While there are a few varieties of borage, I am growing Common Borage. Borage is an herb that you probable won’t find at the supermarket. Best Features: 1) While the stems and mature leaves will get prickly, the young leaves and flowers are edible. They taste like cucumbers! 2) The bees and other beneficial insects […]
Herb Varieties
Garlic Chives
While common chives taste like onions, garlic chives taste like garlic. Best Features: 1) Garlic chives are perennial plants. 2) They have a garlic flavor and smell which is what makes garlic chives deer resistant! 3) Garlic chives have white flowers in late summer/fall. The pollinators love the flowers too! 4) The leaves and the […]
Common Chives
Common chives are one the first herbs to come up in the garden in the spring. Best Features: 1) Common chives are perennial plants. 2) They have an onion flavor and smell which is what makes chives deer resistant! 3) Common chives have pretty pink flowers in the spring and white flowers in the fall. […]
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