GARDEN journal
Apr 30, 2020
2 minutes
CROP COMPANIONS
WHAT: Borage with strawberries
WHY: Strawberry plants have numerous pests that can afflict them, but planting borage alongside can deter many of these. A culinary herb with clusters of sky-blue edible flowers and cucumber-tasting hairy leaves, borage is a powerful pollinator, bringing predatory insects – such as wasps – to the strawberries to help defend them, and is also believed
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