BEST USES for DANDELIONS are actually...

[@StefanSobkowiak]

How do YOU use DANDELIONS? Love to hear about ALL the wonderful uses they seem to have!

[@Skashoon]

I haven’t eaten any, I don’t really enjoy salad unless it is drenched in French dressing with dry bleu cheese. By itself, salad didn’t thrill me.

[@floranightwing2969]

I consume the leaves in a salad🥗 and prefer to dry the flowers for a colorful tea.🍵 When I have access to more clean dandelions I'll attempt steaming the roots as an experiment to change the texture. If that doesn't work I'll attempt drying the roots then grinding them into a fine powder. If any of these ideas work there might be an easier way to incorporate dandelions into the American diet.
Fun fact!: In colonial times the seeds would be gathered to place into people's salads the recipe that I saw didn't mention the fluffy umbrella portion of the seeds though. 😂

[@dmacisaac9382]

We roast the roots and make "coffee" , absolutely delicious 🥰 going to try dandelion wine this year 😁

[@Filantrops]

We make dandelion flower wine at home. Dandelion honey is the bomb also!

[@Josh-wz6ud]

I want to try them, I have to grow them soon, greetings from Chile🇨🇱😎🇨🇱

[@dustinb1070]

My grandmother told me she ate a lot of dandelion green salads during the great depression.

[@GiarkReleos]

i read a mcgill university study on dandelion root tea three times a day for one week, showed a reduction in tumor size. I read this about 15-20 years ago.

[@d.w.stratton4078]

Was that in conjunction with chemotherapy, radiation, or any other therapies or just straight up? VERY important distinction and you could lead hundreds of people to their deaths if they read this thinking ask they need to do is drink dandelion tea to treat their cancer.
Cancer had been killing humans for all of recorded history, long before modern medicine. Or earliest records indicate tumors and growths on all people groups.
I work in radiation oncology and am all for using dandelion tea IN ADDITION to radiation.

[@lisasutherland-fraser4479]

I never had them in my garden so every time I walked to the park would grab some seeds & blow them all around my back yard. Now they’re everywhere. Love them! Use the leaves constantly all year.

[@kurtcurtis2730]

Yes!! I have a hard time finding non sprayed seeds. Can’t buy them yet. I love them. Low maintenance. Lovely flowers.

[@kurtcurtis2730]

Yes!! I have a hard time finding non sprayed seeds. Can’t buy them yet. I love them. Low maintenance. Lovely flowers.

[@kurtcurtis2730]

Yes!! I have a hard time finding non sprayed seeds. Can’t buy them yet. I love them. Low maintenance. Lovely flowers.

[@kurtcurtis2730]

Yes!! I have a hard time finding non sprayed seeds. Can’t buy them yet. I love them. Low maintenance. Lovely flowers.

[@kurtcurtis2730]

Yes!! I have a hard time finding non sprayed seeds. Can’t buy them yet. I love them. Low maintenance. Lovely flowers.

[@hrvojejurcic2238]

Very interesting, have been eating dandelion as salad for years, in fact it’s part of a traditional food in most part of Europe. It’s bitterness is most valuable taste when cleaning your body from fatty winter food

[@ZaneMedia]

Interesting 🤔

[@d.w.stratton4078]

Generally the stuff that comes up in spring that is fresh and bitter is a good purgative for the body from what I've read. I'm not ready to go all Into the Wild in that advice alone though 😬😬😬😬☠️

[@danocneegurl3692]

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[@yshwgth]

Coffee from the roots was common during war poverty in Europe

[@seaglass8940]

I actually grow them from seed for food! I cook them in butter and garlic, yum! They are very high in Vitamin C!

[@ZaneMedia]

That sounds amazing!!

[@Nothing2CHere4U]

In Eastern Medicine, Bitter is considered one of the five main flavor types, and important for aiding certain functions in the process of homeostasis. Bitters are good in balance.

