We wait for their crops but the flowers come first, and make it all possible.
Pepper flowers hang down, so I gave it a little encouragement.
Eggplant.
Potato flowers. We eat the tubers, but potato plants will also bloom.
These are all from our community garden plots in zone 5b Binghamton, New York.
I no longer grow okra but when I lived in hotter climes (Kansas and Arkansas) I did and their beautiful, showly flowers look so similar to hisbiscus. I understand (but haven't tried them myself) the flowers are edible.
Because I didn't go out to take pictures until late morning, it was too late for squash flowers (they close up in the late morning) but I have eaten them many times.
There are also edible ornamental flowers such as nasturtiums, but mine aren't blooming yet.
How do you use garden flowers, if you use them? Cutting? For food or flavoring?
...I have a micro garden this years which is doing well. The tomatoes, bell peppers and zucchini are flowering, I can't wait to pick something!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know veggies had flowers, but now that I think of it, it makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI’m trying to grow sunflowers in a corner of the yard. I tried, unsuccessfully, to grow them last year. Wish me luck.
ReplyDeleteWe don't often think of the flowers for crop plants, but of course they would have them.
ReplyDeleteMy garden flowers stay in the garden. Rarely do I even put them in vases, because one of my house cats sees them and has to investigate. I don't eat them, although I did try the ditch lilies recently, and they taste just like romaine lettuce! I am in the garden enough throughout the day to enjoy the flowers. All vegetable flowers are left to hopefully turn into vegetables. The herbs are allowed to flower too, since the bees love them, especially oregano. Untidy, but important.
ReplyDeleteAll those yummy veggies
ReplyDeleteHi Alana - I spent one summer using a paintbrush to polinate a friend's aubergine plants ... a lot of them! I was house-sitting for her .. you've some good photos here ... take care - Hilary
ReplyDeleteGood to know . Nice blog post.
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