This past weekend I had the first of four Gratitude Garden 2018 Events.
Our subject was MIXED MEDIA SELFIES!
We
took a great garden tour, and I realized that I do have a lot of
medicinal plants at Gratitude Garden. One new member of the garden plant
family is Borage! I scored some seeds, from Carlos' garden last September while I visited his home in Montara CA
Borage also known as Starflower is a
beautiful flowering plant that grows in the wild in the Mediterranean.
It is cultivated and used widely throughout Europe for its healing
properties and for a nice addition to a salad. Borage is also cultivated
in the US, where it is more popular as an herbal supplement rather than
a food product. The leaves are robust and have medicinal properties and
the topper of the plant is a striking blue star shaped flower hence the
name. The flowers are edible as well and are often found candied for
cake decorations or made into sweet syrups. In Italy it is served as a
side dish much like a serving of vegetables.
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