DANDELIONS are the BEST INDICATORS of...
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- DANDELIONS - do you HATE / LOVE them? Or you just don’t care.
If you hate it you may have spent a lot of time and money trying to eliminate it. Here’s my understanding of what this plant is doing and how you can save a lot of time dealing with this plant.
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TIMECODES:
0:00 - Reasons
1:43 - #1 compacted soil
3:12 - #2 calcium deficient
5:59 - #3 high acidity levels
6:20 - #4 abundance of shade
7:21 - Dandelions bring beneficial insects
8:38 - Dandelions what stage they are in
10:26 - Summary
Love dandelions💛
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Thanks everyone for learning and commenting. Can you PLEASE SHARE this video with a couple of people or in your social network. IMAGINE the impact if just 1 person in your neighbourhood STOPS using HERBICIDES, on your, your pets and neighbors’ health. Thank you.
Plants are introducing me to peace Thank God for people like you owe the future generation a better🌍🌎🌏🕊🌿🕊
I will share this as a pure indicators of...... click bite. Thumb down.
Biodynamic is great. Glad they made the switch.
long flat stalks and double headers are signs of radiation.They grow fast and are good signs as well as liver cleanse med and food.what is a weed?
Stefan Sobkowiak I really wish I could get my husband to stop using weed and feed. I don’t mind dandelions. And the greens are great for you. My poor pups are being poisoned by that junk. I’m sending him this video. Thanks a bunch!
Happy to see someone talking about benefited of the lowly dandelion. It is the first flower every kid gives their mom.
Theresa Romeo so true
Omg this is so true no better feeling in the world than for your lil one to run up to u with a dandellion flower
Theresa Romeo yes it is! And had I known how good for detox they were as a girl, I would’ve eaten so many, I’d have been the healthiest child in my neighborhood! Great in a salad!
They are the first food for bees in the spring.
Aww that makes me want to cry!
Never was a fan of dandelion until 35 years ago when my son picked a bunch and came running to me with the biggest smile on his face. Priceless 🌺🌺🌺
That is so sweet. Isn't it special how precious associations can change how we feel about things entirely? I never used to like tulips until my boyfriend gifted them to me a decade agi and ever since I just love them and feel happy whenever I see them.
That's so sweet ❣ love that ! 🤗
@@sandraotero5951 yes!! My children gave me dandelions. And now my grandchildren do!! SoI love them 🤗
Oh, that s so sweet. Mine never gave me anytging
When I was around the age of 5 I picked as big of a bouquet as I could carry and gave it to my mother.
But I got a scolding since the dandelions had stained my shirt XD
I love dandelions because they're just flowers that plant themselves everywhere, turning what would be a lifeless piece of land in the middle of a highway intersection (just as an example) into a beautiful little garden
A garden of slimy weeds.
Yes Dandelion wine is so yummy. My mum cooked them and ate them
Us kids ran around like bandits collecting the tasty morsals for her.
By the way my brothers caught frogs for mom. She liked frogs legs fried.
Nothing's as beautiful as dandelions and violets in the spring but of course, we're supposed to mow them up and poison them
@@africkinamerican Ever have a picnic on top of dandelions? They are slimy garbage. Dandelions are ivasive weeds that don't belong in North America. F*ck dandelions!
They are also brilliant for wildlife. Bees love the flowers and birds love the seeds. They are not weeds just wild flowers.
Due to lack of time I've neglected my yard for years now. The first year we had all kinds of weeds. The second year the grass got too tall and flopped and matted over. Now it is absolutely beautiful, it never gets too tall and has a mixture of clover ,mint, lemon balm, grasses, wildflowers, wild strawberries and carrots, and yes dandelion. I even get compliments on it now and I don't do a darn thing to it.
I love it! And I follow a protocol called "No Mow May" leaving all the flowers in my lawn for the bees. This began at a university in Minnesota and has spread to many states ❤
I love walking around snacking on sheep sorrel, queen Anne's lace, purple dead nettle, hairy bittercress, clover, etc.
My kind of yard 😊
@@dfreak01 Sheep sorrel kill kill cancer - Ojibwa Indians used it for that. That's where the 4 herb mixture called essiac comes from, as sheep sorrel is primary ingredient which kills cancer and it has 3 other herbs to keep it from upsetting your stomach. You can find the mixture at any herb store on online. It does work, had a friend with HUGE tumor, she used it for a month and x-rays proved it was entirely gone. There are books about this and science has verified it kills cancerous tumors. Purple dead nettle also is very healthy for you and red clover makes excellent tea, especially iced tea.
How can you hate a plant that is 100% edible from flower to root? Dandelion wine, tea, salad, and the root is a coffee substitute. The jobs that you just taught me that it does... I love this plant even more.
Not edible if the lawns have been sprayed.
Bees love them.
who sprays their lawn :/
anyway. as i was young we had dandelions too, but besides my grandpa asking me to collect them as rabbit food, my parents themself did not know anything to do with them. it was until 40 years later as i discovered that dandelions are a awesome tea. it begged for the question why the older generations were not aware of it? or was it a regional misseducation?
@@chlorone when I was a kid all my neighbors, who were from Italy, ate dandelions. In the 60s and 70s all the young people talked about and sang about dandelion wine
The problem I have is they are so prolific that they crowd out everything else. I don’t hate them like some people, but I definitely make sure to reduce their numbers by extraction method. I use a bulb hole digging tool and that gets the entire tap root.
I love dandelions. The first plant in the spring that I eat is dandelion. I saute the blossoms, use the greens for steaming or salads, make soup with blossoms and greens, and dry the root for herbal tea. I also pull out some dandelions and throw them to the chickens. Did I mention that I also make dandelion syrup for pancakes and ice cream? So many things to do with dandelions.
I'd love to see a huge field of dandelions. I ate the leaves as a child when mom would cook them ,never knew that so much of them could be fixed other ways
Ice cream?
Dandelion syrup !?! I would love that recipe!
Hello! What do you saute them in?
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We need more people like him in the world, looks like he's having a good time.
I almost want to put up a sign telling my neighbors to go away and don't tell me to get rid of my dandelions. I like them.
A yard two streets over had a yard banner read pardon our weeds we are feeding the bees. Yard to yard dandelions, loved it.