[@ZaneMedia]

Interesting 🤔

[@kimoamadal4626]

Bitter is better than sugar.

[@Nothing2CHere4U]

@@kimoamadal4626 Technically, the flavor is "Sweet", and there is no hierarchy. All 5 senses should be in balance.
Most likely, You(personally) might find a Heart/Small Intestine(Fire) AND a Stomach/Spleen(Earth) imbalance in the 5 Element system.

[@jim_no_rulers]

I've made dandelion wine once. It was nice to have a 'taste of a spring' in the winter. I may do it again eventually.

[@joegrant5364]

I've ate them fresh, dried the leaves for tea, and dried,and roasted the roots for coffee. Also made tea from the flowers alone.

[@davidrobertson1980]

Heyyyyy Joseph, how do you make coffee from it and how does it taste brother?

[@joegrant5364]

@@davidrobertson1980 , Hi David.
I dug up the whole plants hung the leaves after washing. Then cut and cleaned the roots thoroughly. Let dry over night. Chopped up the roots small as I could and roasted them for 3 hours on 300.
You could grind them fine, but I didn't. Made coffee but used roots instead. It's good as is, or add cream, or sugar. It has it's own flavor, no caffeine. It does have medicinal properties. Very good taste, and good for you too.

[@mamashiatsu]

A lot of uses were already mentioned...but also you can pickle the still closed buds in a same way as capers ... eat the flowers petals fresh in a salads or other dishes and it is common to make "dandelion honey"- actualy a syrup from the flowers

[@ZaneMedia]

Wow that sounds tasty!

[@roddwayne8792]

Thank you for your work. I don't know who first said it, "a weed is just a plant you have not yet found a use for".

[@mr.evasion]

We live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which we never enter...
and with our hand on the door-latch, we die outside...
Waldo Emerson

[@cathyvincent3510]

I put it in salads, soup and I dehydrate it to put in soups during the winter.

[@ZaneMedia]

That’s a smart idea

[@beautyforashes2230]

I love the tender young leaves in a salad. I also use the leaves in a creamy soup made with dandelion, chickweed, stinging nettle, sorrel, salad burnet, English plantain, bear leek and borage - the first really fresh greens I find in my garden. Cook the leaves in broth, add salt, pepper, a bit of nutmeg and cream, and run a stick blender through it. Even if the leaves have gone a little bitter, the other flavors disguise it. I've also macerated the blossoms in oil and made a very soothing skin cream with it (with some beeswax and lanolin, plus some essential oils like lavender, orange and petitgrain).

[@ThePhobosAnomally]

I'm so happy I found this channel! It's a real joy!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Welcome

[@zone4garlicfarm]

A cannery near me used to grow them for the greens. They used to get 4 harvests a year. They also grew and canned beet greens.

[@bluestar.8938]

They go great with celery tops, pansies and nasturtium as a salad in a walnut vinaigrette. The dried root of the dandy lion/ wet the beds as a coffee substitute is great too.Thank you : )

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

We eat dandies in the spring, in salads. Along with the wild lettuce and wild sorrel. First greens of the year. I've dug and dried root for making a tonic. This year going to dry leaves to have the nutrition next winter.

[@ZaneMedia]

Good idea!

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

@@ZaneMedia Dehydrate and mix together different greens to make your own "super food" to add to stews, soups, sprinkle on eggs, in smoothies... nettle, dandies, kales, carrot tops, beettops, collards, chard...

[@juligrlee556]

I spent an hour walking in my yard earlier this evening. I had a big knife with me mostly to cut of scads of chives to eat as fast as I could cut it off. I topped that off periodically by walking around pulling the flowered stems off my dandelions to again consume the yellow flowers as fast as possible. I took turns eating those 3-4 inch chives that just popped up and the yellow flowers of my dandelions. Delicious. I love eating the greens with bacon and lemon. My leaves are relatively small right now. It's been dry this spring but it rained yesterday. Here's hoping for those delicious greens.

