What (Else) Will You Grow in 2010?

ruet · December 19, 2009

Borage! Here in Spain it is treated like another cool season leafy vegetable. Once the heat hits it bolts, so the best leaf crop is sown in August to reap in fall.

I'm more interested in Borage for the flowers than for the leaves, and more to attract bees/beneficial predators than as edible flowers. They're definitely going in a salad and/or cake at least once though...

Aside from Borage and Tomatoes, a mix of pollen/nectar producers to attract and retain some of the neighborhood's beneficials:

Cornflower "Bluet Bleu"
Sunflower "Lemon Queen"
Sweet Alyssum
Cosmos "Sensation Purity"

I'd like to plant peas and leafy greens, but I just don't have the space...

December 19, 2009	#31
ruet Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 42	Borage! Here in Spain it is treated like another cool season leafy vegetable. Once the heat hits it bolts, so the best leaf crop is sown in August to reap in fall. I'm more interested in Borage for the flowers than for the leaves, and more to attract bees/beneficial predators than as edible flowers. They're definitely going in a salad and/or cake at least once though... Aside from Borage and Tomatoes, a mix of pollen/nectar producers to attract and retain some of the neighborhood's beneficials: Cornflower "Bluet Bleu" Sunflower "Lemon Queen" Sweet Alyssum Cosmos "Sensation Purity" I'd like to plant peas and leafy greens, but I just don't have the space...