You’re a lazy, lousy neighbor. YOU go away.
Dandelion has so many health benefits from the roots to the flowers!!
Before we moved from the suburbs out to the country where we belong, a neighbor delivered roundup to the houses on the block with dandelions. Woke up one day it was on the doorstep. I happily hazmat discarded it. So sad.
@@vickyannpaintingwithoils It all depends on how people were taught from youth and how brainwashed they are by media. I learned from my mom who survived WW2 in Italy to eat greens including what 'Americans' considered Weeds. To me I learned they were food. I only remove from the front yard and let them grow in the back. I made my new neighbor when we moved in a cup of dandelion tea with honey. He loved it and was shocked. I did the same for the pastor who married us. He tells the joke that I made salad from weeds. Educating these people by food helps them understand.
I wish they would start teaching these ecological/environmental common sense lessons in elementary schools. Teach the young and in one generation we can change the country.
I agree with you, but then, it would go completely against big pharma
With many kids being home schooled now, maybe your wish will be granted.
Talk to your assemblyperson this is what they're job is.
Scott's will sue-especially if people learned that clover is nitogen fixing and used to be included in all turf seed for natural fertilizer-until Scott's marketed it as a weed to boost sales. Dandelion is a major food source for the endangered honeybee-clover too.
I have the same wishes as you. But good luck, teachers are all young Millennial leftist preaching the far left Democratic spiracy b*******
I love dandelions. They're good for the soil, super healthy to eat, and they're pretty. I also respect them for their strength and perseverance. When I grow up, I wan't to be a dandelion.
Check out the history guy
When you have a name tag made, use the name Taraxacum Officinale. Have a good time.
If you have 90 seconds I have a recipe and complete instruction to make a wonderful elixir th-cam.com/video/QopCNdqzv5E/w-d-xo.html
Don't forget top food source for honeybees! Dandelions are no big deal. Have things with taproots that get thick as a quarter and can go down seven FEET versus inches. I WISH I only had dandelions. These weeds get a good three feet tall. So I guess I need calcium then. Lol I put clover in my lawn for the nitrogen source. VERY informative.🤔
I love this. Thank you!
here in the UK, one of our most stunning garden birds, the Goldfinch,
eats Dandelion seeds, that's another reason to allow Dandelions to flourish.
I've always considered them 'honey-filler', as bees will often 'fill' their pollen needs early in the season by hitting all the dandelions first...like 'fillers' in foods. The can also substitute in garden salads for using spinach leaves, as they are a 'bitter leaf'...but when chopped and mixed with iceberg loose leaf lettuce, can 'balance' a leaf salad rather-nicely, while providing a LOT of calcium to your diet (at the cost of Spinach's Vitamin K and Iron). Since I'm a BIG advocate of honey bees...I figure 'let them have their dandelions'...at least until the white clover comes in...short of fruit tree blooms, white clover makes the BEST honey!
Dandelion is actually higher in vitamin K and Iron, than Spinach.
*Bro'* you said all that with a Smile
That's great to know. I have thick blood naturally, so I clot way too easy, so vitamin K foods are not wise for me to eat. I may have to look into foraging them now (safely ofc, I'll read before the deed).
Thanks for the tip.😊
IMHO, personally, the white clover honey is better than any fruit tree honey (other than orange blossom!). Which is why I look forward to the white clover blooming in our lawns after the dandelions have gone to seed! Just all the blooms surrounding the house make the whole house smell like honey.
@@EducatedSkeptic i have those on my lawn. i googled searched What is white clover honey?
Clover honey is a thick, sweet syrup made by honeybees that collect the nectar of clover plants. It's mild in taste and light in color, making it a popular choice among honey enthusiasts.
*Thanx for the tip*
Dandelions are a Mothers first bouquet from their Children!
So true! The sweetest bouquet you'll ever get!!
Love this
I became emotional, I got it my daughter too!!
She will be 13 in coming June!!
so true! G-d bless them and you
I thought it’s only my daughter who did this
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. - A.A.Milne
Weeds are just plants you don’t want
Perfect quote ♡
I eat my weeds
I heard it that weeds are plants with a bad reputation.☺️
Many insects are plant specific. Those flowering weeds are what certain insects are looking for.
I love dandelion root tea, dandelion leaves in my salad, dandelion flower powder jelly… But all the neighbors think the yard looks ratty when we have lots of them in the grass! Now I know what they’re all about! I always wondered, thank you!
When I was a kid my grandmother used to send me out to the field behind her house to pick them. I'd come back with a brown paper shopping bag filled and she would make us a salad with vinegar, olive oil, sliced tomato and fresh Italian bread. If my mother wasn't around she would pour me a glass of wine and we had the perfect lunch together. 😀
My grandmother did the same with me! She taught me to pick the new leaves, not the older ones. The older they get, the more bitter. The older leaves can be used to make a digestive tonic, though.
@Culinary Growers Organic LLC Special indeed. Lived to be 102 and fiesty till the end.
What a lovely memory.
What a beautiful memory. My grandmother also would send us out to pick the dandelions for her and also mushrooms in the woods. Today, I don't know the difference between the mushrooms, so I do not harvest any, I know that the wrong mushroom can be fatal.
Mike Keller. Yikes! lol
My mom made the best dandelion greens, stir fried with bacon. She called it "spring tonic". She grew up on a hardscrabble farm in the 30's and they ate everything. I have a sign I'm putting in my yard this year - "Forgive my weeds, I'm feeding the bees!" Neighbors will still harass me but I'm learning to ignore them...
Dandelion greens with bacon sounds amazing! What did your mom do for the bitter taste?
I had to fuss at my mother in law one time. She was bothered by them and took it upon herself to clean up my flower beds. I told her, "Don't touch my weeds! I gottem just the way I likem!" She hasn't touched my weeds since! LOL
Hardscrabble sounds like a board game for smart people. Thanks for the new word!
@@greencaller14 You have to pick the leaves when they are young and a lighter shade of green. Older leaves become bitter.
They harass you over your dandelions? My name is karen but you must have a neighborhood of them. Lol. Thinking about changing my name for this reason but seriously I feel bad for you. Lol
Hello Stefan, I've never seen a video of any 'wild' plants or 'weeds' put out by anyone the way you have done it. Its really educational. Thank you for reminding us the roles of some weeds for humankind benefits!