[@aron8949]

They mix in with my bulbs as wild flower in the spring time, I love them.

[@PiotrTymkow]

I will start adding leaves to salads. But I have been eating flowers in full bloom. They are sweet.

[@debakey7111]

We put them in green smoothies: juice of one large orange, one lemon, one lime, three ripe bananas, either a chopped apple or chopped pear, a cup of crushed ice mixed with a little water and a dozen large dandelion leaves. Yum

[@druszaj]

One thing I didn't hear you mention, dandelion greens don't taste bitter until they start to flower. So early spring is the best time to pick them if you're using the greens

[@DiMo28]

Actually he did mention that.

[@trollmcclure1884]

I use a wormwood tincture as an anti-virus. When you desensitize yourself with really bitter stuff Dandelion tastes like candy. The tolerance goes up just like with hot peppers. You start enjoying it

[@ZaneMedia]

Very interesting 🤔

[@davidrobertson1980]

This is true friend, I regularly take Olive Leaf Extract, I think it actually tastes sweet, I gave some to a friend and he immediately vomited in the sink LOLOL he wasn't so tough after all hahaha

[@trollmcclure1884]

@@davidrobertson1980 Dr.Gundry once said in his podcast that regular use of Olive leaf is able to turn on a gene producing vitamin C in humans. I was not able to confirm it from other source tho

[@thepouletbrothers4711]

In England we tell children if you pull them up or pick them they will wet the bed hence why we have them everywhere bees love them and we make dandelion soda

[@ZaneMedia]

Oooh dandelion soda sounds great

[@thepouletbrothers4711]

@@ZaneMedia its called dandelion and burdock 👏

[@davidrobertson1980]

I'd love to know how to make this, do you find kids like it?

[@andrewcouto5620]

I love your channel. I learn so much!

[@karenbearden6198]

Wow, thanks so much I had no idea about judging the size of the root like that.

[@annburge291]

So jealous of your lushous dandelions...I had a lot of trouble trying to get any to grow. We have catsear as our main dandelion lookalike weed. Apart from alkaline soil, I was trying in an area with sawdust. My dandelions are piddly little things that end up being a herb addition to quesadillas. They say one can boil crushed leaves to a point where it's a thick brown treacle and this is used for a pain medication.

[@judymessenger2425]

The sawdust will use the present nitrogen to decompose, which will leave little left for growing plants. For a handy and inexpensive fix to compensate the problem, add dilute urea or amonia to the area with the sawdust or wood mulch.

[@benoitpiche1076]

I’ve been eating dandelions for years. My dad learned from some Italian folks how to make a salad out of them. He would chop them finely and add yellow or green onions, chives, maybe radishes and sometimes an apple, salt, oil and vinegar. It was delicious on buttered bread. Nowadays, I tend to make it more "tabbouleh" style, adding tomatoes, bulgur or semolina and lemon juice, even cucumbers. What a refreshing delight!

[@scrapbagstudios]

I grow dandelions alongside my other salad greens. They are great for digestion. I actually like bitter flavour and yes it is one of the 5 flavours of Chinese medicine. Good for the liver also. I live in the subtropics in Australia and dandelions don't grow that well here in the ground but all my salads are grown in containers and they do well. I am working on providing deeper containers especially for dandelion to encourage long roots. Thanks for this video. 😀

[@Permisiepl]

I like to collect young dandelion flower buds and to use them same way as capers.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Nice

[@devbachu7072]

I see these grow so healthy in the cracks of the ground etc

[@waterjades]

I find fresh dandelion leaves too bitter for a salad, but I really enjoy their flowers to add to a fruit smoothie for extra nutrients. I also love roasted dandelion root tea.

[@18Bees]

That’s how I got started on your channel was the old dandelion video.

[@209Control]

How funny.. me too.

