Today, I will show you a garden update. What’s been happening in my garden?
Home grown salad crops: lollo bionda rossa & edible flowers to be!
Beautiful figs that are growing in my fig tree! 
Home grown red basil!
Tastes just like normal green basil!
Such beauty!
Home grown red chillies!
East-indian cherry edible flowers!
The low variety!
Lovely white roses!
Pink wild roses!
What do you prefer? The roses or the lovely nail polish??? 
How to use & eat edible flowers?
Edible flowers as a garnish make any dish look special on your table, but be sure the flavor of the flower compliments the dish. Here are a few ideas to beautify your recipes and perk up your taste buds:
1. Place a colorful gladiolus or hibiscus flower (remove the stamen and pistil) in a clear glass bowl and fill with your favorite dip.
2. Sprinkle edible flowers in your green salads for a splash of color and taste.
3. Freeze whole small flowers into ice rings or cubes for a pretty addition to punches and other drinks.
4. Use in flavored oils, vinegraittes and marinades.
5. One of the most popular uses is, candied or crystallized flowers, used to decorate cakes, muffins, cupcakes and fine candies.
6. Asthmatics or others who suffer allergic reactions to composite-type flowers (Calendula, chicory, chrysanthemum, daisy, English daisy, and marigold) should be on alert for possible allergic reaction.
7. Never use non-edible flowers as a garnish. You must assume that if guests find a flower on a plate of food, they will think it edible.
8. Use flowers sparingly in your recipes, particularly if you are not accustomed to eating them. Too much of a pretty thing can lead to digestive problems.
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I love the baby figs and the purple basil. You’re growing some wonderful things xx
Thanks!
I love the chillies and the figs!
ooh thank you, Tandy
Look at your lovely garden…what a wonderful crop of figs you are going to have.
Thanks, Karen! Your flowers were so beautiful too!
Beautiful, Sophie! And you have a fig tree? How divine. Love the photo of the red chilis!
Ooh yes!
I am so jealous that you are going to have FRESH FIGS. Amazing! And beautiful plants overall.
Yes, they are growing bigger, each day!
Your fig tree sure is producing for you, I see a fig at the base of every leaf, bet you can’t wait for them to ripen.
This was just a shot from the middle of the tree!
What beautiful pictures and I’m so envious of your garden!!
Ooh thanks!
This wasn’t all from my garden just a few shots! 
You are growing some pretty exotic fruits and vege. I am jealous
yep, i do! Gardening is so much fun too!
What a beautiful garden – those gigs and chillies rock
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Yes, those figs are special & growing red hot chili peppers is quite easy to do too!
Look at your happy plants! Beautiful!
yes, they are smiling back at you!
Figs!! That’s the best part of all! I looove figs
I am not so much in love with fresh figs but love them dried. i love the red hot chilli peppers way more.
how lovely are the figs??
they are sweet & lovely when ripe.
Beautiful work, Sophie! I never think of using edible flowers, although I have had them once before. They make everything so pretty!
Thank you so much, sweet Koko!
Beautiful garden Sophie…and the little figs are so so cute…I just started to collect edible flowers for my pots and love the tips on your post…
Hope you are having a fun week my dear
Thank you, Juliana!
Thanks & have a great end of the week & weekend to you, my friend! 
I’m envious…figs from your own garden. It must be fantastic!
ooh,..thank you!
I’ll check your site for recipes..I’ve never baked with figs but would love to. Cheers!
You will find 1 , filed under appetizers & 1 filed under food gifts. Thgat is home-lmade fresh & dried figs chutney!
Sophie, love it all, especially the figs! Look at them all! You’ll have to find a way to keep the birds off them..
Thanks! I onlly had 12 ripe ones at the moment. the rest is still small & green & unripe!
Figs! Wow! Of course, seeing all your beautiful garden photos is now reminding me how the tomato plants and many of the herbs on my balcony are pretty mad at me for not getting enough water in the week that i was on holiday until yesterday! ;-p
That’s not so good, hey?
Sophie, those are some seriously lovely figs, do they remain green when ripe or do they turn purple? Do you know the variety? I picking my first set of figs today, a variety called White Genoa and another called Violette de Bordeaux.
They turn purple when super ripe. I have had 12 ripe figs at the moment. There are still + 150 ones on the tree. I have a micro-climat in my walled garden. Sometimes, It will get 43°C!! I don’t know the varieaty. We only bought the house 1/2 year ago!