Comments on: Bread AND Roses http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/ Finding the keys to the future…and trying not to lose them in the mess. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:38:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eleonore Pollins http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-38506 Eleonore Pollins Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:57:53 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-38506 Good day girl, i just enjoy this approach Your current website completely. reach u possess tip to get your <a href="http://xboxkinetic.thewallpage.com/2010/06/30/deathsmiles-limited-edition/" rel="nofollow"> website </a>? ! ? Good day girl, i just enjoy this approach Your current website completely. reach u possess tip to get your website ? ! ?

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]]> By: Kathleen http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15170 Kathleen Mon, 18 May 2009 03:49:40 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15170 Another wonderful side-effect of having edibles and flowers mixed in together is the delightful buzzing of the bees, enjoying the pollen from both the flowers and the vegies. It is likely that you'll have excllent pollintation for your cucumbers and tomatoes (for example) when they are in flower. It sounds like a great opportunity to create a beautiful mix of flowers and edibles. Inspirational! Another wonderful side-effect of having edibles and flowers mixed in together is the delightful buzzing of the bees, enjoying the pollen from both the flowers and the vegies. It is likely that you’ll have excllent pollintation for your cucumbers and tomatoes (for example) when they are in flower. It sounds like a great opportunity to create a beautiful mix of flowers and edibles. Inspirational!

]]> By: Earl Mardle http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15169 Earl Mardle Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:09:05 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15169 I second all that. We have been seriously growing food in our garden for just over a year. My wife is very big on companion planting and attracting pollinators and predators and we have never grown so many flowering plants as we have had this season. Zinnias, calendula, nasturtium, cosmos, cliome, alyssum, thyme, rosemary, sage, flowers and scented herbs out the wazoo. Of course flowers are included I second all that.

We have been seriously growing food in our garden for just over a year. My wife is very big on companion planting and attracting pollinators and predators and we have never grown so many flowering plants as we have had this season.

Zinnias, calendula, nasturtium, cosmos, cliome, alyssum, thyme, rosemary, sage, flowers and scented herbs out the wazoo.

Of course flowers are included

]]> By: Rhisiart Gwilym http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15168 Rhisiart Gwilym Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:44:35 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15168 "If of all your worldly goods you were bereft, And of your store, two loaves alone were left, Then sell the one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths, to feed your soul." “If of all your worldly goods you were bereft,
And of your store, two loaves alone were left,
Then sell the one, and with the dole
Buy hyacinths, to feed your soul.”

]]> By: Pony http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15167 Pony Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:47:20 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15167 I want to make the case for dahlias. I have very limited gardening space (less than 100 sq ft in a community patch) but one 4 x 4 square is full of dahlia bulbs. In this climate (just east of Seattle) you don't have to dig them up in the winter, so mine have been in the same place for 5 years and every year I have armloads of cut flowers from July through October, at least, and enough to give away to anyone who wants them. And they are great for saying thanks for gifts of any veggies I don't grow myself. I want to make the case for dahlias. I have very limited gardening space (less than 100 sq ft in a community patch) but one 4 x 4 square is full of dahlia bulbs. In this climate (just east of Seattle) you don’t have to dig them up in the winter, so mine have been in the same place for 5 years and every year I have armloads of cut flowers from July through October, at least, and enough to give away to anyone who wants them. And they are great for saying thanks for gifts of any veggies I don’t grow myself.

]]> By: KathyD http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15166 KathyD Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:55:29 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15166 The U of M horticulture garden has incorporated some lovely dwark Honey Crisp apples into the landscaping bushes, ferns, flowers. The contrast of that dwarf apple, with those shining red apples right at mouth level is beyond any resistance. Eve would have never stood a chance with these apples, with or without the snake. The U of M horticulture garden has incorporated some lovely dwark Honey Crisp apples into the landscaping bushes, ferns, flowers. The contrast of that dwarf apple, with those shining red apples right at mouth level is beyond any resistance. Eve would have never stood a chance with these apples, with or without the snake.

]]> By: ctdaffodil http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15165 ctdaffodil Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:40:20 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15165 My parents always planted marigolds in with the veggies every year - I remember them saying the scent was undesireable to some worm/grub/bug. Since it was my job to get the insects off plants when I saw them - I NEVER minded the marigolds being with the veggies I plant marigolds in my front planters because they survive the southern exposure well and are for me like the Spider Plant version of a flower - wicked easy to grow My parents always planted marigolds in with the veggies every year – I remember them saying the scent was undesireable to some worm/grub/bug. Since it was my job to get the insects off plants when I saw them – I NEVER minded the marigolds being with the veggies

I plant marigolds in my front planters because they survive the southern exposure well and are for me like the Spider Plant version of a flower – wicked easy to grow

]]> By: John http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15164 John Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:50:35 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15164 One plant we love to grow among the veggies is borage. The leaves are edible of course but the flowers look stunning frozen into ice cubes for a summer drink. They also attract beneficial aphid eating insects such as hoverflies. Greetings from Cornwall, on the other side of the "pond". John One plant we love to grow among the veggies is borage. The leaves are edible of course but the flowers look stunning frozen into ice cubes for a summer drink. They also attract beneficial aphid eating insects such as hoverflies.

Greetings from Cornwall, on the other side of the “pond”.
John

]]> By: grace http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-15163 grace Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:11:10 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/04/03/bread-and-roses/#comment-15163 Rose petal beads made into necklaces. Finished beads are dark brown regardless of color of petals. If black is prefered, add rusty nails to pot as you cook them or cook in cast iron pot. 5 C highly scented rose petals barely covered with water simmer gently 2 hours stirring to break up petals. Remove nails and let sit overnight. For next 2 or 3 days simmer petals to evaporate more and more water. Knead well and form individual round or oblong beads larger than desired as they will shrink as they dry. Pierce each with thick needle, centering as perfectly as possible and thread all on wire and hang where they will hold their shape. Move back and forth daily to keep hole free. In a week they will be hard as rock and can be strung or carved with designs. The beads retain their scent a long time. paraphrased from 1975 instructions of Mariel Dewey grace N Mex Rose petal beads
made into necklaces. Finished beads are dark
brown regardless of color of petals. If black is prefered, add rusty nails to pot as you cook them or cook in cast iron pot.
5 C highly scented rose petals
barely covered with water
simmer gently 2 hours
stirring to break up petals.
Remove nails and let sit overnight.
For next 2 or 3 days simmer petals to evaporate more and more water.
Knead well and form individual round or oblong beads larger than desired as they will shrink as they dry.
Pierce each with thick needle, centering as perfectly as possible and thread all on wire and hang where they will hold their shape. Move back and forth daily to keep hole free. In a week they will be hard as rock and can be strung or carved with designs. The beads retain their scent a long time.
paraphrased from 1975 instructions of
Mariel Dewey

grace N Mex

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