In Spring, dandelions are a good source of food for pollinators.
The flowers can also be used in making dandelion wine.
In the Summer, the leaves, certain leaves, make a healthy salad.
In the Autumn, the roots can be ground up and dried up to make a very healthy, very nutritious and full of antioxidants, tea.
There's a lot of so called Weeds out there that are edible and very healthy to eat.
Don't forget you need dandelions to see if people like butter too,
(If you hold a dandelion up under someone's chin and it turns yellow from the light reflecting, it means they like butter.) :P
Buttercups!!!
Yes GOD gave us everything we to survive if people would just get out and find out what they are, AND IT'S ALL THERE FOR THE TAKING AND THANKSGIVING
I always told my daughter that dandelions were little spots of sunshine on the ground.
I love that!
lovely!
And now you told me.
Thank you
what a nice interpretation
This man has saved so many of my brothers and sisters.
Signed in appreciation
Dan D. Lion. !
Good one, never heard that one. Thanks.
An amazing and beautiful plant. Excellent video. Do not use the brown kill Roundup.
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😆🤣👍🌄 Giving you the humor appreciation award 👏 🏆
Very informative...thanks.
We sponsor a bee hive every spring. The dandelions are one of the first plants to flower in the early spring and get the bees something to feed from. So I leave the dandelions alone. After the rhodos and azaleas start to bloom out I remove the blooms aggressively and now feel better above leaving the plant for my soil
I sometimes eat the dandelions in my yard! Anyway, I leave the dandelions, the clover, and the other weeds that make pretty flowers because I feel it helps the pollinators be attracted to my yard. My fruit trees and berry bushes are laden with developing fruits now, so I think it works.
My yard is full of them! Lol. One friend's husband said, " I like your flowers!" (Sarcastically) I said, "Thank you!" I just leave them alone. Bees is one reason, now I have more! Thank you!!
They’re pretty. Why did the become a weed? They could just as easily be called a flower
My ex being Japanese would try new things. Before the flowers open fully up she would dip in batter with panko and deepfry them into something like a pakora. I read the flowers are high in lecithin.
@@brycer985, dandelion leaves, plucked early *before* the plant flowers, make good salad greens. Pick them later, when they're flowering, and they'll taste bitter.
@@goodun6081 - Its such a beautiful plant that gets this stigma for being a weed. Its almost like its ethnically being discriminated against by the weedman and peoples overall ignorance of its benefits. I dont dare weed it out of my yard since its so sacred.
Did you notice that bitters have a long history for thier medicinal benefits? James Sloane, a master herbalist from his website Medcapsules.com has excellent info on medicinal bitters.
@@fancysfolly554 ANY plant that isn't where you want it or didn't plant it can be classified as a weed! I have had Sweet Jasmine creeper from a neighbours yard growing, all along the fence, that I regarded as a weed! It was taking over my garden from my next door neighbours!
I remember as a child in the 60’s all the Italian families enjoyed dandelion salad every spring- they are now recognized as a superfood
Same where I come from
I learned a lot from Italian gardeners
I love dand salad with olive oil
The italian families or dandelions? Lol
You sure they did not just pick ruccola/rocket and got some by "accident"?
Old German women did this as well. Almost all poor people across the Midwest and the south picked their own greens for eating and herbs for healing. Dandelion wine was common in the Midwest even back in the 80s....supposedly good for circulation and high blood pressure.
Dandelions remind me of when my kids were little. Each of them brought me dandelions they picked in the yard and they were SO proud! I taught them the importance of dandelions and the job they do for our Earth... and how delicious they can be. We went out to the back yard (where I had a huge garden and never EVER used pesticides) and picked dandelions and fried them up. That was the most fun thing... the kids got a huge kick out of it. So I love the lowly dandelion and allow them to live where and when they spring up...
Dandelions= tea, coffee, salad. Soil protection, soil remediation, is freaking amazing.
Only plant i know that is the sun and moon.
TH-cam algorithm has blessed me with this video, along with a documentary on a guy that took pictures of mushrooms. My eyes have been opened! Thank you for this video and I'm grateful for my dandelions!
Wonderful eye opener.
Search the pond guys shaq
I saw that mushroom photographer doc too! Great video! Glad it connected me to other great natural history videos, like this one. Thanks Permaculture Orchard guy!
The book "The Kingdom of Fungi" by Jens Petersen has wonderful photographs, perhaps some taken by same guy in that documentary? Its a beautiful coffee table book, and affordable too. Just FYI.
Do you know the name of the mushroom documentary?
I just purchased 12,000 Dandelions seed to plant in my back yard. Our sulcate tortoise loves them!
That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard.
You had to buy them! They’re free every where
I hope those are fancy Dandelions
I love this comment! So funny
Your neighbors are gona hate you 😆
Your video just popped up on my feed and I am glad it did! I let the dandelions grow and just mow normally. My neighbors are busy paying lawn-care companies spraying and getting rid of them while mine is wild. I'm sure they don't like it, but my thought has always been the Eco-system first.
Every spring, my grandparents would have all of us pick dandelions to collect and give to them to take to the grocery store for the baker to make into ‘dandelion pie’. We thought this was so good, we did it every year. We never realized it was lemon pie!
That’s so funny.
That is SO funny!
HAHA!!! Grandparents are so smart.
After juicing some carrots I decided to try juicing just a few dandelion leaves into my juice. Amazingly it gave it a subtle chocolate flavor! Really weird outcome!
Anyone else tried this?
"Raising a group of dullards sure has it's benefits!" the grandparents enthused every year as they surveyed their weed free lawn
As a beekeeper, I love dandelions. They're one of the first sources of nectar and pollen in early spring. The bees go nuts when dandelions are flowering. Now, if I could just convince my wife...
You got me convinced and I am not a wife 😎- yet 🙂
Funny they do go nuts don’t they.
@@mandycote5662 that's why you were convinced so easily. But don't worry, once you're married you'll be immune to persuasion.
