oldherbaceous wrote:An interesting statement on "Farming today" on radio 4, was that you get better quality strawberries, if the bees that are pollinating them are visiting wild flowers as well.

Did they mean wild strawberries, or wild flowers like poppies etc? I'm curious to know the reasoning behind that.

I dont use much sage as it's such a strong smell, but it is very good for sore throats if you steep a few leaves in boiling water and then gargle with it. You shouldn't have any trouble dividing it and hard and soft wood cuttings usually take easily. I've put a few on a steep sunny banking as groun...

I've never even heard of sage smelling like menthol... but then again, I've only been growing it 2 years myself, so I've not had much time to stop and smell it... A quick google doesnt turn up anything though :/ Me neither. I mean it's not really menthol smelling but sniffing it a lot gave me that ...

oldherbaceous wrote:Sorry i must start checking what i have wrote, as it should have read, shouldn't, not shoul.

Not to worry II knew what you meant.

Afternoon Dilettante, there is no reason why they shoul transplant ok, if there is a root system.....you have nothing to lose trying. Very true, I am not going to stress if I lose it, it just would be nice to have a fairly developed new plant. Hello Dilettante and welcome to the board. When my sage...

I have a sage plant which is now rapidly spreading out and seems to have formed three main clumps on longish sections of stem (which formed from where I ran it over with my lawn mower). The stems have rooted, I'm not sure to what extent, but one of the clumps is growing into the lawn and I want to d...