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dammitsammy:
anarcho-horticulturist:
glumshoe:
recoil-operated:
garlic blossoms (allium) balls of tiny flowers, may be white to deep purple. literally just the flowering head of the garlic you use in food. it tastes like garlic. but colorful.
elderflower, the blossom of the elderberry bush. can be battered and fried. excellent with elderberry syrup or honey. tastes fruity with a tiny hint of anise. also good in teas and sweets.
Calendula, also known as pot marigold. (please, verify you’re using pot marigold, not regular marigold. calendula is actually a daisy.) tastes similarish to bell pepper, sans crunch. leaves are also edible.
should be grown with broadleaf plantain:
as a poultices of calendula and plantain can be used to rapidly heal small cuts and scrapes, and are also helpful for other dermatitis. don’t use it on deep wounds though, as it can and will cause the surface skin to heal before the underlying tissues. all of broadleaf plantain is also edible. if bitter.
Nasturtium ranges in color from bright yellow to deep red. it’s peppery and very slightly spicy.
theatsymbol:
I have not but im going to now
Add pics of the tasty flowers plz
recoil-operated:
Spoken like a woman who’s never used garlic blossom in a stirfry, had an elderflower fritter or used Calendula and Nasturtium in a salad.
theatsymbol:
Its such a rip off that flowers don’t taste good
Personally I love squash blossoms stuffed with ricotta and fried in a pan. Not ideal if you also want to harvest squash, though.
Elderflowers also make great wine or cordial! I concur with the squash blossoms, can always just use the male ones so the female flowers can still form fruit.
I thought allium was something Minecraft made up wtf
Regular marigold is also edible. As are rose petals and rose hips (candy your rose petals, or scatter them in your bath, your choice. Make vitamin C syrup out of the hips.)
Also edible flowers: Fuschia, Mallow… Actually it’s easiest if I just link this list
dammitsammy:
anarcho-horticulturist:
glumshoe:
recoil-operated:
garlic blossoms (allium) balls of tiny flowers, may be white to deep purple. literally just the flowering head of the garlic you use in food. it tastes like garlic. but colorful.
elderflower, the blossom of the elderberry bush. can be battered and fried. excellent with elderberry syrup or honey. tastes fruity with a tiny hint of anise. also good in teas and sweets.
Calendula, also known as pot marigold. (please, verify you’re using pot marigold, not regular marigold. calendula is actually a daisy.) tastes similarish to bell pepper, sans crunch. leaves are also edible.
should be grown with broadleaf plantain:
as a poultices of calendula and plantain can be used to rapidly heal small cuts and scrapes, and are also helpful for other dermatitis. don’t use it on deep wounds though, as it can and will cause the surface skin to heal before the underlying tissues. all of broadleaf plantain is also edible. if bitter.
Nasturtium ranges in color from bright yellow to deep red. it’s peppery and very slightly spicy.
theatsymbol:
I have not but im going to now
Add pics of the tasty flowers plz
recoil-operated:
Spoken like a woman who’s never used garlic blossom in a stirfry, had an elderflower fritter or used Calendula and Nasturtium in a salad.
theatsymbol:
Its such a rip off that flowers don’t taste good
Personally I love squash blossoms stuffed with ricotta and fried in a pan. Not ideal if you also want to harvest squash, though.
Elderflowers also make great wine or cordial! I concur with the squash blossoms, can always just use the male ones so the female flowers can still form fruit.
I thought allium was something Minecraft made up wtf
Regular marigold is also edible. As are rose petals and rose hips (candy your rose petals, or scatter them in your bath, your choice. Make vitamin C syrup out of the hips.)
Also edible flowers: Fuschia, Mallow… Actually it’s easiest if I just link this list