Nasturtium and borage blooms on the garden salad. Mostly for show. Like painting the green salad with dabs of bright paint.
Posts Tagged ‘edible flowers’
edible flowers
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged borage, creativity, edible flowers, food photography, Inspiration, nasturtium, Photography on June 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
patience
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged edible flowers, edible gardens, flowers, gardening, gardens, Inspiration, Photography on June 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
It has been many years since I’ve spent considerable time outside gardening in a yard. And what I am relearning is patience … a watched seed does not sprout overnight. Even if the package says “full sun” sometimes you have to move the plants into the shade. Overwatered plants die. I need to wait patiently and let them dry out. Squirrels, birds and rabbits and I need to find some common ground, and that will take time. I’m not going anywhere and apparently neither are they.
more tarragon
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged cooking, creativity, edible flowers, food, food photography, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography on May 17, 2020| 1 Comment »
It’s fun (and occasionally frustrating) figuring out as a photographer and as a gardener how to work with light. Given the state of the yard in the new place I don’t expect an outdoor garden to come into being anytime soon but I’ve been hell-bent on creating a new lush indoor herb garden. Okay, doesn’t have to be lush … just healthy and useful.
I’m trying to experiment with a few new items especially edible flowers but for the most part it is the canonical basil, oregano, marjoram, tarragon, and rosemary. Last night I took a certain chef on a tour of the evolving herb garden. He asked what was he cooking for dinner and I said, “Hmmm. Chicken with herbs, garlic and lemon.” He harvested what he needed. As he walked away with a handful of green he turned back to say, “Do you think you can plant more tarragon? I love working with tarragon.” Not a problem.
nasturtium
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged edible flowers, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nasturtium, orange, Photography on March 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
perhaps a blue moon this night
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, creativity, edible flowers, flowers, food, food photography, gardening, healthy eating, indoor gardening, Inspiration, pansies, Photography, violas on May 17, 2016| 1 Comment »
pansy upon pea sprouts and one red tomato
Though in my previous post I mentioned tracking down white blooms, somehow it was the blue that caught my eyes at my flower market today.
violas dressing up kefir cheese
violas dotting the salad greens
sprinkling sunlight on a salad
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged art, beauty, colors, edible flowers, flowers, food, gardening, healthy eating, imagination, Inspiration, Photography, salads, violas on May 17, 2016| 1 Comment »
After confirming that the flowers were edible, Ricky of Ricky’s Market asked me to tell him how they tasted. Well, they don’t taste like much to me, but what wonderful brightness they add to a salad. Like sunlight.
I have to return to Ricky’s soon and I am contemplating picking up some white flowers. If I place their petals upon the dark green leaves of spinach and kale will I be reminded of the moon this time? We shall see. 🙂
guess what
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, edible flowers, flowers, food, food photography, healthy eating, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nasturtium, pea sprouts, Photography on March 29, 2016| 2 Comments »
I discovered a second nasturtium bloom! Just one and inspiration enough for this small spring salad of pea sprouts, red onions and tomatoes dressed with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper. 😉
hot off the press in Alimentum
Posted in Contributing Writer, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Photography, Publication Updates, tagged Alimentum, beauty, Contributing Writer, edible flowers, flowers, food, food photography, food writing, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nasturtium, photo essay, Photography, winter activities on July 12, 2015| 2 Comments »
It’s mid-July, and here in New England, we’re still talking about this past winter. The seemingly unending piles of snow will long live in the memory, and for me, so will the unexpected creativity born out of solitude watching things grow even in the dead of winter. I’m honored to have a series of images from that period featured in the latest Alimentum The Literature of Food. Enjoy!
voila
Posted in Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, edible flowers, family, flowers, Inspiration, nature, viola on June 17, 2015| 2 Comments »
what other seeds have produced
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, edible flowers, edible plants, flowers, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography on June 1, 2015| 1 Comment »
I thought this particular pot held the Empress of India Nasturtium. I’ve been waiting for the bright red flowers but so far all the flowers are this amazing bright orange.
In a medium black bowl I planted my cousin’s viola seeds. After a near fatal encounter with a too bright sun and too little water, so far all goes well.