[@royalone3009]

Me too lol

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes we revamped this video because we felt it didn’t get the attention it deserved originally (posted in September when dandelion season was over). Good memory.

[@stefan0ro]

funny indeed, me too! was looking for dandelion information and accidentally found this channel. insta sub :)

[@largaparker6370]

Ditto from South Africa!
Only pity is that my anti-virus will not let me connect to your website to do the tour... 😭
Anyways thanks for the awesome work, you are blessing so many people!

[@ericgilbertson5785]

I just started harvesting instead of digging out dandelions last year, (after seeing his video), my favorite is chopping the leaves into a pasta or potato salad, hearty.

[@Zara-jl5zw]

This year it looks like the year of the dandelion

[@JediOutcastBex]

I love Dandelions! There are a bunch of them that grow throughout my backyard , I want to start trying to harvest some of them for salad and tea! It seems the bees also love them too! I also loved your other video about what they are indicators of as well! Thanks for sharing your knowledge in a fun and informative way! :)

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You’re so welcome.

[@largaparker6370]

I purchase the herbs/root cut. It has a plethora of uses medicinally... I wish I could insert a pic here to show the list of the traditional uses. It is quite mind blowing. It's many uses are not limited to treating kidney & liver, diuretic (healthy one that does not leech potassium from the body), may break down gall stones, rheumatism, gout, blood purifier, general tonic, congestive jaundice, removes toxins from the body, reduce fluid retention, helps for acne & eczema, helps diabetes as it reduces blood sugar.
External (the latex in the leaves help to remove warts, corns & verrucas.
Can be used for animals too!
They say it is a very safe herb but very large quantity can be toxic.
That was my "chappie" (did you know) paper for the day.... 😂 (I wonder how many people know about the chappie paper & who remembers it. Age is showing here...

[@margaretporkolab7166]

Thank you for your information.

[@lagoya]

My property has no dandelions :( so of course I'm introducing some this year :)

[@ZaneMedia]

Nice!

[@zurcfamily]

So am I... Excellent teaching...🌻

[@sjr7822]

I see that you can order Dandelion for the garden long ago, I did a double take!

[@Manonthemoon777]

I love coming to your videos just to hear you say “DANDELION!” with such enthusiasm! 😊 (plus you are a very handsome silverfox with beautiful eyes)
Also, I have felt anxious all day and retired tonight with dandelion tea. It helped me feel much better.

[@tallcedars2310]

we are waiting for our dandelions to peak out yet, I am anxiiously waitng. I eat dried dandelion leaves and roots in winter and fresh greens in summer. That said, sadly there is a downside to greens in general. I learned the hard way that they have oxalic acid that leaches calcium from the body and also causes crystals to form in the bladder. For almost a year I drank green smoothies and my health deteriorated so I limit how much greens I eat now. You ask which size I like to eat, it would be medium dandelions and only a leaf or two with a meal, they provide live enzymes that I understand our bodies need to help digestion etc. Thanks for another great video, dandelions rock!

[@Lauradicus]

Keeps the rabbits out of my veg beds! Farmers used to kills grass to plant dandelions.

[@Madara-zj2qh]

I love dandelions, they smell wonderful and they remind me of bees 🐝 . I decorate my food with the flowers and make smoothies with the leaves (sometimes roots, too).

[@greengiant3815]

Dandelions are the secret to staying healthy,eat them raw in a salad ,add them to your soups and l juice them with apples and lemon, .... And ya, l know there are other plant based foods that are super good for you aswell... 👍👌😃🤗

[@humicrobe4507]

Love making fermented dandelion juice the korean natural farming way. My plants and trees love it too!

[@tallcedars2310]

Do you use sugar and let sit for 3 days on the counter and it works? That's the method of fermenting vegetables I use, but the greens don't ferment for some reason. Might be too cold in the house?

