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Borage

Borage

Borage (Borago officinalis) Borage has a beautiful small blue flower which attracts all sorts of insects, especially bees and hover flies. In our garden it self seeds and spreads everywhere but we tolerate it because it is such a beautiful and useful plant. It has a deep root which breaks up the soil and it […]

Cleavers

Cleavers

Cleavers (Galium Aparine) Cleavers has many different names, two that I grew up with were sticky-willy and goose grass. As children we had great fun with goose grass as it is very sticky and we would pick large clumps of it and stick it to the backs of our friends. Of course, the stickiness has […]