Marigolds are tasty, and pretty in tossed salads (remove the bitter stamen).
But you should never eat ornamental (non-organic) flowers; too many nasty
chemicals used for their growing. So don't go getting a flat of marigolds
from Stuff-Mart thinking that you've just bought a nice garnish for your
salad.
Marigolds (and other yellow flowers) attract beneficial insects to your
garden, which eat pesky insects.

I am told that rose hips tea is a very good source of vitamin C. I have been
giving Zoe rose hips tea, because I could not find a paleo-friendly,
allergen-free liquid supplement for her. I do not know if the steeping
process destroys some of the vitamin C? Seems like it would. At any rate, it
seems to be working for her. We were trying for an antihistamine effect.
(She had been fed blueberries by her ever-negligent Daddy. Oops.) Rose hips
tea lessened the severity of her reaction.
Stacie

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