"fimonkey" wrote in message
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Hi All,

Thanks in advance for your answers to my compost question so far.
Herea
re two other questions from a very novice new gardener.

Firstly I've cleared a pact of about 2m square of weeds. It's quite
thick and clumpy soil (not too clay like, but can hold a lot of
moisture and make great mud pies). I intend to let this air for a
while
and keep pulling out any weeds that re-appear ni this patch, then put
my
newly made compost through it. .. How long will it take for my new
garden waster to compost down so I can do this?

In the meantime, Are there any fruit/veg I plant in this area now (Mid
August 2008) It's a relatively shady and very sheltered from wind past
of teh garden.

Secondly, whilst clearnig the jungle I found a patch of lovely blue
flowers. they were evrywhere, so I guess they're self seeding. They
remind me initially of giant blue lobelia, but I'll try to describe
them better. The blue flowers are v. samll and come off a main tall
stem from the centre of the plant, about 1/2 metre high. the remainder
of the plant, if there were no flowers, would look like dock leaves.
Anyone got any idea what this is and whether it's a weed or
cultivated?

Thridly, any good online plant identification guides that go simply by
"blue flowers" kind of characterisation?

Many thanks in advance once again.

Is this the blue flower
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/borage.htm

or this http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/alkanet.htm

Regards,
Emrys Davies