My favorite flowers...today.

 

Do you know anybody who actually takes pictures of dandelions?  Well, I do:  ME.  Or should that be I?  I DO!!  Anyway...I loved this picture with the dandelion and bluets together.  

 

Millions of dollars are spent on herbicides to remove dandelions from lawns and gardens.  I'm not sure why people hate them.   I love them.  I welcome them into my garden, in my lawn, and in my kitchen.  Dandelion greens are edible, and delicious in a salad or cooked, and they are a rich source of vitamins A and C.  Dandelion flowers are cheerful and useful.  They can be made into wine, or boiled for a yellow dye, and they are great food for pollinators.  When they go to seed, they send little parachutes flying all around, we call them fairies.  What's not to love?

 

Of course, we should only eat dandelions foraged from places where we are SURE they haven't seen any herbicide.  

 

Give them a taste, or just enjoy the bright yellow flowers;  dandelions are great!

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!