As the garden bursts forth in all of her gloriful bounty, my truest joy are the edible flowers. I love going out to the garden in the morning, admiring the dew sparkling on their petals and taking in a deep breath of the dark, damp earth. I love the buzz and the hum of the bees dipping and diving to sip on their nectar and the explosion of of eye candy color greeting me.
Here is a tribute to one of my morning walks and the enjoyment that ensued...
One of my favorite edibles, the calendula flower
The borage inviting me to get up close and savor its exquisiteness
The hollyhocks towing above me in all their regal splendor
Being in the presence of such beauty, I felt their beckoning to be touched tasted and experienced...so I decided to indulge myself!
Life has been busy to the brim these past weeks, so I sat down on the dock to quiet my mind and play with flowers.
Then after I had reached my ~ much needed ~ peaceful inner place...I brought this bowl full of flowers home to the girls so they could participate in the flower fun!
For the flower feast we we whipped up some of our favorite healthy icing (coconut milk ~ only the top half that stays hardish ~ with maple syrup), put it in the icing piper and squeezed a spiral of coconut goodness into each flower.
hollyhocks and borage
The girls and I enjoyed licking drips of coconut nectar and nibbling a variety of flower petal flavors.
nausturtiums with bee balm petals
calendula with a borage star garnish
squash blossom with bee balm petals
How fast the summer has seemed to fly by. As August is coming to a close I hope to spend more time in the garden, filling myself to the brim, before the garden goes to bed until the next growing season. Feeling the need to * just be * in the garden, so that during the long winter months I have a reserve of sunshine and flowers hiding within.
May you enjoy to the fullest these last weeks of glorious summer!
May you enjoy to the fullest these last weeks of glorious summer!
In the spirit of bare feet in the dewy grass
~ Shanti ~
beautiful and delicious!! what a great post!
ReplyDeleteWow, what you did with this flowers is just gorgeous. Thank you for sharing, it just brought the beauty of the season home.
ReplyDeleteWow...now that's a beautiful feast! I wanna come over next time you do that!
ReplyDeletexo maureen
Just magical, as always, Shanti. The photos are almost technicolour in their brightness and colour! Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteOkay AWESOME!!! What a totally rockin' thing you can do with flowers--- eat them!! Hahah I guess I knew you could, but wow, so many of them and so beautiful too!!!
ReplyDelete~Samantha
Many of your edible flower posts amaze me. I am just wondering, do you grow all those yourself? You always seen to have SO M ANY. You must have fields of flowers? I would like to start a bed or two of edible flowers next year but I am just not sure it will be worth the time unless I have huge area for them. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteOur Jewel...I do grow these myself but have no where near a field of them ;).
ReplyDeleteedibles in my experience are quite easy to grow and you don't need a lot of space. calendula I just scatter seeds at the ends of my veggie beds, nausturtiums I grow in a big hanging basket, borage and beebalm are perennials I start from seed...basically start small and watch it grow! so much fun! happy growing. love