{"id":26752,"date":"2022-09-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=26752"},"modified":"2022-09-03T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T05:00:00","slug":"borage-saturday-3rd-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/borage-saturday-3rd-september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Borage – Saturday 3rd September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Borage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Ari here again and I\u2019m going to tell you about my borage, lemon balm and parsley today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sorry that so many of my photos include Wilma. She has this habit of photo-bombing everything I do. What she\u2019s less good at is knowing what to do with borage. Now, let\u2019s be honest, none of us really knows what to do with the borage. The only thing we\u2019ve found is to use the leaves in cocktails. Given that none of us drink many cocktails and the plant has grown very large, the space might have been better given over to something else. What I can say is that it grows very easily and the bees like the flowers, which start pink and then turn blue. It would be quite a nice plant if the stems weren\u2019t prickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilma has just looked up uses of borage for me and it turns out it has a wide range of medical uses including fever, cough, depression, adrenal insufficiency, sedative and reduction of lung inflammation to name but a few. That makes it sound like an all round good plant to have around, although I\u2019m not going to start nibbling it just at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lemon balm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have lemon balm growing near the door to the garden room as it repels gnats and mosquitoes. Mum actually quite likes the smell. It has lots of medical uses too. It is supposed to have a calming effect and reduces stress and anxiety. Drinking lemon balm tea can help digestion, but I\u2019m not going to try it. It\u2019s part of the mint family, so has some of the same effects on getting rid of wind. Wilma says I should put it in the water bowl that Shadow uses as it might help her in that department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parsley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally for today, I\u2019m growing two types of parsley, so Mum can use them in cooking. It is another herb that can help digestion, which is why it is often used in salads and with other foods that humans have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s funny how many things which are \u2018traditionally\u2019 used actually served a useful purpose. Humans always think they know best as we nibble our way around the garden, but the sad part is that it\u2019s very often the humans who are missing out on the benefits of what\u2019s around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m off to see if any more fallen apples are ready for eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have fun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aristotle<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aristotle wants to tell you about his borage. He’s also very happy with his lemon balm and parsley, but not so much with Wilma.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,173],"tags":[63,12],"class_list":["post-26752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-2","category-herbs","tag-aristotle","tag-gardening","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}