 Lady of Shallot 12 June 2025 (Thursday) Up early and after making a flask of tea and some crackers with marmite and thin slivers of cheddar, we were off to Kew Gardens to see the roses. We had a lovely time, and had a really good look at the roses. Whilst Richard wandered taking loads of photos, I took a few photos of ones I really liked, keeping their names to add to each photo later. Lady of Shallot is an absolute fave, as it has been for ages, as is Dame Judi Dench; both were introduced by David Austin Roses in 2009, though I had thought the Lady of Shallot a much older rose… I must be thinking of another. I also did a segment for A Week at the Plot and talked briefly about how to prune roses, and why bees (and other pollinators1) like some rose types better than others. Back at home, there were a few issues ongoing with For Earth’s Sake - it just seems to be one of those weeks… We’d been forecast rain, and had felt a drop or two at Kew, though in the end none was coming so down to the plot I went to water, and I decided to do some pot tidying - which I guess was also a little plot tidying, though it does need a HUGE amount more - maybe at the weekend!
Weather: Sunny start, then dull and cloudy by 9.30am, and feeling much more humid by around 10.30am. The sun then came out early afternoon, and it was feeling a tad warm, though no thunderstorms… Breakfast: Bran Sticks, yogurt, and sultanas Lunch: Egg Mayonnaise, rice crackers cucumber, tomato and radish Supper: Wholewheat spaghetti with broad bean, pesto, garlic, basil and a little cream cheese
4 Comments
Julie V
14/6/2025 01:56:06
I hear you, Paul. The last several weeks have been "interesting" with more hoops to jump through than normal for me too. 🌹 Roses are starting to bloom here too. When I dead head them, I like to save the petals to dry for potpourri for the coming year, so I need to get started with that. I heard somewhere (or read) that women in South or Central America drink a tea from yellow roses(or were they red 😆)to assist with child birth as part of folk remedies. And, cooking with rose petals used to be a thing.... rose water, sugared rose petals.. would you eat them? They might be OK in a proper combination with something. I can't name a savory dish though... rosehip reduction maybe could go somewhere on a savory fall table. Just musing 👍.
Paul Savident
14/6/2025 07:02:01
I think I deadhead my roses a little too late for pot pouring, though I love that idea and do remember doing it as a kid, and making rose 'perfume' too for mum, which was a lovely colour, but... 😁 Over many decades, in fact likely in my first two decades I did cook with rose petals; ice cream (subtle and pale), rose harissa (adding a burst of rose and some heat to a dish), sponges (subtle, though I think needed a rose water kick in the icing), and cashew and rose petals curry which was delightful - mild and fragrant. 👍 Now you have my mind going round with what else might benefit from rose petals. 👍🤗👍
rec
14/6/2025 14:50:52
I find that rose petal jelly or jam is really, really nice. Needs quite many petals and preferably a very fragrant rose though.
Paul Savident
14/6/2025 14:53:50
Indeed, I'd forgotten about Rose Jelly. 👍😊👍 Leave a Reply. |
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