Ubiquitous indeed

[Brian K]

I just looked out my bathroom window as I was getting ready for work and I saw my lawn covered with dandelions. Last Spring this might have bothered me. As an X Marks member, I just smiled.

Regards,

Brian:ootd:

[Bugbear]

"I'm bad; I'm nation wide."

Clearly, this is a sign.

* Sorry, that song was in my head for some reason, and it seemed to fit. Steve's is way better. :ootd:

[ccga3359]

Tis a beautiful sight isn't it? My wife wants me to mow the lawn, she just doesn't like kilts.

[Wompet]

I mowed off most of the dandelions in the front yard last weekend.
But it's okay - they grew back. And they might have spread to the neighbor's, as well.

[Steve Barclay]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xGHMJizES8

[Pleater]

I managed to remove all the dandelions from the gardens here as they are ideal food for psittacine birds, the seed heads in particular make ideal food for the chicks. It has taken many years for the plants to recolonise - there are just a few pioneers, but without the constant harvesting of leaves and seeds I suspect that they will make a rapid bid for expansion into their former haunts.

At least they are more cheerful than Bellis perennis, though not so useful as a remedial herb.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Bugbear]

I managed to remove all the dandelions from the gardens here as they are ideal food for psittacine birds, the seed heads in particular make ideal food for the chicks. It has taken many years for the plants to recolonise - there are just a few pioneers, but without the constant harvesting of leaves and seeds I suspect that they will make a rapid bid for expansion into their former haunts.

At least they are more cheerful than Bellis perennis, though not so useful as a remedial herb.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

Sneaky little devils, aren't they...

I did consider planting English daisies earlier this year, then decided to stick to desert wild flowers; though I did plant some purple mums by my rose bush.

I'm afraid I have no dandelions, only prickly lettus and sow-thistles.

[KiltedKnome]

Heh, don't malign the dandelion plant. They are food for bees and butterflies. The new greens make a nutritious salad for people; I remember as a child in rural Pennsylania picking the fresh greens for my grandmother to saute with a little butter -- they were great. And she also presented us with a bottle of dandelion wine made from the flowers. So, not only are XMarkers good people, but their emblem flower is good, too.

[Jock Scot]

An awful picture, but as seen growing along the battlements of Dunvegan Castle a couple of weeks ago.

[Panache]

It all hiow you look at things


Cheers

Jamie :ootd: