Market Farming

["Elizabeth Pike" <pike AT always-online.com>]

I don't have bees, but what I do is plant borage throughout the garden
to attract  pollinators.  I plant 6-10 plants per 100ft row of
tomatoes, cukes , squash, etc, spacing them along the row.  The bees
are attracted to the borage first, then wander over to the tomatoes,
etc.  I harvest a few of the flowers to add to my salad mixes with
edible flowers--they really do taste like cucumbers.  I've always done
this so don't have records for the differences in harvest, taste, etc
if I did not do this.  I discovered this technique at a horticultural
workshop on historical gardening in the late 1700's-a technique that
still works today.

Liz
Morningstar Gardens
Pollocksville NC