I eat a lot of flowers. These all went into a great salad with some weeds. What are these flowers? Come into my post and see!
Camera: Sony DSC-RX-10
Lens: 9-73mm f/2.8 @ 9mm
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 125
Species List
- Pink flowers - Rose of Sharon - Hibiscus syriacus
- Pale yellow and white flowers - Roses - Rose spp.
- Bright yellow on the left - Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale
- Bright yellow on the right - Bristly Hawksbeard - Crepis setosa
- The berries? - Wild Himalayan blackberries - Rubus armeniacus
How did I eat them? I mixed them with a big pile of very young Lambsquarter and Redroot Pigweed, topped with raw sunflower seeds and a blasamic vinaigrette. Yep, this was a great #EatYourYard salad - free for the picking!
- Lambsquarter - Chenopodium album
- Redroot Pigweed - Amaranthus retroflexus
What Do You Think?
What flowers do you like to eat? I would like to know!
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