All about edible flowers with Tanya from Lovely Greens...

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Edible flowers are growing increasingly popular. But which ones should you grow and how to use them? Here Tanya Anderson of Lovely Greens answers some of the most common questions about edible flowers, and talks about her new book, A Woman's Garden - Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things. It features eight beautiful gardens which all have a specific aim in mind - such as a garden for skin care plants, edible flowers, culinary herbs, grow-your-own veg, medicinal herbs, herbs for the home, plants for craft and plant dyes.
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0:00 Welcome
0:08 The Lovely Greens KZfaq channel
0:31 A Woman's Garden - Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things
1:31 I'm talking on Lovely Greens about different ways to add grow-your-own and useful plants into the design of a backyard garden
2:00 What are the best edible flowers to grow easily? They include marigolds, borage, lavender, roses, nasturtium, pelargoniums and violas.
3:09 Which are the best edible flowers for gin or cocktails?
4:08 How to make edible flower ice cubes
4:59 What are the best edible flowers to use as decorations on cakes?
6:11 How to treat edible flowers when we cut them to use on cakes, salads etc. Should we wash them?
8:07 Which flowers are best for salads?
9:04 Do edible flowers have health benefits?
10:16 How can we tell which edible flowers are safe to eat?
11:09 Jan Billington Flower Farmer website (Maddox Farm Organics): maddocksfarmorganics.co.uk/
11:39 Should edible flowers be organic?
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@GrannysGarden 3 жыл бұрын

I love the ice cube flowers. What a great idea to elevate a drink from tourist to first class.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to wowing people (when we're allowed people again!)

@flowerdiary9689 3 жыл бұрын

New world to me!　 Amazing and Beautiful🌼🥰 I feel like drinking a hot tea in the garden☕ 　Thanks❣

@joanies6778 3 жыл бұрын

I love borage, and so do the honey bees. They have beautiful blue star like flowers that resemble a mild cucumber flavor. I have seen professional cooks use them to adorn a meal, but I use them on my salad. The tender young leaves are edible and the larger leaves can be made into tea. I grew them for the first time last year, and this year I'll be growing more. Last year I put borders and fencing around my edibles to prevent the dog leg lift. My neighbor's cat was sneaking in and using my new raised beds for a litter box. Fortunately, I discovered it early. Removing any waste and then pouring boiling water over those spots to be sure everything is killed before planting.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

I've just had borage land in my garden via a kind bird, or maybe the wind, so I'll try the leaves in tea.

@natashamaddock 3 жыл бұрын

Love this! Two of my favourite gardening KZfaqrs collaborating. Just what I needed on wet and gloomy Saturday morning. 🌺🥰🌸🌷

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's pretty wet here, too, though we've been so dry I'm almost pleased.

@debbebunch9973 3 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOODNESS! THAT WAS SO ENJOYABLE!!! THANK YOU ALEXANDRA!!! 🌼 🌼 🌼

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jeanieling7296 3 жыл бұрын

The glass bowl of ice-cubed flowers would make a very pretty centerpiece....or you could stack them into a tall glass vase. Nice video.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!

@gin-almosthomestead2953 3 жыл бұрын

LOL, food hygiene safe! Yes, It is a real concern :). Thank you ladies for these lovely collaboration videos. You both are amazing!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@nspector 3 жыл бұрын

Three things in order of relevancy: 1. This really brought me back to my childhood. I was, let's say, a taster of things that may or may not have been digestible. Pica, they call it, except most kids grow out of it by age 3 or so. I never did. However, one of the things I ate by the HANDFUL were clover flowers, all clover flowers, because I had been told they were edible and I loved them. I remember the other kids thinking I was "weird." But they were one of the few things I didn't have to hide that I ate because I could just announce that they were edible. 2. I get disproportionately interested in accents. Tanya's accent sounded like a combination of American (or maybe Canadian) English, and British English, maybe a 65%/35% split with the 65% being American? I know it's really none of my business, so not asking for her personal history. Just remarking. 3. Although I've seen a gazillion microphones in videos, for the first minute or two, Alexandra, I thought "Oh what a cute pin to hold her scarf closed.".

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

I remember enjoying clover flowers too as a child. Tanya is American living on the Isle of Man, and she talks about that in one of her videos. And thanks for the microphone spot - I'm always wishing I could conceal it more, but I don't want to cover it up. Sound is the most difficult part of a video!

@nspector 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Yes, even the super experienced KZfaq people talk about the difficulty of getting consistently good sound. I don't think I've seen your earliest videos, but your sound has always seemed good to me. Must be quite tricky, though. Probably a good idea that you do most of your speaking separate from the images of plants and gardens? I don't know anything, but that seems like a way to cut down on the problems of talking while you're walking around, especially outside.