@@stevem815 😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣
A godly wife reverences her husband💕
And he sooo loves her 💎
I have always loved dandelions! I have fought many battles in favor of the lovely flowers! So glad to hear someone praising the lovely plant. 💖
Wonderful!
Thank you for this video!
I actually grow dandelions in pots for the greens, because everything kept eating my collards and spinach before I ever got any! 😋 😆 I enjoy how bitter and savory they are. Great for soups and stir fry! Your dandelion-filled yard sounds like paradise...and a never-ending salad bar.
Dandelion (entire plant) is full of healthy nutrients, vitamins and minerals... great for healthy liver & kidney function. My fave!
Sherry Vincent My sister used to make me pick a bunch for her & fry them for her....I never felt that looked appealing!
@@SummerLove316 , far better to eat them raw. Uncooked fruits, honey, veggies, nuts, mellons are the most nutritious of food, because they're the only food containing live enzymes. Live food compared to dead.
Wish I had some good recipes.
are the blossoms bitter?
Commenter Five I agree with you to a point. Tomatoes are delicious and a great source of lycopene. However, cooking tomatoes increases the level of the beneficial compound
When I was a kid I told my mom that dandelions were my favorite flower. She chuckled and said dandelions are weeds. A weed is still my favorite flower.
There's no such thing as weeds ;)
Hehe weed is my favourite flower too =p
@ I'll have to be honest and admit that I don't remember all high times, must be all that amnesia I smoke haha.
But yes. Those centrefolds.. irresistible!
You should tell ppl that after your mom called them weeds you said " I love weed ! "
Perception is everything.
Thanks for this video. I am doing a project for a bio college class and one of my resources has dandelions listed as invasive species. It's a little shocking to have educational authorities give such a negative label to a wildly useful and beneficial plant. I am thankful to find your knowledge on these guys.
Then it’s your responsibility to nudge the foolishness out of such curriculum. Be bold and of good courage.
They're not , They are a bit vigorous but they benefit wildlife. Humans need to leave nature alone.
Dandelion leaves are great to eat as greens. Yes, full of nutrients. Just boil, drizzle with olive oil and lemon, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and enjoy them with many other dishes. My favourite, meatballs, french fries, and dandelion greens. Also the juice from boiling the greens can be served as beverage drink, add olive oil, lemon and a pinch of salt and enjoy a very nutritious drink. The lovely yellow flower also makes a nice tea with little bit of honey!!!!!! Enjoy them in your garden, enjoy them on you table.
To all the dandelions I have hurt and killed, sorry, I knew not what I was doing!😭
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Glad you’ve been enlightened
Lol!!! 😁
Haha, I feel your pain man, I have also sinned ☹
Me tooo 😭
Can't remember who said it, but someone once said that " weeds are just flowers in the wrong place". I admire dandelions and always let them flower. Might start eating them as well.
Weeds are in the RIGHT place. They pop up where you live and tell you what is wrong with your health. They are there to heal you, if you care to listen and observe.
the flowers are incredibly sweet , never thought that until I gave up sugar
They are great trail food. Their flavor changes depending on where they're growing. Also an excellent source of Vitamin D
I learned as a child that 'someone's weed might be somebody else's flower', and I always lived by that. Nothing on this earth is without purpose.
They’re a good liver herb as well , I think . I mean as a liver “cleanser” . Ok , just checked , and yes , excellent for a liver detoxifying medicine . Tincture , tea , etc. . Also for a “fatty liver” . Yup .
I used to brew dandelion and orange wine - I had a friend that went wild for it. There was no finer sight in the spring than my beautiful lawn.
My Dad wasn't one to cut grass, he and my Mom taught us they turn into wishes and when blown can grow wherever the seeds land, they taught us that we're the same way. We miss the flowers that used to grow wild everywhere, then they were killed by the chemtrails. It's being cleaned up now. In the end, God Wins!!
You were credible till the foil headwear comment on chemtrails 🙄🤷♂️
@@alangordon3283 and your comment shows your ignorance of the agenda of those going for global control....better get your booster booster
@@alangordon3283 I suggest you prove the tin-foil wearing individual wrong first. The difference between a conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact is typically six months to a year.
Of course, you could be “an agent” in the comments. I know I personally enjoy reading comments like these with a big bucket of invisible popcorn. Invisible, because I hate kernels in my teeth, but nonetheless, research the probability before you go with your “heartfelt” opinion. I know enough people that react like you, without the research, without the knowledge, and they claim they just “know.”
My Dad and I shared the biological indicator that told us our favorite saltwater fish would be running and it was TIME to fish. This started when I was 10 and continues for me every year when I see my first Dandelion of the season. My dad passed in 1999 but the memory has never lost me. Each spring I have a moment of sadness and joy.
That’s a beautiful story ❤️
My dad passed in ‘99 as well. He taught me more about questioning authority than biology, but he did take me out in nature often. Thanks for the fishing tip!
Aw love that story as a gardener and fisherwoman.
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May I ask which fish? Also what would you say to someone interested in fishing but don't know where to start? I've never had a male figure in my life teach me basic things such as fishing, mechanics, or scavenging. I am learning some things on TH-cam.
The same rings true with my mom who passed in 98. For me, its buttercups🕊💕🕊
All well said. Dandelion is a gardener's friend instead of the enemy. AND, the entire plant is not only edible, but very healthy. Ignorance is expensive. JMHO.~Eli.
Helpful for bees too
Err.. please *don't* eat the milky-latex filled stems.. There's quite a bit that can go wrong there. Other than that, yes, dandelions are an amazing free food source.
@@kidwolf0015 .....Well said and thx for the clarifications. By the time Dandelions get to the point of flowering they are too old and bitter to use for ANYTHING but the flowers and roots. God Bless....~Eli.
@@singleman1986 cooking them in a dish that has oil or fat takes alot of the bitterness out, they're really quite palatable even after flowering this way. Add a hint of some type of sweetener and some other greens and/or traditional vegetables, I like making something of a stew with them.
