hakunamatata Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Does anyone know the French word for Borage? Also, why is nobody talking to me - is it something I said?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 [quote user="hakunamatata"]Does anyone know the French word for Borage?[/quote]It's called bourrache in French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 thank you clair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'll talk to you Margaret, I didn't know the french but my borage is not doing so well at the moment, I put it in a pot to save from the builders who have taken over the veg plot planting cement; its gone a bit straggly and yellow, I drown it every so often in the hope it will stay with me, though I haven't used it yet, the plan was for a little something extra for salad leaves and the flowers, I think trying to make tea with it would stress me out too much![8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 How many do you want, have dozens of white and blue ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Lots please Tony!. I believe its good as a liquid feed for plants as well, or have I got it mixed up with something else (apart from nettles which dont grow down here)I asked a question about cactii but nobody answered, that's why I thought nobody wanted to talk to me but I suppose everybody is too busy in their gardens or, like us, sweating quietly over a glass or two!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phylisbide Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 If you freeze the flowers in an ice cube they look really pretty in a g and t .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I'd use comfrey rather than borage for a feeding tea, seem to recall that Bocking 9 is the bestest type. As for cacti, I used to collect and breed them, mammalerias and I didn't see your previous thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hi Tony, I presume that Mammalerias are ok outside. I have a bed at the front which is difficult to reach with the watering system so I came up with the idea of having a cactii bed. I picked up (painfully) a prickly pear about six months ago, only a small bit and it is growing like mad! I was surprised because I always imagined any form of cactus as being very slow growing and we are at the age now when we cant wait 20 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 As Tony says I think it is comfrey you are thinking of for a feed. I have been wondering where to find it in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 comfrey = consoude (f) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Thanks again Clair you are a font of knowledge [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Not really... I just use a dictionary [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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