In this vibrant episode of “The Gardener and Friends,” we explore the enchanting world of edible flowers. Join us as we unveil the beauty and utility of integrating flowers into your veggie garden, not just for their aesthetic appeal but also for their delightful flavours.
Discover the wonders of flowers like rocket, whose leaves are a staple but whose flowers offer a sweet and punchy taste. Marvel at the versatility of dianthus in all its forms, a perfect addition to any meal. Pansies, violas, and the easy-to-grow nasturtiums are not just a feast for the eyes but also for the palate.
Learn how these flowers contribute to biodiversity, attracting essential pollinators for a thriving garden. Embrace the joy of growing your own edible flowers, adding nutrition, colour, and flair to your dishes. We delve into practical tips for planting, watering, and seed sowing, ensuring your floral harvest is bountiful and beautiful.
Whether you’re sowing directly into your garden or starting in a tray, discover the simplicity and joy of growing these edible delights. And next time you visit friends, why not gift them with a unique, homegrown bouquet of edible flowers? A token of love and a testament to the beauty of nature.
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And now we jump to the vegie garden for some edible color options so the thought of eating your flowers it sounds a bit oddd doesn’t it but you know you want some you see he likes the dianthus maybe not so much so why shouldn’t we the point is that there are
So many flowers that are available to us where we can enjoy them for more than simply their beauty and because we’ve kind of placed things in batches and called them herbs and called them flowering perennials or call them a shrub doesn’t mean that they’re not edible in fact most of the reasons why
Plants from back when they were discovered hundreds of years ago were particularly for those reasons for eating and sustaining us not only that but there’s a diversity that comes along with this and I also think a responsibility that when we incorporate flowers into our veggie gardens or into
Our front Gardens or wherever that we what we doing is we are increasing biodiversity what does that mean means that we’re going to attract the pollinators and without the pollinators we don’t end up with good fruit or good flowers so they really do play a huge part in the
Bigger world of gardening so what our options when it comes to edible flowers cuz I know you might be a bit nervous about like what to use well guys there a couple of store warts that are are really really amazing and the first one I’m going to make reference to is is
This over here which is rocket that we normally grow for its leaves but we let it bolt and you can see I mean these leaves are pretty miserable but the flowers are delicious and sweet and they’ve also got that punch of course another one that you might even
Shudder to think our beautiful dianthus and this is dianthus in any form so whether you do it in seeds or as plants pop them in amongst your flower beds in amongst your veggies and man will they spruce up any for meal and this is another example of various dienst so all
You need to look at is look at the shape and that identifies where that stanus and if all else fails just read the label of course one of the most famous are the pansies and violas as certainly great as additions in any garden and then if you want to
Give your handed it you can also then try them in seed form because a lot of these especially like this little mersum is so easy once you’ve sewn them once guys they will just come up as little volunteers all over your garden so from nutrition yumminess adding spunk to a
Meal and just color instead of buying them why not grow your Own well there my edible flowers are in the garden so have my Nerium been sewn and the promise is there to come and I know that they add depth fanciness all those wonderful things but most importantly they add pops of color and Pops of color is what we all yearn
For and we all want and not only that I think that they are absolutely delightful that we can integrate them into our Gardens remember once you’ve planted especially if we’re going into summer a good watering every day or even every second day with your seeds every
Day even if you need to Mark the spot where you did sew them directly into the soil so that you will remember where to water them remember if you’re a bit nervous you can always refer and you can always use go back to seed sewing in a
Little tray um because that is kind of a first step to take but guys mums are so simple throw them in and watch them grow and for me instead of buying someone a bunch of flowers when you go and visit them you can pick a bunch of edible
Flowers amazing and what did it cost you just a bit of love