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Subject: Re: dandilion attack
From: <zvan@my-dejanews.com>
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 99 13:25:31
Message-ID: <MOD$990418.26900@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$990418.24790@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



In article <MOD$990418.24790@rec.gardens.ecosystems>,
t kaufman wrote:
>
> Dear Group,
>
> My lawn is being overrun by dandilions. Short of digging them out by
> hand, is there any way of removing them that might be considered
> organic? I don't want to use nasty chemicals on the lawn my kids play
> on.
>

Dandelion is an ideal spring food, helping remove the liver toxins
accumulated over the winter. Extremely nutritious too.You can pick the leaves
into May, before they become too bitter (June if you have good-eating
varieties in shady, moist spots). Best if mixed with other greens, and
prefers olive oil or other fatty dressings. Of the hundreds of dandelion
subspecies, those with the least lobed leaves tend to be the best eating, but
in early spring they are all good.

Dandelion is also considered one of the ten most important medicinal herbs,
with no side effects. The root is the part most often used for dectoction.
Best unearthed in the late summer/fall, chopped and frozen until ready to use
(as liver and kidney tonic throughout the winter). Unless the HOA has a gun
to your head, you might want to keep these plants around. I never mow before
the dandelions have flowered and set seeds, and when they do, my entire
backyard turns yellow under the blooming apple trees.

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