Comments on: Ornamental Millet http://leslieland.com/2010/07/ornamental-millet/ in Kitchen and Garden and all around the House Sun, 20 May 2012 01:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tatiana http://leslieland.com/2010/07/ornamental-millet/comment-page-1/#comment-3526 Tatiana Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:23:43 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=7046#comment-3526 I love eating millet, it's a common staple in Russia, and to use it for flower arrangements seems most odd to me. :)I cook it like oatmeal - with half milk, a tbsp or two of brown sugar and a pat of butter. What comes out is an amazing breakfast cereal. <em>Sounds delicious! Have to say I have no idea what would be involved in growing millet to eat - how much space you'd need, how you'd hull it, whether it would be an attractive plant on its way to producing breakfast, etc.. The millets I grow, 'Limelight' and 'Purple Majesty', were developed specifically for their ornamental qualities rather than their value as food crops, so I doubt they'd be worth the butter and sugar if you did cook them up.</em> I love eating millet, it’s a common staple in Russia, and to use it for flower arrangements seems most odd to me. :) I cook it like oatmeal – with half milk, a tbsp or two of brown sugar and a pat of butter. What comes out is an amazing breakfast cereal.

Sounds delicious! Have to say I have no idea what would be involved in growing millet to eat – how much space you’d need, how you’d hull it, whether it would be an attractive plant on its way to producing breakfast, etc..

The millets I grow, ‘Limelight’ and ‘Purple Majesty’, were developed specifically for their ornamental qualities rather than their value as food crops, so I doubt they’d be worth the butter and sugar if you did cook them up.

]]> By: Raining Acorns http://leslieland.com/2010/07/ornamental-millet/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Raining Acorns Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:38:05 +0000 http://leslieland.com/?p=7046#comment-3521 The amazing millet bug is a jazzy looking bug, though I will confess to preferring that gorgeous millet. The millet does indeed make for a spectacular flower arrangement, something I only recently learned (imagine!), when I saw a lovely arrangement put out by Sol Flower Farm at the Millbrook Market (those guys are artists!). The amazing millet bug is a jazzy looking bug, though I will confess to preferring that gorgeous millet. The millet does indeed make for a spectacular flower arrangement, something I only recently learned (imagine!), when I saw a lovely arrangement put out by Sol Flower Farm at the Millbrook Market (those guys are artists!).

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