[@humicrobe4507]

@@tallcedars2310 I use a raw cane sugar and ferment for a week. Then pour off the liquid and super saturate with more raw sugar to preserve it. Dandelions are picked before sunrise, early morning when the dew is still on them. Also making sure the jar is 2/3rds full for proper air/gas exchange and fermentation.

[@tallcedars2310]

@@humicrobe4507 Raw cane sugar is priced out of this world in Canada. I can see how pouring out the juice and replacing with pure sugar will help preserve the greens. Although, will try this with white sugar, thank you.

[@humicrobe4507]

@@tallcedars2310 Costco sells organic raw cane sugar. I don't use the leaves or flowers once I extract the fermented dandelion juice. I mix more cane sugar into the juice to preserve it. It gets better with age up to 3 years+. Full of beneficial lactic acid bacteria, yeast , hormones, enzymes , micronutrients and chlorophyll. Then use at 1:500 dilution with water to spray on plants and trees. Makes everything flower like crazy. It's just 1 of the 9 core inputs used in KNF nutrition cycles.

[@tallcedars2310]

@@humicrobe4507 Thank you for clarification, I see I was on the wrong track. Raspberry bushes haven't flowered in 2 years, this sounds like just what they need.
Somethings up with raw cane sugar here in BC and Alberta, I can't find it even at the online Costco store. It must be sold out your way but I've not been able to find it here for 3 years now. Will keep looking tho. I tried ordering from the US Amazon site and they were going to charge $111 to ship 12 lbs to Canada....

[@Allasomorph]

Merci! I will have to try them this year. Although, my grandmother showed me how to curl the flower's stems with my tongue, bitter as bitter can be.. :)

[@tallcedars2310]

I have to ask how this is done as I can't envision it:) Have a great spring day.

[@Allasomorph]

@@tallcedars2310 Pick a dandelion flower with stem, you split the stem with your tongue and push to the flower.

[@tallcedars2310]

@@Allasomorph It's good to keep the old traditions alive as they knew why they were doing them back then.
I do know that bitter foods are good for the liver, it helps cleanse the liver from what understand and is why I was interested in your grandmothers method. Thank ypu fpr sharing and all the best.

[@Allasomorph]

@@tallcedars2310 I think it was something to keep the kids busy..lol

[@tallcedars2310]

@@Allasomorph ha ha ha, this big ol' kid will be having fun now:)

[@katievioletthedivadog8662]

I bought some seeds to plant in pots, even though they’re growing in the grass in my condo complex. I’m growing them for my neighbor who had guinea pigs. Guinea pigs absolutely love dandelions! Especially the leaves.

[@452trucker]

I learn so much from your video's, thanks so much for posting them! Shared to FB also!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Thanks much appreciated

[@ZaneMedia]

Awesome thanks for the love, we’re glad you enjoyed it

[@susheela108]

It's the first flower that bloom in the spring, that bees feed on. I've never killed them. The rockchucks love them, and eat them everyday in our yard, they continue to bloom. I'm going to make some dandelion vinegar, and jam today.

[@ashydes_mom_of_7]

Greens in salads, flowers for dandelion jelly and dandelion bread. We just tried dandelion sweet tea, it's better after it sits a day. We plan to start some dandelion wine soon. We also roast the roots for a coffee substitute, you know they are done when you smell brownies.

[@judymessenger2425]

Ah bownies! Good to know. Thank you! =)

[@awakenacres]

Besides adding to my salad I pick some for my bunny and the chickens love to graze on them.

[@raeannelawrence5174]

Last year we harvested dandelions from my garden for tea. My 2 and 4-year-old love the stuff. Some of the leaves were over a foot long and the roots were very thick and long too. It was nice to have such an abundance.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

That is awesome!

[@petakoudelkova8956]

To me dandelions are brilliant plants. You can use every single part of it - roots, leaves, flowers, buds... So far I have tried only to eat leaves like salad, and made a wine and syrup (by us called "dandelion honey"). But I am going to try making a coffee from roots and capers from buds. I am wondering why (at least by us in Czech Republic) are they still considered only to be a weed and not used as an agricultural crop when there are so many ways people can use them.

