Collecting borage seeds

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The borage in our garden at the end of November continues to bloom. There are still bees that, continue to collect pollen.

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The movements of the bees are already quite slow. At this time of year, most of them go into hibernation.

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Now the seeds have formed, from which I started to collect so that we can have from this plant next season.

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Apart from being a herb, sown in combination with certain plants, it improves their growth.

Next year, we plan to plant it in more of the beds, but mostly next to strawberries - it improves their taste and stimulates their growth and next to tomatoes - it can protect them from pests.

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All season we use the leaves of the plant for mulching, and the whole plants are a very good addition to our compost - due to the high content of nutrients.

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Borage manages to spread itself everywhere here and I don't need to collect the seeds! It's a joyful, useful plant. I nibble on the flowers in the garden.

It's great that you have this useful plant in your garden. I've read that borage is self-sowing and easy to propagate, but we have this plant in our garden for the first time and I prefer to collect seeds. Have a wonderful Weekend @riverflows 🌞