Calendula flower/Common Marigold
It's a fantastic companion plant for vegetable and fruit growers. It's beautiful, sterilizes the soil and seeds itself even on dry soils.
🐝Calendula is great for bringing in beneficial insects, therefore pollinating bees love it and really importantly hoverflies love it too.🐝
Hover flies are little flies that just sort of tend to dart about in the air their larvae they're
voraciously hungry and they eat aphids and black flies on lettuces, salad crops and brassicas those aphids will be kept at bay by hover fly larvae, that's why Calendula is a great plant to grow in your garden.
☕You can drink it, eat it and make amazing stuff with it🍜
Calendula is edible flower which can be eaten raw or cooked.
If you enjoy making your own stuff here are some tips what can you do with Calendula:
- Elderberry Calendula Cold and Flu Elixir
- A Simple Calendula Tea
- Homemade Sugar Scrub
- Herbal Deodorant
- Calendula Balm for Diaper Rash
- Calendula Infused Facial Toner
- Calendula Soap
- A Natural Remedy for Irritated Eyes
- Herbal Sinus Infusion Using Calendula, Sage, and Thyme
- DIY Herbal Sunburn Relief Spray
- Simple Herbal Burn Salve
- Calendula, Oats, and Honey Lotion
- DIY Herbal Healing Balm
- Herbal Lip Balm
Check those 14 useful recipes and remedies here.
I like keep things simple, this is how I use Calendula:
- plant Calendula with my veg crop
- enjoy eating its petals raw and give some colour to vegetable salads
- enjoy lovely cup of tea
- dry its petals and use it in cooking (add it to soups, rice etc)
🍵Why not try 100% natural loose leave herbal tea?
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This is what I have in stash from last year. Other jars already gone. I really love the pleasant smell every time I open the lid.
😝What does calendula taste like?😝
🧴It's also excellent skin healer
Calendula contains antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and astringent properties which make it ideal for burns, and it is thought to increase oxygen flow to wounds in order to speed up healing.
Do you need to soothe your skin after cuts and reduce pain and swelling?
Why not try this 100% Natural Herbal Ointment for Burns, Scars and Wounds...
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If you decided you have to have this long-blooming beauty in your garden, get your
🌱seeds below.
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