[@vaguelyvegan7340]

dandelion tea is really good. And I've bought dandi greens to eat before, because the dandelions disappeared from our area. So I've had to reintroduce them :P

[@heidirexin5141]

I chop and saute the leaves with onion and then add eggs and scramble. I have lots and eat them almost daily in the spring.

[@jimbanda]

My lawn is covered in them , amazing how they close up overnight.
I cut every three weeks, they don't bother me, although my soil does need some TLC .

[@kurtcurtis2730]

I love dandelion. Wish I could establish it. Very beneficial plant

[@locqfortune5652]

I like to pluck the living stims that are left over once the seeds have been blown off, and the leaves. My Guinea Pigs LOVE Them and I like to share the leaves if I get enough of them.

[@MrsDeciduous307]

Oh I love that tool. I use/eat dandelions. I want to go harvest the roots for teas more often, but, I do what I can.

[@katrinakrakow5961]

My rabbits love to eat dandelions!

[@zagrizena]

In the spring I dig/cut every one I find because we love them in salads, traditionally just dandelion leaves with a bit of cooked potato and a hard boiled egg. Later I sometimes pick the bloims to sprinkle on salads, and that's mostly it. I have drinked dandelion root tea, but never picked the roots myself. We are on friendly terms, I just don't let it grow in vegetable garden 😇

[@deborahaulick8479]

My friend came up with a improved version of my haiku...
Such proud we dandies.
They wear a yellow moptop,
Then orbs of glory.

[@deborahaulick8479]

Wee not we 🤪

[@s.leemccauley7302]

Now this is useful info!!

[@peterfissa8556]

Good french accent @2:57 . Good Chanel i love it

[@ZaneMedia]

Haha yes we are from Quebec Canada :)

[@peterfissa8556]

@@ZaneMedia oh ok my friend. But Québec accent is not like french accent 😉

[@kristabaumann1638]

My chickens love them and happy chickens make yummy eggs.

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

We just chop and dropped a very large and solid stand of chickweed, and there's a good patch of cinquefoil/mock strawberry in that spot. We also decided that we won't be continuing the chickweed's work of shading out these other plants to make a chickweed monoculture, and the volume of chickweed is destined to fill up the trench in the new garden bed, so nothing goes to waste~

[@Skashoon]

My grandparents taught me to pull them when I was a boy in the late 50’s. Hahaha Dont tell them I save them now.

[@thehelderosa]

Thank you sir... thank you, thank you for such good advice... 🙏

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

how can you make dandelion coffee

[@greylingato]

Chop up and dry the cleaned root, roast it, then powder it using a coffee grinder. Put about 1T of powder per 8-10oz of boiling water.

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

There was a video on cleavers a while ago, where they talked about all the benefits of cleavers as stated in the wiki, and then they pulled out a large sun tea jar of them in water and tried to drink the tea. At that moment the video cut to a later time, and the proclaimed it delicious, but the part where they reacted to the taste was completely cut out, making me think they could have made the video about any random plant in the yard, even a poisonous one and the video would have looked exactly the same, with them proclaiming it to be delicious. there would have been a ton of information on their facial expression for us to truly guage how delicious they decided it was.

[@IsabelleIsabelle01]

I'm french and I never made the connection until you explained it pissenlit LOL

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Hahaha

[@Kmarshall1776]

Great information! Thanks!

[@sego5657]

Love them, making wishes with the wish puffs. I love all parts of the plant. I have made a refreshing eye salve. My first puppy, a pom chow, I named Dandy.

[@rharrington8669]

John Wright here in the UK recommends forcing your dandelions by putting a covered pot on them, it makes nice tender white growths

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yummy

[@judymessenger2425]

Yep, you can do that, but you are compromising the nutrient value.

[@tangcheesum5418]

If America suddenly gotten themselves food shortages. This is one of the depression era food people have to forage.