Finally, someone tell letting people know how good dandelions are and not just for eating but what they do for your soil in your other plants. Thank you
We moved to a half acre property 2 years ago. The "yard" was a meadow with beautiful flowers(weeds). It's been fascinating watching the changes. Each spring has been different as we amend sections and the weather is very different. Last year we were dry & 90-100. This year we're extremely wet and 40-50's. I let most things grow for the insects and for medicinal or edible use. Our neighbors say the bird population exploded since we added 12 different feeders and water stations/bird baths. We have tons of cool bugs & frogs, snakes, salamanders, etc. It's so interesting how different "weeds" appear one year but not the next.
Succession. Nice job of attracting wildlife.
I remember my favorite memories of being a child and the first sign of spring was dandelion, never new how beneficial the dandelion was, I will never bother them again.
And the violets !
These are my sheep's favorite treat. When spring starts, and they pop up, you can hear him snapping the little stems and flowers up like a kid eating candy! I will forever love this little plant.
My dairy goats love dandelions - Now I know why! - They're calcium rich - good for milk!
My aunt makes some real potent dandelion wine .Its a real palette washer if you had too many beers. Love the stuff. 😊
Every time I open my big ol mason jar of dried dandelions- it smells like honey.
What a wonderful tea it makes.
We also make our own tinctures with that and other herbs grown in property
As small children in Midland, Pennsylvania during WW II, my mother sent my brother and me to gather dandelion leaves for salad ! I love my dandelions. Thanks, Stefan !
We still do that out in the east of the state. Similar to spinach but slightly sweater. Hope you are well.
@@nicholasneyhart396 -- Quite well, thanks, at 84 near San Antonio, Texas, after a life of bounding around in California, Massachussetts, Eritrea, Italy, Nicaragua, California again, and now Texas. Best to you !
I bet you are very regular! Lol!
@@Tinyteacher1111 -- I'm a regular guy.
I wonder if they grow in Midland, TX?
My yard does not get cut till all the bees have eaten, birds are done pickin' Some say "cut your yard" I say thanks, but mother nature tells me when to cut💜 my yard is covered in wild flowers!🌼🌾🍀
I hear that too
mine too! I also don't have any chemicals sprayed on it
Pasture used to be wild flowers, cows grazing would eat a wide variety of wild flowers and plants and fungi, which is why cream and butter used to be so much better than the bland grass fed stuff that we get nowadays
So is mine 🌸🌺🏵️
We do 'no mow May' and leave our lawn for wildlife. We're not members of the striped lawn brigade either. Our garden style is more rustic
I had no idea of the yard benefits of the dandelion. By habit, I leave my dandelions alone just because pollinators use them as rest stops between flowers. I bought a house that had an unhealthy lawn (bald patches, crab grass, spikey weeds. Etc). But it also had dandelions in the areas where the grass was good. I decided to leave them and let the bees have a place to rest. Only time they’d disappear was when I’d mow over them just to give my yard a “heathy” appearance. I also don’t mow with a bag, to let the ground up clippings spread around as a sort of “fertilizer”..which includes the dandelion leaves.
This year, I noticed the bald patches are going away. The crabgrass is dispersing, and no more spikey weeds. I didn’t fertilize the yard with anything other than clippings, I didn’t over seed. I just watered, mowed, and kept the dandelions. After watching this, I’m glad I did! I had no idea I was healing my lawn this whole time.
Stefan thank you for another clip on nature’s bounty and goodness! I think the Dandelions are gorgeous..We need to see these treasures painted in a different light..We are taught from a chemical perspective that these weeds must be eradicated and discouraged from ever gaining a toehold..Let’s embrace the goodness around us and bring forth a bounty for all living entities
I love dandelions , Our city lets them multiply in our parks for the Bumble bees. Makes me happy.
A few years ago we had dry weather and the only thing that was growing were dandelions in my yard. I didn’t have the heart to kill them since they were the only thing that was growing in my dry lawn. Also one day in December I saw a dandelion growing next to my front porch steps. 🫢 I’d never seen that before. They must be hardy little rascals.
yummy too
They really are. My block paving and garden wall are clearly lacking calcium and on impacted soil. 😆 I also get pansies, stawberries and tomatoes growing in my paving cracks. I get a lot of pigeons on my roof so my whole garden gets fertilised for free regularly.
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I surrendered to the dandelions twelve years ago. I'm so happy I lost because I saved time and money and learned to understand a little better nature's workings.
I’m really excited that I found this video. I recently received a stereo microscope for my classroom with prepared slides of plant parts and insects. Two of those slides include a honeybee leg and a dandelion seed. I completely nerded out because I love teaching how important bees are to our environment.
Dandelions are a main source of food in early spring when both bees and dandelions start to emerge after winter. Since the dandelion is one of the first flowers to bloom, native bees rely on their pollen far protein and nectar for sugar. These flowers are resilient for good reason.
Wow, now ask the kids to get thinks for the microscope, it will open a whole new world for them
Great lesson i wish more people would listen. In Nova Scotia your not aloud to use round up or and other type of weed killer because of the bee's being poisoned. i try to leave most of the ones that grow on my garden alone . They are a pretty flower and as you said the first flower of spring.
I love them! How can anyone dislike their sunny little golden faces? Treasure indeed! 😘
I have a feeling that line will follow me through the bush for a long time. Lol
@Hez eLgee
we allways ate dandelion leaves instead of lettuce and its delicious,also you can help someone who suffer with liver problems,its very useful plant but people hate it probably becasue they dont know what it is,here is some of the benefits
www.anniesremedy.com/taraxacum-officinale-dandelion-root.php?gc=92&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpPHoBRC3ARIsALfx-_LazyDRzs59ZYR1hOnzj4kye-S11EFGsvgeKpSX4EvdMfJK5Z9WXsQaAk0NEALw_wcB
abcvzz Thank you for the helpful information! 😊
MtnTow Really?
@@abcvzz I love dandelions.I have been eating them for years.I started eating and drinking them when I went camping.I did not know any of the benifits,thank you for letting me know.
1:42 - compacted soil
3:05 - soil lacks calcium
5:58 - acidic soil
6:22 - too much shade
You listen, so will I. Not in a hurry today, and I respect the teacher.
Thanks for the reference!!
Thank you very much!
love it when people do this. thanks! 🤩
Also good for your liver,digestive system when you eat the leaves. Dried flower as a tea and roots as a coffee substitute
Well, as a kid I was teached that it is a weed, later I've found out that it is a useful herb - now, that it is so beneficial to the soil and garden - it looks like with every bit of knowledge of that plant you just can't stop liking it even more :).
