Rose hips?

[moolie]

My rose bushes did really well this year and made the back garden smell wonderful, now I have rose hips swelling at the base of the fading flowers. When do I harvest them? How do I keep them? I remember my Oma and my Aunt making rose hip tea when I was a girl, and never thought about it until just today as I was out watering the garden and noticed all the hips. I know they are high in vitamin C, any other benefits to rose hip tea?

Thanks!

 

[Neko-chan]

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[moolie]

Thanks Neko, I'll check those out

 

[Marianne]

Oooo lucky you! I seem to remember someone making rose hip candy, too. Think I saw it on the tube a while back.

 

[StupidBird]

Lucky! I grew up drinking rose hip tea from hips I gathered in the snow. mmmm!