[@yeslife3998]

Dr Ingam did a study showing in healthy soils grass can be cut to a half inch and have six foot roots. She proved only grasses that are stressed will root prune when cut.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

I would love to see that study and then change what I’ve been saying. Do you have the reference?

[@yeslife3998]

@@StefanSobkowiak it was in one of her presentations I saw on TH-cam. She said the scientist that originally said what you said. Came out after looking at her findings and admitted he was wrong. I will try to find it. I’m sure you are familiar with her work, as she is involved with permaculture so much.

[@yeslife3998]

@@StefanSobkowiak I found one reference. There is another one where she goes into more detail but she shows the picture with the heading “when you cut the top do the roots fall off” it’s on the permaculture voices. It is an hour into her presentation. I think it is 101-102 one hour and two minutes or so.

[@verawallace9055]

I remove one from my Garden, leave it in a pot and when I went take out the garbage, it was blooming like it was still in the ground, it looks kinda pretty but I don't want it in my Garden

[@MsCaterific]

💚

[@ZaneMedia]

Thanks for the love

[@mm669]

Very interesting.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Glad you think so!

[@newmyr-2556]

As a kid my mom would serve hot dandelion salad. What was hot was the bacon drippings but it was great! During the day I'd play with the dandelions and in the evening eat them (not the same ones). Until... da da da daa, I developed an allergy to them. Couldn't eat or play with them any more. So I have avoided them for the last 60 years. Mmm, I can still taste that salad.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

I wonder if the allergy happened because something was put on the lawn.

[@newmyr-2556]

@@StefanSobkowiak - Wow, never made that association. You triggered a memory of something my dad said about our lawn. "Mr. Fisher [next door neighbor] wants to know why he has to keep seeding his lawn but ours is full. I keep telling him what you do runs down on my property." And that area of run off was our dandelion playground.

[@loveeveryone8057]

**Two thumbs up**

[@ZaneMedia]

Haha glad you enjoyed it

[@worddunlap]

Dandelions and cannabis. War on plants...

[@LM01234]

And mushrooms

[@SenseOfWonder2]

Did you know that dandelions are not native to the America's?
It originates in Eurasia and was most likely brought over on the Mayflower as a medicinal plant.
I looked it up after watching your other dandelion video :)

[@moimorte]

J'ai vu que tu avais une nouvelle vidéo il y a plusieurs jours, mais comme c'est ma fête aujourd'hui je me la suis gardée de côté comme cadeau supplémentaire :D Merci Stefan ! J'aimerais ça des vidéos sur d'autres "mauvaises herbes" qu'on trouve au Québec ! J'aime la série sur les best indicators, et je sais que dans les plantes sauvages il y a encore des usages et des enseignements à en tirer (et je ne connais pas encore bien les simples d'Amérique du nord...)

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Oui c’est une bonne idée. Bonne fête. Tu sais j’ai une nouvelle chaîne en français? Le verger permaculturel

[@moimorte]

@@StefanSobkowiak Ha non, je vais regarder ! Je suis bilingue mais c'est sûr que pas mal de gens seront contents de retrouver du contenu en français ! Merci :)

[@wiezyczkowata]

my mom makes syrup from dandelions (also called dandelion honey)

[@bountywoodsfarm8594]

Interesting! How is that done?

[@wiezyczkowata]

@@bountywoodsfarm8594 you need to pick 300-500 flowers, you can cut stems or you can keep them (but the taste will be more bitter), of course afterwards you need to wait a little bit (2-3 hours) till all the insects get out, 1 liter of water, 1 kilogram of sugar, lemon juice from 2 lemons, put flowers in a pot big enough for 1 liter of water, add wated, cook for 20 minutes and then put in a fridge for 24 hours after cooling, then you cook it again and after cooling you squeez the syrup out through pharmacy gauze, add sugar and lemon juice, cook again, stirring all the time, till it has a consistency of a honey (it might take a while), you can use it instead of honey, or as a cough syrup, 1 tea spoon 2-4 times a day, you can take it just like it is or add to tea

[@wiezyczkowata]

@@bountywoodsfarm8594 it helps with cough, throat ache and in infections of the upper respiratory tract

[@bountywoodsfarm8594]

@@wiezyczkowata Very good! How does she make it?

