The Day Lillies Are Blooming!

Summer is here, with Strawberries to eat and the bank of Day Lillies blooming out front. Last summer I was delighted to find out that

Day Lillies are edible!

They are so tasty added to salads.

Doesn't Sister-Bug look so...One...in that post? She's grown so much in a year!

Find some Day Lillies. Eat them. Enjoy.

What is your favorite edible flower?

12 Reasons to Frequent Your Local Farmers Market

Eugene, Oregon and the surrounding Willamette Valley is full of amazing farms that grow hugely diverse crops. We boast an amazing Farmers Market. What does your Local Market have?

Pink oyster mushrooms. We will be tasting these tonight...

Assorted fresh breads... not pictured are the amazing pastries these folks make.

Onions and tomatoes...

I never can decide what kind of berries I want to buy when they are all ripe at once...

Picked early this morning....

Just get near the basil and breathe deep...

These pepper plants have me eyeballing good sun spots for next year's garden...

Roasted hazlenuts... use in chocolate confections, pesto, or anywhere else.

It's all so bountiful - as through a huge cornucopia spilled out, covering these two blocks.

Melons are finally ripe and so sweet.

Fresh, raw honey...and the beeswax that comes with it.

And flowers. I love seeing people walking around market with an armful of flowers.

There was extra milk in my fridge, a whole gallon. Luckily the time was right, the weather was good, and the basil and tomatoes... well, you saw the pictures. With half an hour in the kitchen to make some mozzarella, as well as a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar...

Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil, drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and we are ready for dinner.

...we enjoyed a perfect Caprese Salad for dinner.

Do you shop at your Farmers Market? What is your favorite thing to get there?

Crisp and Tasty

Our new house is blessed with a bank of Day Lillies out front - both orange and a deep red.



I considered this quite a blessing because flowers are lovely and Day Lillies need little special attention.

A friend, visiting from elsewhere, enlightened my to the delightful prospect of eating Day Lilly petals! They are incredibly crisp and bitable, with a melon flavor. Melon might not be the best descriptor, but it is the best I can think of.

A google search has found lots of pages with recipes galore, like this page.

For now, I think I will add them to salads. It's amazing how a few flowers or petals make a salad so much more delightful, as well as appetizing to the Little-Bugs. Thanks to my friend for the new edible flower!