Medicine for Free
Grow your own medicine ! Nasturtiums are easy to grow from seed. This summer our garden is full of them and I love them ! The native peoples of Peru used the leaves as a tea to treat coughs, colds and flu, as well as menstrual and respiratory difficulties. Being high in vitamin C, nasturtiums act as a natural antibiotic, and as such were used topically as a poultice for minor cuts and scratches. They also have anti-fungal properties.
Now, I've never eaten one yet - but I'm very tempted. I've read that they're delicious - both flowers and leaves, and also the succulent stems. They also attract butterflies to lay their eggs on them, slugs and snails don't like them. A gardener's dream. Seems you can't go wrong with nasturtiums.
Full of admiration for them, I took a picture of some, and turned this one into a painting using Topaz Impression 2, adding a slight texture of my own.
Thanks as always for all your wonderful support and positive criticism ... I'm not finding much time to learn but I'm trying ! A challenge. If you'll eat a nasturtium let me know how you like it please. If you will, I will !
Here's a little music you might remember and still like - I love it !!
Dire Straits, Money for Nothing
UPDATE ! Today, 6 August 2016, I ate 2 nasturtium flowers and quite a few young leaves. I can verify that they are LOVELY - very like watercress, only more so ! :o)
Medicine for Free
Grow your own medicine ! Nasturtiums are easy to grow from seed. This summer our garden is full of them and I love them ! The native peoples of Peru used the leaves as a tea to treat coughs, colds and flu, as well as menstrual and respiratory difficulties. Being high in vitamin C, nasturtiums act as a natural antibiotic, and as such were used topically as a poultice for minor cuts and scratches. They also have anti-fungal properties.
Now, I've never eaten one yet - but I'm very tempted. I've read that they're delicious - both flowers and leaves, and also the succulent stems. They also attract butterflies to lay their eggs on them, slugs and snails don't like them. A gardener's dream. Seems you can't go wrong with nasturtiums.
Full of admiration for them, I took a picture of some, and turned this one into a painting using Topaz Impression 2, adding a slight texture of my own.
Thanks as always for all your wonderful support and positive criticism ... I'm not finding much time to learn but I'm trying ! A challenge. If you'll eat a nasturtium let me know how you like it please. If you will, I will !
Here's a little music you might remember and still like - I love it !!
Dire Straits, Money for Nothing
UPDATE ! Today, 6 August 2016, I ate 2 nasturtium flowers and quite a few young leaves. I can verify that they are LOVELY - very like watercress, only more so ! :o)