[@wiezyczkowata]

@@bountywoodsfarm8594 she cooks the flowers in a 1 liter of water for 20 minutes, then after cooling puts it in a fridge, 24 hours later she cooks it again and then after cooling adds sugar and lemon juice, then cooks it agan, but stirs all the time till it get a honey consistency (thick), and then just puts it in smaller jars,

[@cat_daddy]

When I was a kid I heard talk of dandelion wine, never had any mind you

[@843thebear]

The lions tooth - 'dent de lion'.

[@ZaneMedia]

Interesting 🤔

[@843thebear]

@@ZaneMedia Our word dandelion comes from the jagged shape of the leaves which resemble lions teeth. The Normans introduced the phrase 'dent de lion' to the English, which means tooth of the lion.

[@skipbellon2755]

I have always used Dandelions to turn chins and foreheads yellow... and the occasional cheek or forearm.

[@ahmadghosheh3104]

Dandelion as a crop. Now that explains my neighbors yard. 😂

[@ZaneMedia]

😂😂😂

[@judymessenger2425]

LOL

[@ACryin_Shame]

I thanked you last time, i thank you this time.
I love dandelions so much. Could this be my French Canadian heritage? Lol STOP FRICKIN CUTTING THE DANDELIONS PEOPLE!

[@ACryin_Shame]

Unless you're eating them.

[@markc1894]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@d.w.stratton4078]

Deeper root = better nutrient content = use the bigger leaves

[@Steve-ci1kj]

My chickens are big fans.

[@Ismimical]

Thank you. How do we clean pesticide off dandelions? House i rent gets sprayed on from time to time 😒

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Pick them somewhere else, can’t clean off pesticides, they are absorbed.

[@Ismimical]

@@StefanSobkowiak Thank you so much!!! I've seen people saying vinegar and baking soda, thank God I kept looking for information. I've always had a gut feeling that those things can't be washed off, blessings!

[@echandler673]

If I'm making a compost tea and I want to get more calcium in the tea mixture should I use just the leaves and the flower or both the root and the plant? Of course I am not taking all the dandelions that grow in my yard, but some I would like to use.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Maybe, not sure the calcium will extract from the plant. Worth a try.

[@didgeridooblue]

Have you made a video showing your irrigation system? I've seen where you mentioned the watering tape. How many tapes are there in a row? Do you have problems with the voles chewing through the tape?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Not yet hopefully this summer. Thanks for the reminder.

[@didgeridooblue]

I'm thinking of placing 3/4 " (~8.5 mm) PVC with 1/8 " (~3 mm) holes under the mulch for irrigation.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

1/8” holes will cause flooding under mulch, depending on pressure. Try needle holes or use recycled rubber soaker hose, they already have the needle holes mad and it’s tough.

[@didgeridooblue]

I should have said ~18 mm. We have sandy loam soil. I don't think flooding is possible.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

18mm?

[@deborahaulick8479]

A yellow moptop
Then a glorious white orb
Proud dandelion.

[@windyh3198]

Just moved to a new home. Yards have many dandelions. How can I tell if they are safe to eat, if previous owners used herbicide?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Herbicide is usually applied as spots in lawn for dandelion. If you see yellow spots then likely they used it, or had a dog. Wait until next year to be sure.

[@windyh3198]

@@StefanSobkowiak thank you!

[@deborahaulick8479]

A yellow moptop
Then a glorious bright orb
Proud dandelion

[@deborahaulick8479]

Sorry...didn't mean to repeat 🤪