Nasturtiums will grow anywhere, and often self-seed. They spring up on their own, in the most unlikely places, and try to grow to meet every other plant in the garden. They’re friendly that way!
A Nasturtium Week is filled with pepper and determination. Have you ever eaten the flowers? A hint of sweet and a lot of peppery tang. Delicious!
Life is going to zap you this week. Zap! and a temptation to snarl at someone for their stupidity. Zap! and your own stupidity trips you up. Zap! and here’s an unexpected opportunity, but a grasp the nettle kind of one. Ouchie, but worth it if you really commit.
Nasturtiums also attract cabbage moths – those white, floaty, drifting moths of summer. Their caterpillars may eat your garden plants, but as adults they’re as fragile and beautiful as dreams. Likewise this week may munch on you a bit, but if you persevere, there are beautiful moments waiting to lift your spirits.
Happy Nasturtium Week!
4 responses to “Nasturtium Week”
I tasted one many years ago. Haven’t come across any lately. Didn’t mind the taste. Such pretty flowers though.
I guess it’s climate and soil that makes some plants boom in different places — probably an obvious comment to all real gardeners 🙂
I’ve never been brave enough to taste a nasturtium. I need to put that on my bucket list. 🙂
They’re really sweet and peppery — if you cheat like me and just eat the bit of the flower with nectar — so wasteful!