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What to do with spring blooms

Jim Garlits

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We're inundated with a lot of blooms right now, being in the thick of spring. But this works throughout the summer into fall, too. You don't have to be a florist or botanist to fill a bowi up with fresh water and float blossoms in it on the kitchen table or another place where the perfume and natural beauty can elevate a room.

This is from my walk around Willow Acre this morning. Iris (slightly juniper-y), Zephirine Drouhin roses, and spent rhododendron petals.

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Anne Miller

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Beautiful. If you have an overabundance take some to the farmers market.

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Jim Garlits

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Another benefit is that now that you've gotten them into the house and enjoyed them for awhile, you can add the edible blooms to your herbal tea.

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Kara Ann

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Thanks for calling out this topic - don't flowers make everything better?

The dehydrator has lots of possibilities - I dry chive blossoms that can bright up food with a sprinkle of color and taste in the mid-winter gray... and dry roses and add petals to tea, throw some of the dried rose buds into packaging for gifts.

I also steep the flowers in vinegar or oil to flavor them for cooking.

And with roses, the very fragrant ones can make an excellent sorbet - including a recipe from Jerry Traunfeld's Herb Farm cookbook.

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Kara Ann

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