Dandelions For the record. Dandelions

[irisblue]

Deal with it

[In_The_Wind]

1. Better than snow.

[irisblue]

5. I call it *Giving the Petal*

Human cuts grass, Dandelions standp up.
Dandelion wins every time

[In_The_Wind]

6. True.

I mow around patches of flowers in the lawn. Drives some folks crazier than we already are.

Dandelions are okay with me.

[Jamastiene]

2. I love dandelions.

People see dandelions in their yard and say they have a jungle. I have Japanese knotweed and Chinese wisteria (and Japanese and American wisteria too). I have sawgrass, or whatever they call it. It shuts the mower down. I have a real jungle.

Dandelions are the least of my worry. I like them at this point, because they crowd out the harder to cut stuff, lol.

[Ohiogal]

3. I refuse

to douse my yard with chemicals just to kill some yellow flowers

[WhiteTara]

4. If Nature has given you dandelions

make some dandelion jelly.

[procon]

7. Get out there and harvest all that free food!

You can use fresh dandelion greens in salads where the slightly bitter taste adds a delicious flavor to plain lettuce. Also try it in pasta salads with a zesty Italian dressing.

Be sure to wash dandelion greens thoroughly. To freeze them, blanch for 60 seconds, drop into an ice water bath, drain and portion into freezer bags.

Dandelion greens are wonderful in hearty soups, just use it the same way as kale, chard or any other leafy greens. Dandelion greens pair really well in dried white bean soups to add flavor to the bland taste of the beans.

FREE FOOD! What's not to like?

[IcyPeas]

8. Rolling Stones - Dandelion

thanks for the earworm

[The Magistrate]

10. Thanks For Putting This Up

Soon as I saw the header I thought of this song, it's a good one, and pleasant to hear again.

[sarge43]

9. Honey bees love them.

Here in snow country, they're one of the first flowers to show up. Bees need their pollen for their larva to develop.

[LeftInTX]

11. They don't really grow down here

A few here and there...we get those ugly thistles..but I think I've had one or two thistles in the past 20 years.

Most of our weeds are winter weeds, except hackberries..(ugh) Most Texas natives trees are extremely deep rooted. Birds eat the berries, sit on fences and spawn millions of hackberries.

[abqtommy]

12. I hear that dandelion wine is fine anytime... The leaves can also be used in a salad...