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baymule
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@Carol Dee my dandelion garden started a few years ago when one popped up in the garden. I left it there. My DH started gripping about it and asked me why didn't I pull it up. With a smile, I picked a puffy seed ball and gently blew on it and watched the seeds float away. "Didn't you ever blow on dandelions when you were a kid?" He just shook his head and called me nuts. Yeah, so what? I introduced our grand daughter to blowing dandelion seed balls and we had fun with them.
The next year, yeah-you guessed it-there were lots of them. I liked the sunny yellow flowers, so I left them. Got to figuring there must be something I could do with them and hit the internet. Made dandelion jelly. Liked it and so did everybody I gave it to. Made tea. Yummy! This year, I added wine to the product list and as I selectively pull them, I save the roots. The roots, roasted and ground like coffee are supposed to be a liver cleanse and I need my liver cleansed after drinking all this durn wine! haha
The garden beds where they grow is where I grow tomatoes. The dandelions are looking scraggly now, with so many tall flower stalks with nothing on the end of the stalk. I have made jelly and dried petals for tea, have enough in the freezer for 2 more batches of wine, so will start pulling them up to make the tomatoes look better. I'll leave a few clumps in the yard for fresh tea until they play out.
I haven't gone hunting in years. Even though we own some land, I would rather watch deer than shoot them. There isn't any hogs on our property, I would hunt them if there were. Feral hogs are destructive and they make good sausage!
The next year, yeah-you guessed it-there were lots of them. I liked the sunny yellow flowers, so I left them. Got to figuring there must be something I could do with them and hit the internet. Made dandelion jelly. Liked it and so did everybody I gave it to. Made tea. Yummy! This year, I added wine to the product list and as I selectively pull them, I save the roots. The roots, roasted and ground like coffee are supposed to be a liver cleanse and I need my liver cleansed after drinking all this durn wine! haha
The garden beds where they grow is where I grow tomatoes. The dandelions are looking scraggly now, with so many tall flower stalks with nothing on the end of the stalk. I have made jelly and dried petals for tea, have enough in the freezer for 2 more batches of wine, so will start pulling them up to make the tomatoes look better. I'll leave a few clumps in the yard for fresh tea until they play out.
I haven't gone hunting in years. Even though we own some land, I would rather watch deer than shoot them. There isn't any hogs on our property, I would hunt them if there were. Feral hogs are destructive and they make good sausage!