This is an interesting perspective on dandelions on a typical lawn with the conditions you described. It explains a lot why my ex husband's lawn's had dandelions spring up and flowers could be seen scattered over the lawn at times if not mowed timely, but never turning into the flat her leafed excess invasions. He only mowed his lawn rarely fighting them. Since having joint problems I couldn't get out to fight them and feared the dandelions would really get bad, but they have actually settled down, guess having time to do their job. In addition ex husband does my lawns now, frequency is enough, but not until there is some obvious growth like his lawns.
Leave them alone in spring .. they are often the only source of nectar for bees
Yeah I have loads of Dandelions front and back of my little home, its great to sit out side when the sun is shining and relax and be a part of the bees buzzing about and doing their work. Its great, they are such great little creatures doing their labour.
It sounds weird but if you eat a dandelion flower, you'll be surprised at how sweet it is.
@@jillhumphrys8073 compared to the stems !
Where I live, the bees will only go to the dandelions if there is nothing else. I don't know if that says something about the quality of my dandelions!
@Jay L #1 are you sure you put this comment on the right video and... #2 do you even know what clickbait is? ..hmmm...
So important for the first bee feedings!!! in Spring. Watch out people, Wildflowers are no weeds!
Yes, they're weeds. Weeds are plants in an undesired location.
@@seanwatts8342 , they are very tasty and make a great wine.
I agree! I actually like any kinds of wild flowers :)
E I not that they haven’t discovered the use of.... that’s probably been known for hundreds of years.... it’s jus5 that the big pharma can’t make money when people begin healing themselves en masse
Or when they realise that too many people are using natural things...they bring out their own... I mean come on...turmeric tablets? Just eat the dang turmeric! Put it in a smoothie but with black pepper because that will help you absorb the goodness apparently. I’m not an expert but a lot of things I read about eating and healing naturally it makes more sense..... anything you take that is prescribed will always have side effects..... not so good ones often. .... back to nature..... before she quits helping us
Last season I weeded out all of the dandelions in my garden. Thanks to you I realized my mistake and this season I am leaving them be. I also used them in my salads. Learning alot thanks.
I love them. I harvest their flowers for tea, dehydrate their greens for soups, use their raw greens in salads and their roots and good as an alternative to coffee. And, even better, already early honey bees are using them to nourish their awakening hives.
What I didn’t know was all these other things about them and today while I harvested them I actually wondered why some have greens laying flat out (mostly in bare spots) while others (in the taller grassy wetlands) have greens sticking up. Now I know. Thanks!
"if you care leave it there" words to live by.
The fact that the nutrition in them is higher than any plant bought in a store should be enough to love them. Flowers and leaves are edible also great tea.
Also detoxifying, supporting the hemopoietic system, and a mild diuretic.
Root is edible too.
Foxglove will stop your heart. Do not eat flowers if you do not know exactly what you're eating.
I just started eating them last year and I love them ,their not cheap in the grocery store
@@bethkrager6529 So many more toxic or toxic under certain conditions plants out there , has me worried for all the new do it your self gardners.
Where i moved 6 yrs ago, yard was only grass. 1st thing i seeded white clover & dandelion. Joe Pye weed & milkweed on one side of the house x 4 ft bed. Innoculated lawn for Jap beetle larvae too. My neighbors have commercial lawn poison contracts & walk around with their round up sprayers. Breaks my heart
I've loved the Dandy Little Lion (as my Dad called it) ever since I was a toddler. Now 80, still look forward to their early blooms every year - and to the bees that eagerly visit them.
I made a driveway in Virginia near edge of forest. The dandelions are multiplying. I enjoy having them around. The yellow color brings me happiness as the lavender flowers in the trees are already gone for the season.
I remember the day 50-odd years ago my Dad showed me how to make a whistle out of a dandelion stem. Now I'm a beekeeper and the first dandelion is a sign things are about to pop!
@@lesliehenderson7866 no
no
Humans should not 'keep' non-human animals.
My Grandma always said, "Good for Bee and Thee." I still make wine outta the heads, eat the boiled greens and dry the root and grind it up and add to coffee. P.S....Loads of great vit. C and Iron as well as Calcium. Actually gotta big bowl of greens in the fridge for a 4th of July cookout! Yum!
I make wine every year but didn't know about the dried roots in coffee. What proportion of root to coffee do you use?
That would make a nice simple sampler !
blackrabbit212 I use 1/3 to 2/3. I also dig Chicory root and addv that to coffee. Chicory (in my area) is often called, "Corn Flowers". Those weedy looking plants along the field rows/roads that are a beautiful blue. It all works.
@@robinmurray5266 Thanks, Robin.
What part of the country since you mention chicory...?
I would whisper to my dandelions and “weeds” “don’t listen to them. You’re not worthless. You are beautiful and misunderstood. I love you.” I swore my love words made them grow stronger and more resilient. ❤️❤️ I still remember my wonder garden and stand by my words, they aren’t weeds 💕
A wonder garden, love it.
During a Dandelions vegetative stage, it's sap or "milk" has analgesic properties equal to or stronger than Morphine. A (bitter tasting) tincture can be concocted that can effectively treat moderate to severe pain, with no psychoactive side effects aside from the Vodka. 👍
Also a topical anti inflammatory ointment can be easily made that's very effective for sore or arthritic joints, especially the hands.
The entire plant is also edible.
great... how do you prepare it? you need to extract somehow, or ferment?
@@monnoo8221 I left a great link for instructions from people who know way more about it than myself. It's great that this so called "nuisance weed" is actually useful and benificial to boot.
It's even edible. 😊 I've never eaten any but I've read how you can make a nice salad 🥗 with the leaves and flowers as well as many other different plants commonly found growing on a healthy lawn. (Not treated with herbicide and pesticide).
@@monnoo8221 one other thing. And for anyone that may read this.. just because something is considered "edible" or medicinal dosen't mean your not allergic to it. Use discretion.
As kids playing outside we always used the sap from the Dandilions or even better from it's roots when stung by nettle.
