Please DO eat the daisies! After falling out of favor for many years, cooking and garnishing with flowers is back in vogue once again. Your kids will love helping you prepare these gourmet flower-enhanced recipes... but don't count on their wanting to eat them.
There are three necessary P's for growing kitchen scraps: potting soil, a pot, and patience. The last P is hardly a virtue among the young, and unfortunately, it often takes a long time for some of the scraps to take root and flourish. But, as with anything you care for, the outcome is truly rewarding.
If your heirs apparent are a bit indifferent to regular breakfast fare, why not entice them with something totally different? A bowl or cup of chilled fruit soup.