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Mike
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It looks like the weed fairly rampant in my garden (and most of the rest of town, judging from front gardens I pass), which until this year I had believed to be borage, but now think is actually green alkanet.
They're both (along with comfrey) part of the Boraginaceae family, so have similar looks and properties.Comment
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We have areas round here rampant with Borage - started appearing the year after there was a lot if grown in the agricultural fields. Don't seem to see it in the fields now, so presumably there was some incentive to grow it at that time Grrrrr
In fact I think it is Green alkanet as the flower are fairly "flat", whereas I think of the petals of Borage being more tubular - easily pulled off the rest of the flower to put in Pimms (just be way of a random example ... of course
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Strange, I've never found that and the stuff I have is definitely comfrey - weird how our senses work differently. I do know that it smell bloomin' awful when rotted down to make fertiliser thoughOriginally posted by spanish_gardener View Post
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Maybe it's just me but confrey smells remind me of Cucumber Water by The Body ShopOriginally posted by Alison View PostStrange, I've never found that and the stuff I have is definitely comfrey - weird how our senses work differently. I do know that it smell bloomin' awful when rotted down to make fertiliser though
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yes, I noticed a really fresh clean smell when I chopped the comfrey y'day. It reminded me of fresh cut grass (I have a v.poor sense of smell, so don't "get" most things)All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Originally posted by spanish_gardener View PostMaybe it's just me but confrey smells remind me of Cucumber Water by The Body ShopCan see I'm going to have to be sniffing it next time I'm down the plot, it's ready to harvest anyway so hopefully nobody will notice I'm acting strange againOriginally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
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Acting strange in the garden....well it's Naked Garden Day again soon, so sniffing the greenery will be the least of their worries
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My lottie is next to one of those hand carwash places and one of the guys who works there already pops by for a chat when there are no cars so I don't want to give him anything else to look at!!! Mind you it might put him off so........Originally posted by Feral007 View PostActing strange in the garden....well it's Naked Garden Day again soon, so sniffing the greenery will be the least of their worries
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Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
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