The Big Yellow Dandelion Invasion

[Lee]

Here they come to herald the arrival of spring. I have just a few thanks to the efforts of my neighbor. The lady across the street, well, let's just say it's hard to tell if the lawn is green or yellow.

Sooooo, do you have lots or just a few.

Anyone into dandelion wine or eating the greens?

 

[Don M.]

We had our "yellow yard" a couple of weeks ago. I set the deck on the mowers a bit lower, and ground most of them up, and so far only a few have come back up. This is an annual thing, and it's of little use in trying to get rid of the weeds....where we live. Basically, if it's Green, that's close enough. A couple of days ago, we got our "absolute" herald of Spring....the hummingbirds showed up...so we mixed some sugar water, and hung the feeders.

 

[JustBonee]

In Texas, we get bluebonnets

 

[Lee]

Bonnie, that is a gorgeous display. How long do they last?

 

[MickaC]

In Texas, we get bluebonnets

This looks like a person is in Heaven....BEAUTIFUL.

 

[Gary O']

Anyone into dandelion wine or eating the greens?

Great scene
…...and good stuff for teas to detoxify the ol' bod

 

[hollydolly]

Here they come to herald the arrival of spring. I have just a few thanks to the efforts of my neighbor. The lady across the street, well, let's just say it's hard to tell if the lawn is green or yellow.

Sooooo, do you have lots or just a few.

Anyone into dandelion wine or eating the greens?

we have none, we put weedkiller down, and we only ever get the occasional one, and we pull it up from the roots...

 

[Aunt Bea]

Still a bit too early where I live we need a few warm days for them to really pop.

This is the time of year that I remember people going out to pick dandelion greens while they are still young and tender.

 

[RadishRose]

I love seeing them, but have never eaten them.

 

[Keesha]

 

[Pappy]

I can still see grandma picking dandelion greens and putting them in her apron. Ate lots of them as a kid.

 

[JustBonee]

Bonnie, that is a gorgeous display. How long do they last?

Usually early March into late April.

 

[JustBonee]

Still a bit too early where I live we need a few warm days for them to really pop.

This is the time of year that I remember people going out to pick dandelion greens while they are still young and tender.

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Something I remember my mother always doing.... I was never a willing participant in eating them though, just didn't appeal to me.

 

[Aunt Bea]

This is the only dandelion that I have to contend with in my little third-floor apartment.

 

[Rosemarie]

Here they come to herald the arrival of spring. I have just a few thanks to the efforts of my neighbor. The lady across the street, well, let's just say it's hard to tell if the lawn is green or yellow.

Sooooo, do you have lots or just a few.

Anyone into dandelion wine or eating the greens?

My guinea pigs love the leaves. However, I'm always careful to pick them from somewhere not contaminated by dogs.

 

[Lee]

This is the only dandelion that I have to contend with in my little third-floor apartment.

Beautiful plate Aunt Bea, is it an antique and a single or part of a set?

 

[Aunt Bea]

Beautiful plate Aunt Bea, is it an antique and a single or part of a set?

It's one I picked up at a jumble sale years ago.

They are German and still fairly common on eBay or similar sites.

The plate reminds me of just how beautiful an ordinary old weed can be if you take the time to appreciate and accept it for what it is.

 

[johndoe]

I was looking them over in my yard when I saw a honeybee land on one. Got me to thinking about a connection between loss of honeybee numbers and spraying gardens for weeds.

 

[Gaer]

In Texas, we get bluebonnets

Ahhhh! That photo made me GASP!!! I want to run out there and dance around in it like Iwas 5 years old again!

 

[jujube]

I wish we had some but they don't seem to grow much in this area. I love dandelions!