Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for May 11, 2024

Sing-along time: “Dandelion don’t tell no lies, dandelion will make you wise . . .”

Ray Bradbury knew they made fine wine.

I think dandelions are beautiful.

Many gardeners enjoy the challenge of growing flowers. Dandelions are NOT a challenge!

He gave her dandelions and not roses – Smell much better, and make for yellow noses!

I recently learned from a botanist that there are native dandelions on this continent. They are in the Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska and only produce two small flowers apiece. The remarkable thing about dandelions is that they are self pollinating. I asked why they still had nectar. “It is a gift for the bees.”

Better than globe camomile.

way better than thistle…

Dandelions were brought here as a cheap and easy to grow food source. Unless you use a lot of chemicals on your lawn: Bon Appetit

Roundup®

(… but not the same as the “Roundup” horses are used to, Horace!)

And they’re the first flowers to feed honeybees and other pollinators!

And they’re gaining on us!

Nice job on the isolation of the dandelion in the image software.

Well that’s just dandy.

Horace knew weed understand.

One the ways dandelions get everywhere is when people give up and their yards become seeding havens.

The world’s an eternal plague – from “Covid” to “go weed”…

Dandelions got yellowish indeed

When the horse peed in the weed

A bit like kudzu in these parts.

if you rinse the leaves before you eat them, they’re nice and sweet.