I love sweet peas and just adore this picture of my mum picking sweet peas in her allotment. A small pot will fill the house with delicious scents of summer. Sadly their pretty petals are poisonous and cannot be used in cooking - although you can use garden pea flowers which are lovely in salads. Such a shame as they would look beautiful crystallised with sugar!
Oh my goodness! I had no idea they were poisonous! Good thing I've never used them for anything!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, they're showing Masterchef reruns here (South Africa), and last night a very nervous Hannah made her first appearance... and a very interesting lavender duck!
Sweet peas are my favourite flowers and yes I did know about them being poisonous! A wee friend of ours was eating the pods one time when she was visiting us and we had to take her to the hospital! She thought they were real peas. I told her you should never eat anything from out of a garden without asking first! Lesson learnt! Your mom is such a pretty lady, just like you!
ReplyDeleteSweet peas are one of my favourite garden flowers. When I travel to Vancouiver Island they grow wild everywhere...such a wonderful fragrance!!!
ReplyDeleteI love sweet peas too! Is that cosmos flowers in the allotment too? Love being in SA during cosmos time - they grow wild along the road at some place and all the colours are so beautiful to see.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that about Sweet Peas being poisonous. You could always make some using petal paste.
ReplyDeleteAngie, xx