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Landscaping with Edible Plants - Gardener's Corner - University of Illinois Extension
Recognizing that some common landscape plants offer food for the table and that many food plants have practical and aesthetic landscape value can double the benefits of gardening, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.

Using Marigolds In The Yard
Plant them at the back of a flower bed to serve as a backdrop to shorter flowers. Cathy Wilkinson Barash, noted authority on edible flowers suggests making marigold butter by chopping petals finely and mixing them into softened butter.

Cooking With Lettuce
Lettuce is a prime ingredient of many kinds of salads, where it can be used as the main ingredient or as part of a salad such as mesclun, a blend of many different types of salad greens such as cresses, chervil, chicory, sorrel and other herbs, and even edible flowers. Try a quick lettuce salad tossed together with olive oil and balsamic vinegar instead of the usual white or red vinegar.

Greenline-
Given time each will burst into a bright yellow flower, which is why they are called florets. Flowers have been eaten for hundreds of years and they are growing in popularity.

Greenline - Fifty Plants & Flowers You May Not Want to Eat
The general population is being conditioned to accept the idea that flowers are edible. There is both a need and a responsibility within the herb industry to provide enough education to the public so that they can recognize and bypass dangerous plants.


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