Also, I remember when I was a kid reading a book by Bradbury, called Dandy Lion Wine. Wasn’t as good as Catcher In the Rye, but I like reading any teenager’s books about alcoholic beverages!
Antelopes, zebras, or gazelles do not love lions. As for the ‘king’ part, tigers, hippos, elephants, and PAINTED WOLVES dispute that. Hint: the silly cats are, at best, 30% efficient as hunters. That is, they succeed three times out of 10 attempts. Painted wolves, now, a bad pack is 70% efficient; a good pack might be up to 90%. And painted wolves hunt the same prey in the same place as the big kitties.
They’re not bad for salads and greens. I have a neighbor that has her whole yard covered in dandelions. With the yellow flowers against a green background, their yard is beautiful.
The Spanish conquistadors brought spiky stabby super-mean weeds to California. One variety has seeds that can puncture car tires. They thrive where the grass died in the droughts and they are designed to snag/stab a ride on anything passing by. And then there’s the lovely, soft-leaved, soft-flowered dandelion, cheerful little bits of sun and moon in its stages. I have seriously considered sowing my yard in dandelion seeds in hopes they’ll crowd out the weeds.
Dandelions are early bloomers, providing pollen for bees at a time when there are few other pollen providers. Chemical herbicides are especially harmful to bees when nature is providing few alternatives. And remember that bees were imported to the Western Hemisphere at about the same time as Dandelions. Without bees, agriculture would be markedly different (weaker).
A college friend of my sister’s, who had grown up in the St. Louis ghetto, said to her one morning, “Wasn’t it nice of the University to plant those little yellow flowers in the grass?”
You get a plant that not only helps the pollinators out early in the season, but also a plant with many medicinal uses for humans ! Great for liver health.
C 6 months ago
Or a lot of wining
Dirty Dragon 6 months ago
_It’s not Dandy as in ‘wonderful’, it’s Dande as in ‘nine circles of h-e- double hockey sticks’.
Good morning, crew!
cdward 6 months ago
I’ve always liked them, personally.
gokar 4,la 6 months ago
They taste awesome in salad…the leaves…roots are for making tea, flowers …wine …yea, useless he adds sarcastically
dcdete. 6 months ago
Also, I remember when I was a kid reading a book by Bradbury, called Dandy Lion Wine. Wasn’t as good as Catcher In the Rye, but I like reading any teenager’s books about alcoholic beverages!
JayHill1 6 months ago
The greens are very healthy (more than many gardened plants) and have good flavor. Tea is also a good use of the leaves.
Carl Premium Member 6 months ago
You’re reading the wrong stuff, it’s not an invasive weed, it’s a native species, most of the garden is the invasive plants.
Stocky One 6 months ago
Comics are the first thing to read 6 months ago
Native to Eurasia, dandelions are both invasive and exotic.
kaighn 6 months ago
Dandelions are good for bees, and also rabbits eat them. If Charlie wants pollinators in his garden leave the dandelions be.
Prey 6 months ago
Pedantic Pete here, it´s actually dent de lion (tooth of the lion) because of the shape of the leaves.
Anold Greenman 6 months ago
“Bee food”
HarpGirl 6 months ago
“dent de lion” [French] – tooth of the lion
And yes, I’m a fan. They’re a useful, important plant.
mourdac Premium Member 6 months ago
“A weed is a plant growing where we don’t want it to” Often becomes invasive because of our mismanagement, allowing it to take over.
irishrozez 6 months ago
I love my dandelions and the bees do too!
Painted Wolf 6 months ago
Antelopes, zebras, or gazelles do not love lions. As for the ‘king’ part, tigers, hippos, elephants, and PAINTED WOLVES dispute that. Hint: the silly cats are, at best, 30% efficient as hunters. That is, they succeed three times out of 10 attempts. Painted wolves, now, a bad pack is 70% efficient; a good pack might be up to 90%. And painted wolves hunt the same prey in the same place as the big kitties.
Lions just hired a really good PR firm.
Queen of America 6 months ago
I like dandelions. I know they’re weeds but I like the flowers.
preacherman Premium Member 6 months ago
They’re not bad for salads and greens. I have a neighbor that has her whole yard covered in dandelions. With the yellow flowers against a green background, their yard is beautiful.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member 6 months ago
Where’s my Captain?
Good morning Crew!
jsimpso1 6 months ago
Actually the name is a corruption of the French dent de lion meaning “lion’s tooth”
Bilan 6 months ago
Jonas shouldn’t represent the dandelions, they’re just going to blow with the wind.
[Unnamed Reader - 72241c] 6 months ago
And dandelions are so good for pollinators.
joannepowers Premium Member 6 months ago
Actually dandelions are a great medicinal herb. All parts of it can be used. I heard that it was brought to America by English colonists.
amaryllis2 Premium Member 6 months ago
The Spanish conquistadors brought spiky stabby super-mean weeds to California. One variety has seeds that can puncture car tires. They thrive where the grass died in the droughts and they are designed to snag/stab a ride on anything passing by. And then there’s the lovely, soft-leaved, soft-flowered dandelion, cheerful little bits of sun and moon in its stages. I have seriously considered sowing my yard in dandelion seeds in hopes they’ll crowd out the weeds.
Charlie Fogwhistle 6 months ago
Dandelions are early bloomers, providing pollen for bees at a time when there are few other pollen providers. Chemical herbicides are especially harmful to bees when nature is providing few alternatives. And remember that bees were imported to the Western Hemisphere at about the same time as Dandelions. Without bees, agriculture would be markedly different (weaker).
ZBicyclist Premium Member 6 months ago
If dandelions were hard to grow, we would salute the yards which were blessed with their beauty.
gopher gofer 6 months ago
our “lawn” is a carpet of blooming dandelions right now. don’t know about you, but i think flowers are more interesting than grass… ☺
gcarlson 6 months ago
A college friend of my sister’s, who had grown up in the St. Louis ghetto, said to her one morning, “Wasn’t it nice of the University to plant those little yellow flowers in the grass?”
Shikamoo Premium Member 6 months ago
Dandelions are lovely. A sign on spring.
rgcviper 6 months ago
Dandelions are nice to look at, and it seems they’re useful in nature, too. I’ll take ’em.
’Evening, Crew.
serial232 6 months ago
Dandy Lion wine. Best reason to leave them alone.
Michie Z Premium Member about 1 month ago
You get a plant that not only helps the pollinators out early in the season, but also a plant with many medicinal uses for humans ! Great for liver health.