What You See Is What You Get. This is a journal blog, an explore-blog, a bit of this and that blog. Sharing where the mood takes me. Perhaps it will take you too.
My mum once used those flowers to make dandelion wine from. It took a lot of picking: bin bags full of them! And the leaves can be eaten as salad, so I am not quite sure where the weed part comes from. Unless you count the take-over anything quality they have...
Hari OM Exactly, Mara mate... Dandelion root 'tea' is fabulous for the system, the leaves delicious, the flowers yielding natural dye as well as wine... but the modern man wants to control, and the Dandy Lion is a rebel!!! Yxx
I love this quote and the other favorite quote that I saw one another blog that says basically the same thing they're not weeds unless you don't want them. You may have posted that! I do love these little yellow flowers and we have them in our front yard
Oh I know them so well. Chickweed is regarded by most gardeners as just that - a weed - but is excellent in sandwiches or salads. Sweet William The Scot
Of course! Although never to my father, who used to refer disparagingly to a successful local Nottinghamshire business growing wild flowers and selling their seeds as "the weed farm"!
Dandelion is from French - is it mane of lion or teeth of lion? (My french is rubbish). You are right we have treated them as weeds for years (and a weed is simply a plant in a place you don't want it) and I had never really contemplated eating them (too many acceptable alternatives to want to try) until I was home in NZ this January. My niece wanted me to show her how to make spanakirisotto and we didn't have enough spinach, but my brothers greenhouse had a spectacular crop of dandelions, so we used those. It worked just fine. They were lush in that protected growing environment, but I suspect they might get a bit bitter though when they are hardened off.
Hari OM You are correct - it is the teeth of the lion... the flower being the mane, the leaves resembling teeth, when fully formed! And they make a great alternative to spinach. The younger the better, just as with spinach... but the older leaves make lovely with cheeses in pastries... Yxx
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh what a great quote and beautiful flower.
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Cecilia
I agree...although hubby Ed may argue LOL!
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ReplyDeleteMerle......
I just select carefully. Like friends.
ReplyDeleteSome weeds do have pretty flowers, just wish they weren't so hard to control.
ReplyDeleteSome takes a little more time warming up to
ReplyDeleteLovely flower!
ReplyDeleteSo true - all the best over the weekend ... Hilary
ReplyDeleteMy mum once used those flowers to make dandelion wine from. It took a lot of picking: bin bags full of them! And the leaves can be eaten as salad, so I am not quite sure where the weed part comes from. Unless you count the take-over anything quality they have...
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Hari OM
DeleteExactly, Mara mate... Dandelion root 'tea' is fabulous for the system, the leaves delicious, the flowers yielding natural dye as well as wine... but the modern man wants to control, and the Dandy Lion is a rebel!!! Yxx
So true~
ReplyDeleteI love this quote and the other favorite quote that I saw one another blog that says basically the same thing they're not weeds unless you don't want them. You may have posted that! I do love these little yellow flowers and we have them in our front yard
ReplyDeleteMy garden is full of deliciously blooming weeds! I love them!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous floral shot ~ I love wild flowers ~ ^_^
ReplyDeleteLive the moment with love Xox
Love it.
ReplyDeleteAnd what fun the children of the world have as they blow the fluffy seeds into the air! namaste, janice xx
ReplyDeleteOh I know them so well. Chickweed is regarded by most gardeners as just that - a weed - but is excellent in sandwiches or salads.
ReplyDeleteSweet William The Scot
Of course! Although never to my father, who used to refer disparagingly to a successful local Nottinghamshire business growing wild flowers and selling their seeds as "the weed farm"!
ReplyDeleteDandelion is from French - is it mane of lion or teeth of lion? (My french is rubbish). You are right we have treated them as weeds for years (and a weed is simply a plant in a place you don't want it) and I had never really contemplated eating them (too many acceptable alternatives to want to try) until I was home in NZ this January. My niece wanted me to show her how to make spanakirisotto and we didn't have enough spinach, but my brothers greenhouse had a spectacular crop of dandelions, so we used those. It worked just fine. They were lush in that protected growing environment, but I suspect they might get a bit bitter though when they are hardened off.
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DeleteYou are correct - it is the teeth of the lion... the flower being the mane, the leaves resembling teeth, when fully formed! And they make a great alternative to spinach. The younger the better, just as with spinach... but the older leaves make lovely with cheeses in pastries... Yxx
I love this.
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