I like to harvest red clover flowers for two reasons. The first is I dry the flowers for future use in my medicinal tea blends. The second reason is simply to feed to our rabbit, Verbena. Red clover is one of her absolute favorite treats to nibble on and the blossoms make her so happy! So what I don’t end up drying for later use goes to her.
Red clover flowers are really easy to dry when I follow my favorite method for drying herbs. I simply place them on a baking sheet and allow to air dry in my oven with just the oven light turned on. They do not take long at all to dry. While they are fresh you can also sprinkle them on salads. My kids like to nibble on them just like our bunny!
For more information on red clover flowers check out this previous newsletter from Susun Weed.
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When I was in the States I often read about growing Red Clover as living mulch, but did not know it was also edible, and for some reason I never looked it up or I would have known it was also beautiful!
It’s funny, but every time I read your gardening posts it seems like you are doing something I wish I were doing, and yet I am doing some fun stuff too. Never satisfied!
I agree never satisfied because when I read your posts I am very envious of your beautiful home that is so different from my own!
The clover is rather pretty isn’t it? It is all in how you look at things.
Hi Cynthia,
Thank you for visiting my blog and about the suggestion of using the almond pulp as flour. Your rabbit is very sweet:)
Warm regards
Linda
The property we recently purchased has the stuff growing all over. I love to nibble on the ends of the individual petals, a nice little sweet treat.
Maybe I’ll harvest some to make tea with later on when it is not so hot out.
They’re very pretty. Glad you rescued them from your hubbie!