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18 September 2010
Una Carta De Amor
Calendula My Sweet,
Your purposes are endless; Let us begin with edibility.
You are fit to be eaten in colorful confetti salad and herbaceous potato soup.
Your dried petals can be muddled in jojobaoil or grapeseed oil for a taste of infused cookery.
For the chickens, your extract can be added to seed for enhanced brilliance of yolk.
You nest in my medicine cabinet…
You boast anti-viral, anti-genotoxic and antiseptic properties.
Enough of the anti; On to the pro!
Your tincture is soothing for Peace of Mind, Body, and Spirit. To reduce inflammation, to ease abdominal cramps, and to treat irritated epidermis. You heal wounds and sore throats; Is there anywhere you dare not venture?
You are beautiful in my garden, so easy to grow. Beautiful on my patio in a pot, the root of your common name “Pot Marigold.”
Calendula, I am grateful for you.
Share a picnic with dishes from A-to-Z at a twilight picnic on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at Hayes Valley Farm in San Francisco.
Read more about edible plants in the blog post series Nibbles from the Alphabet Garden. The Alphabet Garden is an open collaboration in urban farming, art, and technology, curated by Zoey Kroll/Edible Office.
Photos by Casey Gold
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