrs!! sanbaz thats very good of your local shop well done them Im hoping my email to gardeners world will be read out about wildflowers fingers crossed.
SK i recently planted mine so not yet up to seeing flowers but will look for your pics if you have any. Thanks Toto and Lincslass I tend to drone on sometimes so prefer to make things short and sweet (bit like me ) hehehe

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Fair play to you Moon what a great idea I indeed will look forward to it - maybe we will start sending you requests - now stop putting your eyes to heaven :)

I wasn't bored, Mookins! It was interesting!

Now I am wondering what you'll come up with next! Please, please not the dandelion! Did you read that this year they have gone mad? Well I can definitely confirm that hundreds of them are growing in my 'lawns'...and sorry, I am not going to eat them! :-(

hehe... no it probably wont be dandilion, I dont know enough about them....YET hehe apart from we also have hundreds

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Thank you for writing this. I haven't been able to find the seeds for years but I have some this year and looking forward to the blue flowers. Interesting information. :o)

Your welcome hun,

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Really interesting. I'm looking forward to next week's blog!

Mook, I am loving this wild blog and Im wondering what the next candidate for discussion will be - come on, come on.. Im too excited to wait!!

oh I am glad people are liking this, its so good for helping me learn.
Am deciding which one to do next am stuck between two so will decide tonight

love to all

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Lovely blog Mookins! I cheated and bought a plant, even tho' I bought some seeds first!!! Decided I wanted it for the bees, then for drinking with Pimms! (even if it will be heavily watered down with lemonade!!!) It's such a pretty plant too!

Nice idea about the wildflower of the week! Borage looks so pretty, the bees seem to visit in droves and of course it doesn't hurt any that it goes with Pimms...hmm, I don't know why I don't have any yet. I learned something new too (about the sparks). Look forward to seeing what you come up with next. :)

thanks for this. I did grow it years ago and you have inspired me to have another go

oh thats good mageth, what bought you round... the Pimms yum yum

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yes.......just remembered I have a bottle in the back of the cupboard from last year!

have one for me then hun
Il drink to the summer to come

and to all my friends here on GOY

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the only reason it was still there was because of the awful weather we had! And as its been pouring down here for the last two days it may still be in the cupboard next year lol

oh bless hehe

will send you over some of our sunshine Mageth

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Have you got sun TODAY??? It's tipping it down here!
I refuse to take Henry out at the moment....

I have a little bit, quite blowy so Im frantically get my washing done, but yes we have some sun
did have rain ALL day yesterday though

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OK. We swapped weather. We had a very windy but sunny day yesterday.

I somerset generally a warm place to lIve Spritz?
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Yes - it's a mild county. BUT we do tend to get the rain from the prevailing west wind!

its my daughters 12th birthday today and I will be stuck indoors with a handful of teeny boppers for the next 24 hours! might have to get the Pimms out!

|t's very wet in Wales too~surprise,surprise! However the rain is hopefully filling my new water butt(2nd one).Lately although we have had lots of cloud we have not had lots of rain which is why I have bought the 2nd butt to fit onto the down pipe from the roof~slimline takes 100 litres,very neat, and hopefully hubby has received it and is sorting it out as we speak!

I need another water butt, too. I shall be looking for one. I'll be picking your brains, Arlene.

I am the proud owner of a....rain gauge!! I am watching the numbers go up..it's a remote from the actual rain collector, so I can read it indoors. Clever, eh?

Mageth, you poor, poor thing. Have you got your earplugs ready? Sympathy from me. XXXXX

my glass is ready Mageth hehe
bless em

happy birthday to your daughter

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Oh, yes, I should have said that...sorry - Happy Birthday!!!

thanks all