We ate wild dandelion leaves growing up in a salad with bacon and hard boiled eggs and a vinaigrette!!!! Good memories of my great aunt picking it wild
Most Americans do not know how much edible free food is in their yards.
Dandelion is surprisingly delicious.
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF EINSTEIN/ BRAT
Amen!!!
Dandelion tea
I believe that unless you have family who are recent immigrants. My grandparents were Greek and they and myn great-grandmother would pick "horta" also known as greens from the yard, so yes there is free food all around us!
Thanks for teaching about these God given plants! Sooo many things they do for the ground! I never use any "herbicide". What I don't want, I put in the compost water which I use for the garden beds. I abuse the blessing of herbs that God has given us!!! Yea, we eat the leaves, and dry the roots for coffee! The white cream in the stem is also great for moles on your skin. There are ways to use the flowers too! All ya gotta do is research! God even gave us Mullien!!! I discovered it after I got over a bad cold. lol my neighbor told us about it. and I did the research.
It is SO inspiring, Dan (and Rebecca!) I am certainly interested in learning more about electroculture. It is my innerstanding that this practice eliminates the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Aloha to you both from the Big Island!
As dandelions are some of the earliest flowers up the early bees desperately need them so don’t get rid of them.
I send the bees to my neighbor's yards (dandelion fields) by pulling mine out. Lots of dandelions to go around.
@@brettandrews6684 of course you are one of those who only thinks how tidy your shitty garden looks and think of your selfish needs; in summary why the world is going to shit. Human disgraceful race
@Blaschito, sounds like you’re one of those that instead of teaching you just rather insult. Maybe you’re the problem.
@@blaschito1 considering your condescending hateful reply I agree with you, the world has already gone to shit and you're one of the reasons why.
#1 - Soil compaction
#2 - Low soil calcium
#3 - Acidic soil condition
#4 - Highly shaded lawn
I only have #1, but #4 should be 'thinned out lawn'. Last year's drought left many opportunities for weed seeds to establish in the lawn.
Weeds are plants that have a purpose that y don't know about. Yes he is correct, dandelions will open up the soil as will other 'weeds' that will mine the soil and bring up the minerals and nutrients that the soil needs. Calcium (Ca) is a key component and one of the minerals easiest to fix, just apply agricultural lime, just remember that it only goes in at a rate of about 5% per year and the target equivalency for a ha of land is 2,000 kg (say 2,000 pounds per acre) If you have clay soil gypsum is the best, it fixes both the need for Ca and sulphur (S) the latter breaks down the clay.
I have used an ag lime blended with S prills very successfully to break up clay soils.
Once there is sufficient Ca in the soil, it is healthy and the plants are growing well, the plants will set the pH of the soil according to what they need to extract from it. You will feel the difference underfoot, the ground will feel springy and alive, there will be plenty of vermicasts and it will take in and hold water much better.
Note that to help get Ca into the plants you need Boron (B) it is the steering wheel. Blend it in with the ag lime S blend and apply at the same time, B needs to be applied on a regular basis as it easily goes down into the soil and can leech away 😀
Thank you! Took way to long to make four points
Good for the body but don’t tell big pharma I told you
Dandelions are fascinating. The flowers initially bloom close to the ground, but as they mature and get ready to go to seed the flower heads shoot up six inches or more into the air . This is to facilitate their mature seeds getting airborne. An amazing adaptation.
If you cut your lawn on a regular basis, the dandelion will flower close to the ground. Our school used to do a study on dandelions for biology. We have several on our property and don’t use sprays. I use black plastic weighted down to kill weeds such as dock and plantain.
Not "adaptation" - CREATION! Amazing creation of God!
@@tsunamis82 plantain is good for stings and inflammation.
@@tsunamis82 Just always REMEMBER:ALL THREE HAVE HOME REMEDY USES WHEN THERE IS NO DOCTOR/HOSPITAL CLODE BY......IJS.
I wish everyone would look at the world like this!
There is No such thing as a weed, if you look up most plants that have been deemed a "Weed", you will find they have vitamins, and Medicinal value
@@lorimangold2890 yes to that!! I get so mad when I see chemical weed killers being sold! AND insecticides for that matter!There is no such thing as a nice, weed-free lawn in REAL nature!
So, i just let my "lawn" go wild. Last summer I found ants tending their little farm colony of aphids on a so called "weed". They raise and nurture the aphids for a sweet substance they produce. It was amazing to see. Every weed in my backyard has nutritional and/or medicinal value.
Bonus thought: I was amazed that a fancy restaurant charged about 20 bucks for a "dandelion salad". I can pick them ANYWHERE for free! Lol!
And prickly lettuce (leaves almost look like dandelion leaves) have the pain killing properties that rival pharmaceuticals. Just have to know how to identify and prepare!
Respect nature and she will take care of you
Hi Stefan , thanks for a wonderful insight into the beautiful Dandelion, I not so long ago had a front lawn covered with Dandelion, a thick cover, the flowers would close up in the evening turning the lawn green and reopen in the early morning and displaying their colour, all within 10 minutes, amazingly beautiful. I had planned to get a time laps video of it, Until I arrived home one day and my family had CUT my front lawn for me...🙈. I still seem to laugh, some people cannot see the simple beauty. Thanks for sharing. 🙏
In addition to being nutritious if eaten it also makes a good wine/cordial. I remember my grandmother and mother making this in a 5-gallon crock in our barn. It was an all-day affair. The recipe was mostly fruit juice and sugar with heaps of dandelion flowers. I preferred it right after fermenting (as it was bottled.) As it aged to me it smelled like diesel fuel #2. When my mother passed my cousins fought over the last few bottles.
If you find the recipe for that, I need it.
@@arurramoon1965
Dandelion Wine:
This recipe is for 1 gallon. Scale up as needed for the amount you desire.
Put 2 quarts of well washed/bug free dandelion flowers in a bowl. Slice 1 lemon and 1 orange thinly and add to flower heads. Pour 1 gallon of boiling water over them and stir. Cover the bowl (with cheesecloth) and leave for 10 days in a warm place (an open-air garage, shed, porch, or barn-you don't want rain to get in and dilute mixture).
