Hi! Otis here!
Momma continues to work hard in the garden and guess what? I am here to help! Or at least keep her company.
First, we stuffed out the weeds by using the paper grocery bags we’ve saved all winter, then we added 3 more strawberry plants to the 4 we already had.
Momma also planted Borage seeds in the strawberry patch.
Borage (also known as Starflower) is edible. The leaves AND the flowers are edible. Borage is a great companion plant for strawberries because they attract pollinators to pollinate the strawberries.
Here is a little seedling just starting in our garden.
Guess what else Borage does? It attracts insects that eat other insects that would otherwise ruin your strawberry plants! How’s that for purrfect!
PLUS, planting Borage near your strawberry plants will cause your strawberries to have better flavor, increased berry production and adds extra trace minerals into the soil which the strawberry plant sucks up making the berries have more nutrients for you!
Holy cow! Borage is the bomb.
Here I am helping out.
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You’re a great helper, Otis. I also learned about the borage plant and I had no idea what great work they do.
Have a purrfect weekend, Otis. My best to your mom. ♥
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We’re glad you learned something, Momma only recently learned of this plant last year. Have a great weekend!
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That is a great way to repurpose those bags…note to self…forget the plastic bags and use PAPER! (Though we use those other bags for doggy poop patrol…)
We learned something h=new here today, Otis! Thanks for teaching us about borage. Companion planting is a good way to do organic gardening!
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We love the brown bags, we also use the brown paper that sometimes comes in Amazon packages as well as newspaper. Glad we were able to introduce the Borage plant. We only learned of it last year ourselves. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Our mom wants us to tell you a big THANK YOU for the info about Borage. Not only is it something that she needs for her strawberries, but look how purrty it is!!
Midnight & Cocoa
Mini & Fluff
Tyler & Marty
Beeb, Beanie & Bella
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Ohhhh, we are so so glad the information was helpful, that’s great. We only learned of it last year, ourselves. We found it very easy to grow, too. You all have a furbulous weekend!
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otis yoo iz so hansum…. mum re-uses the paper grocery bags for the weekly littler exchange to empty the litter boxes
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Thank you fer the compliment! That’s a good idea!
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That was such a nice garden tour and you are quite the entertaining gardener Otis!
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You are such a good helper Otis. I hope you got to keep a few of the grocery bags to play in. XO
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Absolutely! We don’t go without, LOL!
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Our Mom used to plant Borage, but she did not know it was a companion plant to strawberries. She is going to see if she can get some for our strawberries! Thanks for the great hint Otis! And We LOVE to snoopervise in the garden too!
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Oh, yes, snoopervise is a good word, we like that. We ordered our Borage seeds from Amazon. Next time we will order from Baker Creek, tho.
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