@gillianjones537 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing this book to my attention Alexandra, and thank you for a lovely relaxing but informative videos.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@zitaayube8578 3 жыл бұрын

I am soooo glad to find you. ❤️ Thank you for the collaboration with Lovely greens. I am looking forward to watch all your videos and learn from you.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@rich-ard-style6996 3 жыл бұрын

Great inspirations.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Lulu-ue2lj 3 жыл бұрын

Love this Alexandra!

@conniekeshet 3 жыл бұрын

My gosh!! What an easy brilliant idea. Flower ice cubes. Ive seen vietnameese spring rolls made with flowers decorating them. Also ive seen them pressed into cookies. Ive seen lists of edible flowers and was surprised at how many garden common flowers were listed. I would google all the flowers in my garden.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think I'm going to have to google the flowers in my garden too. Definitely going to make the ice cubes.

@sahabshraddha8453 3 жыл бұрын

Nice♥️ collab💚💛Nd it's knowledge fuulll 🍀🍀❤️ video 😊

@kathrynkramer8345 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@galvinsgarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I need that book!

@nancylafferty8362 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was so helpful!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@squidsquiddly5970 3 жыл бұрын

And for a more hearty flower meal Zucchini flowers can be battered and fried. They are pretty nice :D

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

They are delicious, I agree.

@gardencitychickens9564 3 жыл бұрын

very interesting about the chemicals used on store plants. Thank you again for a helpful video! :)

@RoseMary-vs3io 3 жыл бұрын

Love the ice cube idea👌

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@zacharysimon2952 3 жыл бұрын

I know I’ve said this before, but I love these crossovers! I’m going to check out your contributions to the other channel. Thank you for another great video!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@shirleywilson5959 3 жыл бұрын

Hadn't realised you could eat so many flowers! Guess I need that gorgeous book. Thank you x

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@shirleywilson5959 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden sent for two copies, 1 for a friend

@marilyncoburn4936 3 жыл бұрын

Great questions. A very informative and thoughtful video. Thanks.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@michelepaccione8806 3 жыл бұрын

Great episode. I use chive and arugula (rocket) flowers in salads and sprinkle them on dishes like frittata. They look so beautiful on food.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely! Thank you.

@pansepot1490 3 жыл бұрын

My mom used to prepare courgette flowers. Picked early morning (because they close during the day), covered in egg batter and deep fried. Taste somewhat like courgette but far more delicate.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Yum!

@amyjones2490 3 жыл бұрын

Home grown beauty products are very easy to make and work very well. Just be sure to use them up as they dont contain preservatives. Rosemary Gladstar has written some readable easy to use recipe books.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Good point!

@Lovelygreens 3 жыл бұрын

You can also find many skincare and soap recipes in my book and on Lovely Greens. I also show how to work with organic-approved preservatives to extend the life of lotions and creams :)

@lesliekendall5668 3 жыл бұрын

I've never purchased another bouquet of roses once I found out they breed out the fragrance.

@cynthiabercaw3462 3 жыл бұрын

Marvelous video! Did she say "forcynthia"?

@conniekeshet 3 жыл бұрын

Yup. My sister also says that in honor of my mom cynthia. Im thinking a kid could pick that up as the name.

@cynthiabercaw3462 3 жыл бұрын

@@conniekeshet I love that! Of course, I love the name Cynthia too. :-)

@connie.22 3 жыл бұрын

@@cynthiabercaw3462 ha ha, im laughing at myself. now on the computer im noticing your name!! lovely!!

@cynthiabercaw3462 3 жыл бұрын

@@connie.22 Me too hahaha! :-)

@eileenmc8808 3 жыл бұрын

Great info. Especially the point of the drifting of chemicals, etc. as my home is located near quite a lot of agricultural land. So I suppose even if I tried growing organically there still may be good reason for caution i.e. washing veg very thoroughly. Also, in spring my lawn and garden is brimming with violets. Now I'm wondering if they'd be safe to use. Thanks ✌🐝🌺 em in va

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 жыл бұрын

I think it depends on how close - if you have hedges protecting some of the drift, and the farmland is not absolutely beside your garden, for example, then any violets would probably be OK. And also when they spray - if they spray in, say, spring, then any violets coming up in summer wouldn't be affected.

@eileenmc8808 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you Alexandra. I appreciate you taking time to give me feedback on this issue. 😊

@nakedbananas444 3 жыл бұрын

What an unfortunate stereotypical book title in 2021…

@Lovelygreens 3 жыл бұрын

Don't jump to conclusions by what you think of the title. A Woman's Garden features and lifts up women gardeners who have created their own growing spaces and farms on their own. This idea, and the plants and ideas introduced, are here to inspire a new crop of gardeners and to demonstrate the possibilities of plants ✌💚