My gardens being took over by Dandelions


	My gardens being took over by Dandelions

wiganfootie

4-25-2009 10:53 AM

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4-25-2009 3:45 PM

tanyamm

I like to think of them as wild flowers. I love it when my grandchildren pick me bouquets of them.

4-26-2009 8:49 AM

debbyski

When life gives you dandelions, make dandelion wine

4-29-2009 7:08 AM

tabsey

I like to drink dandelion tea. Bit like coffee, without the caffeine.

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The yellow flowers could seem pretty (at least from afar) compared to the $255 to $5,000 fines that the City of Toronto plans to hand out for spraying.
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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Flowers for pickling, and making dandelion wine or beer.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Dried to be used in teas.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Raw in salads (especially younger plants).</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Cooked in soups and omelettes. (Older plants can be boiled to reduce bitterness.)</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Roots, ground, as a coffee substitute.</LI>
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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">3.1 mg iron.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">397 mg potassium.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">9.2 g carbohydrates.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">2.7 g protein.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">66 mg phosphorus.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">187 mg calcium.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">76 mg sodium.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">36 mg magnesium.</LI>
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