Learn how to grow borage seeds. A guide to care for borage from seed to harvest.
Borago officinalis Boraginaceae Habitat: Indigenous to Great Britain, Europe, and North Africa, naturalized in North America. Collection: The leaves should be gathered when the plant is coming into flower in the early summer. Strip each leaf off singly and reject any that are marked in any way. Do not collect when wet with rain or…
Borage is an annual herb, grown for it's beauty and medicinal benefits. Learn how to make borage tea with this simple borage tea recipe.
Our borage is doing so well, our friends Kelly and Austin gave us a couple plants and they came back spreading a lot of mini ones...
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Borage jelly is a fun herbal jelly with a sweet cucumber flavor that's perfect on spring biscuits. Herbal jellies are just another fun way to enjoy your herb garden. In past years, we've enjoyed lemon
Borage tea is a light, tasty drink that's incredibly refreshing on hot summer days. Learn how to make borage tea 3 tasty ways with this easy recipe.
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Borage Flower Bunch at Home Garden 2024
Watercolour, a cyclamen on the recto; a common borage on the verso, attributed to a contemporary of Jacques Lemoyne de Morgues, French school, ca.1560-1575
What is borage? That's usually the first question people ask when it's mentioned. Some folks have it in their "butterfly" gardens since it has beautiful purple flowers that bees and butterflies alike are drawn to. Attracting pollinators in itself is a worthing reason, but there's more. It's edible! Believe it or not, those prickly leaves are the secret ingredient to so many delicious dishes. You can of course use it fresh during summer months, but you can also dehydrate it to use during the cold months. And, how do we use it? Around here, I try to keep a couple of quart jars of the dried leaves in the pantry. We add it to spaghetti - chopped up, in addition to your regular herbs. If you are making a pot roast, toss a couple whole leaves in on top of your usual seasonings. A couple leaves added to the crock pot of stew sure doesn't hurt anything. And, our latest favorite is - Mr. LB chopped some up and added it to his homemade sausage. I think he has just about perfected his recipe - Yum! What it does~ Some claim it tastes like cucumber. I can't imagine eating it in a salad. The leaves are furry/prickly. When cooked, it's similar to most greens and is no longer prickly. When used in addition to your favorite herbs and spices, it seems to meld and enhance the flavors. It's like the sound of an orchestra when the members are warming up individually vs. the sound when they play together- only in flavor rather than sounds. It doesn't seem to add it's own distinct flavor, but brings out the best of all the others. How it grows: In our garden, it has become a blessed weed. We love it, but it drives us crazy. The first time I planted it, I (foolishly) planted a row in the garden. It was beautiful, but we had way more than enough. So, the next year, thinking I was smart, I planted 4 seeds. When they came up, so did a bunch of "weeds" that looked identical. Yep - borage. For the past couple years?? I've not planted any borage seeds. We have beans and borage, tomatoes and borage, chives and borage- you get the picture. Plant a couple seeds somewhere you need a whole patch of pretty purple flowers, but probably not in your garden. Borage is one plant we will probably always have around. We can't imagine cooking without it. Maybe give it a whirl and let me know what you think. Until next time, Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches
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A simple syrup recipe with flavor notes from the borage plant flowers. Think a mild sweet flavor like honey, with a crisp freshness.
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Borage is a beautiful annual flower that's popular with gardeners, mostly for its abundant display of showy blue flowers. It also happens to be both edible and medicinal, and it has a number of uses
Borage: Pictures, Flowers, Leaves & Identification | Borago officinalis
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Borage😮🌸 Borage, also known as starflower, is an annual herb in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region, and has naturalized in many other locales.
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