Hosta – from garden ornament to taco flower! 💚
Hosta is a plant that many people have in their garden. It is absolutely brilliant and many gardeners use it to create a harmonious bed that provides peace.
💡Did you know that hosta was actually grown as a vegetable? The young leaves are crispy and tasty – and the flowers can be eaten!
Hosta is beautiful, tolerates shade, is a perfect ground cover, and helps make the garden and beds more exciting. And you can eat it!
Try the Hosta taco! 🌮
Large, firm leaves that hold the filling well – perfect for a summer picnic!
Filling suggestion:
1. Walnut and sun-dried tomato stuffing
(walnuts, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, garlic, freshly ground coriander seeds, salt and pepper – blend in food processor)
2. Guacamole
(mashed avocado, garlic, lime juice, fresh coriander)
3. Tomato and sweet corn salsa
(chopped ripe tomatoes, red bell pepper, red onion, fresh sweet corn, black pepper)
4. Yoghurt dressing with coriander, cucumber and lime
(soy yoghurt, fresh coriander, grated cucumber, lime juice and salt)
(walnuts, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, garlic, freshly ground coriander seeds, salt and pepper – blend in food processor)
2. Guacamole
(mashed avocado, garlic, lime juice, fresh coriander)
3. Tomato and sweet corn salsa
(chopped ripe tomatoes, red bell pepper, red onion, fresh sweet corn, black pepper)
4. Yoghurt dressing with coriander, cucumber and lime
(soy yoghurt, fresh coriander, grated cucumber, lime juice and salt)
Super easy to make – and it tastes just as good as something from a really fancy restaurant 😉🌿
Honeysuckle – for bees, bumblebees, teacups and skin care 🌸
Honeysuckle is a plant that many people are familiar with. It is a real magnet for bees, bumblebees, summer birds and other beneficial insects. The delicate, thistle-like flowers add beautiful color and texture to beds and natural gardens, and the lovely flower is especially good in a teacup!
An easy-care beauty that thrives in both sun and shade. And look at the pollen the bee has collected - lavender-coloured little treasures from the flower itself!
💡 Did you know that..
Honeysuckle is closely related to cornflower and has been used as:
• mild diuretic
• help with menstrual problems
• support for digestion, kidney and liver
• and the flowers have been used to treat small wounds, mouth ulcers and eye ailments (as an eyewash).
• mild diuretic
• help with menstrual problems
• support for digestion, kidney and liver
• and the flowers have been used to treat small wounds, mouth ulcers and eye ailments (as an eyewash).
Use Honeybud together with meadowsweet, clover and lady's mantle in your teacup!
🌿 Marikåpe – for women, life and love 🌿
Marigold (Alchemilla vulgaris) - just the name itself is like a fairy tale. She glistens in the morning sun with small drops that collect along the edge of the leaves, like little rainbow treasures. And it's not just morning dew - no, the ladybug itself releases these drops through small "valves" in the leaves, like a kind of herbal alchemical pressure chamber. We call this guttation - and it is precisely this that has given it its name Alchemilla – "the little alchemist".
Maybe you have Lady's mantle in your garden? And did you know that it is also good for the skin, including eczema, acne, and for softening rough and hard skin.
💚 An herb for feminine power and vitality
• Strengthens the uterus and relieves menstrual pain
• Supports menopause, grief and postpartum
• Good for skin with eczema, acne and hard, dry skin
Lady's mantle blooms from May to July – with small, yellow-green flowers that float like stardust above the large, fan-shaped leaves. It thrives as a perennial, spreading like a soft carpet over the ground every spring.
You can often find it in meadows, garden edges and in the herb beds of old ladies and wise women (like me 😉). But, many people have now noticed it in their gardens and beds. So maybe you are one of them, and can go right outside the door and pick up your Marikåpe?
Enjoy lady's mantle as tea, on the skin or in a cake!
🍰 Recipe: Sweet fairy cake with lady's mantle, roses and plantain - a little piece of herbal heaven!
🌿 For the dough:
- 200 g whole spelt
- 60g butter
- 50 g flower honey
- 4–6 tablespoons water
🌿 For the filling:
- 100 g quark (or yogurt)
- 2 tablespoons flower honey
- 50 ml whipped cream
- 1 egg
- 40 g walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 6 tablespoons freshly chopped lady's mantle leaves
- 6 tablespoons plantain leaves
- 6 tablespoons rose petals
🧁 Here's how:
- Mix together the ingredients for the shortcrust pastry and let it rest in the refrigerator for 1–2 hours.
- Mix the ingredients for the filling together and fold in the chopped herbs at the end.
- Press the dough into a pie dish and spread the herb filling evenly over it.
- Roast at 160 °C for 30 minutes – preferably with a little love and a sprinkle of rose petals on top before serving.
Serve with ladyfingers in a cup or ice-cold rose and raspberry lemonade – and enjoy with friends, midwives or in silence under the apple tree ☀️
🌼 White clover salve – soft magic from the flower meadow 🌼
Finally, I want to share a few recipes on how to use white clover. I posted a video on Instagram and Facebook about the fabulous properties of white clover, and it generated a lot of engagement and many questions. It's so fun with such enthusiasm! So then I'll share a little more about white clover and what you can use it for here:
Features:
- Relieves minor wounds, burns, rashes and skin itching
- Mild anti-inflammatory and astringent
- Suitable for all-round ointment for the whole family
- Attracts bees and blooms from early spring to summer
Make your own White Clover Ointment! 🌼
Step 1: Make herbal oil with white clover
- Pick the white clover flowers – preferably in the middle of the day when they are dry and sunny.
- Dry the flower at room temperature for 2–3 days (on a sheet or paper).
- Place dried flowers in a glass, about ½ glass.
- Fill with oil (e.g. organic olive, sunflower, thistle or almond oil). Infuse in one of these ways:
Slowly: Dark and cool for 4–6 weeks. Shake the jar occasionally.
Quick: Boil in a water bath for 1–2 hours on low heat (do not boil). Strain the flowers when the oil is golden and fragrant.
Step 2: Make ointment.
- ½ cup white clover oil
- 1 tablespoon beeswax
- ½ tablespoon shea butter
👉 (You can double everything for a larger quantity)
Recipe (makes about 2 small boxes)
- Melt beeswax and shea butter in herbal oil over a water bath.
- Stir until everything is liquid and glossy.
- Have it if possible. essential oils (lavender, chamomile, orange...).
- Pour into small ointment jars and leave until it hardens (it goes quickly!).
✨ Tips from the Queen Bee:
Use as lip balm, wound ointment, baby bottom cream, cuticle ointment or after-sun lotion. And do as the wise old women say – make a little more than you think you need and share with a friend 💛
💐 Get inspired, pick a gift and enjoy midsummer with us!🌞
🌿 Choose between herbal delights, summer packages and beautiful love from nature.
This complete travel pack includes shampoo, body wash, deodorant and body balm – with fresh, delicious scents that go so well together, you have what you need in mini size.
With this With this wonderful combination of natural products for your skin and body, you are ready for most things in the sun, on trips by the sea and mountains, domestically or abroad.