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Tuesdays with a Twist #208 LINKUP

Good Morning and welcome to another No Rules Party!

Mary's 2017 Planting Guide for the US is now LIVE!

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In case you missed it, I recently announced our Gardens Fundraiser! You can read more at "Why are We Fundraising?"
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I've been busy learning and sharing about SOIL.  Find out more below!

About Healthy Soil

Are you ready for the party?   We're your hosts 

Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
PLEASE welcome back JOYCE @ Heavenly Bodies

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Tuesdays with a Twist #207 LINKUP

Good Morning and welcome to another No Rules Party!

Mary's 2017 Planting Guide for the US is now LIVE!

 APRIL Planting Guide is also available!

In case you missed it, I recently announced our Gardens Fundraiser! You can read more at "Why are We Fundraising?"
This is a big deal for us

I've been busy learning and sharing about SOIL.  Find out more below!

About Healthy Soil

Are you ready for the party?   We're your hosts 

Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
PLEASE welcome back JOYCE @ Heavenly Bodies

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Edible Flowers

Safety First! As lovely as eating flowers can be, it can also be a little ... deadly! Not to scare you off or anything.

-Eat flowers you know to be consumable and preferably flowers you have grown yourself.

-Do not eat roadside flowers or those picked in public parks. Both may have been treated with pesticide or herbicide, and roadside flowers may be polluted by car exhaust.

-Eat only the petals, and remove pistils and stamens before eating

As with any new food, use caution.

Some of the varieties listed are "leafy" crops that bolt (flower) and the flowers are edible.

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE

Often used for pickling purposes. Fresh tuber tastes like a water chestnut and is used in salads. Tubers can also be cooked like potatoes. The edible portion is the tuber or swollen end of an underground stem, which in some respects resembles a potato.

Flowers resemble small sunflowers or large daisies. Ripens in late fall.

ALLIUMS

All blossoms from the allium family (leeks,chives, garlic, garlic chives) are edible and flavorful!

ANISE HYSSOP

Both flowers and leaves have a subtle anise or licorice flavor.

BACHELOR BUTTON

Petals are edible. Avoid the bitter calyx.

BASIL

Blossoms come in a variety of colors, from white to pink to lavender

BEE BALM & LEMON BEE BALM

BORAGE

Blossoms are a lovely blue hue and taste like cucumber!

CALENDULA/MARIGOLD

CHAMOMILE

Small and daisylike, the flowers have a sweet flavor and are often used in tea. Ragweed sufferers may be allergic to chamomile.

CHERVIL

CILANTRO

DANDELION

DILL

FENNEL

LAVENDER

NASTURTIUM

OREGANO

RADISH

ROSEMARY

SAGE

SQUASH & PUMPKIN

SUNFLOWER

I hope you have enjoyed another educational article.  if you have additional questions, please leave a comment below or send an email to mary@marysheirloomseeds.com

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Tuesdays with a Twist LINKUP #206

Good Morning and welcome to another No Rules Party!

Mary's 2017 Planting Guide for the US is now LIVE!

 APRIL Planting Guide is also available!

In case you missed it, I recently announced our Gardens Fundraiser! You can read more at "Why are We Fundraising?"
This is a big deal for us

I've been busy learning and sharing about SOIL.  Find out more below!

About Healthy Soil

Are you ready for the party?   We're your hosts 

Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
PLEASE welcome back JOYCE @ Heavenly Bodies

Add our button if you've been featured!

The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59am.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!