Strain off liquid into another bowl. Stir in 3 lbs granulated sugar. Spread a 1/2 oz of yeast on a slice of toast. Float toast with yeast on top of the liquid in bowl. Cover and leave for 3 days again in a warm open place.
Strain and bottle. CORK LOOSELY, as fermentation occurs pressure will build-you want to be sure the bottle can vent.
Taste after a few weeks and add a teaspoon or two more sugar if desired. Store in a cool dark place when done.
During the depression, my grandma said they use to deep fry the flower as they always had a lot of flour and lard.
Here in Europe, the leaves are eaten as a salad and the flowers are dried as tea
I have fried dandelions before, they're good!
@@carmenk4018 +
@@carmenk4018 How do you fry them? Only the flowers?
Is there a way to grow dandelion? I really do like them and want to use them for food, medicine and tea and I am not up to foraging at 78 yrs old (ewoodie69@gmail.com)
Honeybees love dandelions. That helps them get started in the spring before the trees and fruit trees start to bloom. Take a soil sample to your county agent and they will test the soil for you.
THANK YOU.
The county agent is a great idea!
Hello, do you mind sharing the name of the county agent department? Thank you.
@@bbll3729 Look for a Cooperative Extension in your county, they provide test kits.
Thank you for the wonderful video, I'm keeping my dandelions, good for the lawn,good for the bees, good for tea that is beneficial for humans 🇨🇦👍😊
Our deer in CO loved our dandelions! I purposely let the dandelions grow for the deer to snack on them. Loved watching the deer jump our fence to snack. 💖👍🦋🥰
Awesome. Now I have a reason to tell my HOA why I'm not mowing my grass.
No idea where all the fuss about destroying dandelions came from. They're one of the most magical flowers from my childhood. I used to blow on the seeds and make wishes.
We used to call the seed heads 'clocks' and count the hours by the amount of breaths it takes to blow the all the seeds away.
@@MsDormy Very interesting, I have never heard of that before. Thank you so much for sharing it's interesting learning different traditions or folklore or not sure what to call the little things we do that are just for fun. :)
Sometimes it's yr neighbors who dislikes dandelions in yr yard. They say ...these flowers will spread themselves to their yards on windy days or by flower eating animals so you have no choices but to spray stuff on them and kill them. This was my experience
@@heenashah408 my neighbor is one of the very few on our street that is particular about growing grass for a lawn. most just let things be and cut whatever comes up. neighbor does not bug me about dandelions in my yard because he has people come out and spray his yard a few times a year which kills everything in it but grass.
last year some on my comfrey made its way into his yard but they quickly eliminated it with spray.
he told me once he does not know much about gardening but knows how to grow grass. grass is about the most useless plant you can have if you are not a cow or other herbivore. all those so called weeds many try so hard to eradicate are actually beneficial for food and medicine. plants like dandelion nettle plantain etc have been used for many years as medicine.
we don't have to cultivate them, however hard we try to eradicate them there will always be plenty around. It is not necessary to use poisons to get rid of them.
My Scottish grandmother taught us to go out with a knife and dig up dandelions greens. She would wash them in a bucket,cut the bottom roots off and the center part. She would steam up the greens till wilted then along with some apple cinder vinegar it was the best spinach ever.
Thanks! I watched this a couple of years back. I had no idea, I always considered them lawn pests. All the seeds made me think they would spread like a wildfire if I did nothing about them. This year, once again, they came up as usual, I did nothing, and I can't see a single dandelion head or plant anywhere on my lawn at the end of may. No bald spots either. I can't believe how I spent so much time trying to eradicate a "pest" that's nothing of the sort!
Glad it was helpful!
Very interesting, I've hated them in my lawn and have used herbicide on them in the past. I'm seeing the horrific effects of herbicides and don't ever want to use them again! Thanks for this helpful info!
Roundup (used by landlord) killed my precious dog. 💣
@@stj971 no it didn't, unless this dog was a chia pet. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in RoundUp, only kills plants because it inhibits a metabolic pathway that plants possess, but animals do not. If your dog did die from your landlord spraying the lawn, it wasn't from roundup. It could have been any number of pesticides, but not roundup, and probably not even an herbicide. I'd wager the landlord was spraying an insecticide for grubs, and if anything, that would be the killer compound.
@@matthewnelson290 depends what the dog died of. Glyphosate exposure causes cancer, liver and kidney disease, heart disease…they won’t drop dead on exposure, but it can and does kill them. And humans.
@@matthewnelson290 hi Matt read the many long term studies of facts about the many damaging health effects on humans, invertebrates and animals. There are peer reviewed articles. It fact round up is killing humans, soul microbes, the basis of life
Dandelions fight cancer funny how Bayer one big pHARMa wants you to use roundup to kill them...
I live in a very natural environment. In the woods with some open sunny area's. I have learned to live in harmony with weeds. It took awhile I must admit. But they are food, medicine, beneficial for pollinators, hold soil from erosion, pull minerals up, keep soil cool and moisture in. As I age I appreciate nature more and more. What a blessing losing everything I had in 2010 and having to downsize. I bought a couple acres, downsized, slashed all debt and learned to live off the land.
Hi Tracy. I'm so jealous. You are living my dream.
Congratulation's and continued success in your "natural environment" the one we were intended to live in not the corporate make money any way you can even if it does harm the environment. Best of luck to you!
Do Americans have "Dandelion & Burdock" pop (soda) ?
@@TonyEnglandUK Not that has been seen on the East coast from my eyes. Doubtful it could even be found. Many old, good and good for health drinks and foods have been removed for that which, instead, is not good for health. $$$$$$$$$$ makers in many ways if unhealthy. :)
@@AFineLineA I don't know what's happening with TH-cam comments, my friend, but your reply appears in my notifications window, yet strangely disappears when I view the comments on the video itself. This is constantly happening recently. (If you've made a comment yourself recently and found it got zero response, that's because nobody can see your comment except you).
Only stumbled now over this video, because we'll hopefully have a little garden patch soon, and I want it to be as natural and still nice as possible. Thanks for the tips about the dandelions! I will certainly keep an eye on what kind of plant will try to settle into the garden naturally AND check their grpowth form! Wonderful information to have!
Stefan, thank you for taking your time to educate us!!! You are appreciated!!!!
I appreciate that!, thanks for watching.