"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Rusty Hinge
wibbled on Saturday 24 April 2010 20:05

scrub the roots and lightly roast them, grind,
and use as a coffee substitute;

Do they contain caffeine?


No.
I consider dandelions a welcome crop _ I can eat the young leaves in salad,
make wine from the flowers and when they get older I throw them in to my
chickens who devour them with gusto and it makes the yolks of their eggs
more orange which my customers like.
Tina

Christina Websell
wibbled on Saturday 24 April 2010 20:18


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Rusty Hinge
wibbled on Saturday 24 April 2010 20:05

scrub the roots and lightly roast them, grind,
and use as a coffee substitute;

Do they contain caffeine?


No.

Then they are *not* a coffee substitute! ;- If I want brown warm water with
no drugs, a handful of earth would be quicker.

I consider dandelions a welcome crop _ I can eat the young leaves in
salad, make wine from the flowers and when they get older I throw them in
to my chickens who devour them with gusto and it makes the yolks of their
eggs more orange which my customers like.
Tina

I agree - I love the dandelions in our lawn - and the daisies and the
whatever-they're called blue things.

There was a time when I was young, that I went with the selective
weedkiller - but no more - the array of colours add interested to a green
canvas.

--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell
wibbled on Saturday 24 April 2010 20:18


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Rusty Hinge
wibbled on Saturday 24 April 2010 20:05

scrub the roots and lightly roast them, grind,
and use as a coffee substitute;

Do they contain caffeine?


No.

Then they are *not* a coffee substitute! ;- If I want brown warm water
with
no drugs, a handful of earth would be quicker.

I consider dandelions a welcome crop _ I can eat the young leaves in
salad, make wine from the flowers and when they get older I throw them in
to my chickens who devour them with gusto and it makes the yolks of their
eggs more orange which my customers like.
Tina

I agree - I love the dandelions in our lawn - and the daisies and the
whatever-they're called blue things.

There was a time when I was young, that I went with the selective
weedkiller - but no more - the array of colours add interested to a green
canvas.

--

No weedkiller has touched my land for 25 years.
If there is a weed I don't want (the greater celadine I made a mistake in
introducing, for example) I will just pull it up.
I do not want dangerous chemicals in my soil.
Tina

In message , Tim Watts
writes
I agree - I love the dandelions in our lawn - and the daisies and the
whatever-they're called blue things.

Dog violets? Field speedwells?
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

andy wrote:
Lots of dandelions this year ( in South East ) especially in lawns -

I noticed that last weekend. And they are going to seed awfully quickly,
too! Unless I'm very much mistaken, my strawberry patch went from not
flowering to in seed within the space of a week.

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:26:24 +0100, "alan.holmes"
wrote:


"andy" wrote in message
.. .
Lots of dandelions this year ( in South East ) especially in lawns -
harsh Winter didn't affect them .......
What's best to treat etc ?

Verdone kills all plants which are not grass!

Oh no it doesn't. Quite a few common garden weeds are immune to
Verdone


--
(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

In message , Christina Websell
writes

"Dave Hill" wrote in message ..

Get out now and pick for dandelion flower wine
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/home-ma...ecipes/417523/
If you want the leaves for eating then you should grow them in the
dark, a bucket or something of that ilk placed over them when they are
just starting to grow.
David Hill
______
Totally agree, why waste them? I made some dandelion flower wine (this is
exactly the time to pluck them) I can't say it was my best for taste, but
it was certainly -hic- alcoholic.
Tina



Absolutely!!
--
hugh
"Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if
I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own
common sense." Buddha

On Apr 24, 7:24*pm, Dave Hill wrote:
On 24 Apr, 17:58, "graham" wrote:



"andy" wrote in message

.. .

Lots of dandelions this year ( in South East ) especially in lawns -
harsh Winter didn't affect them .......
What's best to treat etc ?

Harsh winters won't affect them! *Here, in western Canada, the grass dies
back over winter and most of my lawn is brown atm. *However, this gives the
dandelions a head start in the spring. *They are regarded as a pest here and
if you don't keep them under control and someone complains, the city will
come and cut your lawn and charge you a hefy fee/fine for doing it.
However, they can't keep their own lands under control and the boulevards
will soon be a mass of bright yellow followed a few days later by carpets of
unsightly seed heads. *Weed 'n' Feed is not easy to find now and there is a
hairshirted alderman who wants to ban 2-4-D. *The answer may be one of
these:http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/p...t=2,2300,44822...

Graham

Get out now and pick for dandelion flower winehttp://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/home-made-wine-recipes/417523/
If you want the leaves for eating then you should grow them in the
dark, a bucket or something of that ilk placed over them when they are
just starting to grow.
David Hill

Is dandelion wine a laxative?

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
--

No weedkiller has touched my land for 25 years.

She should have gone to Specsavers :-)

Bill

aquachimp wrote:

Is dandelion wine a laxative?

No. Why?

--
Rusty

®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:26:24 +0100, "alan.holmes"
wrote:

Verdone kills all plants which are not grass!

Oh no it doesn't. Quite a few common garden weeds are immune to
Verdone

And some grasses succumb...

--
Rusty

Tim Watts wrote:
Rusty Hinge
wibbled on Saturday 24 April 2010 20:05

scrub the roots and lightly roast them, grind,
and use as a coffee substitute;

Do they contain caffeine?

No idea.

--
Rusty

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Tim Watts
writes
I agree - I love the dandelions in our lawn - and the daisies and the
whatever-they're called blue things.

Dog violets? Field speedwells?

Bugle?

--
Rusty

Rusty Hinge
wibbled on Sunday 25 April 2010 18:39

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Tim Watts
writes
I agree - I love the dandelions in our lawn - and the daisies and the
whatever-they're called blue things.

Dog violets? Field speedwells?

Bugle?


I'll google those and let you all know

--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

Tim Watts
wibbled on Sunday 25 April 2010 19:30

Field speedwell

I think it's that one.

Very cute - I even ran the mower around them - got a few little patches.

--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.