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RE: Garden Update - Early February
Thank you @paulag! The snow is melting fast and if we don't get more soon I'll be planting some peas, fava beans and dandelions :)
Thank you @paulag! The snow is melting fast and if we don't get more soon I'll be planting some peas, fava beans and dandelions :)
why dandelions? we class them as weeds? what do you use them for?
I'm glad you asked @paulag beause Dandelion is one of my favorite plants :) As a food, tonic and medicine she is so nutritive. I love that dandelions are often so abundant around us, almost as if they want to share their beauty and food with us. Dandelions are great because they are perennials, meaning they come back year after year!
One of my hobbies is to incorporate more wild food and medicine in our diet. My partner Idyllwild is passionate about incorporating wild beauty into our garden and personal our spaces. It is a response to our culture's hyper-domestication and a personal exploration of appreciating nature's abundance and letting go of some of the control that we were taught to have over our garden space.
If you are curious to learn more you can find some of my research on dandelions as food and medicine here: https://homesteaderscoop.com/product/dandelion-seeds/
P.s. We just got more snow last night so looks like I have to keep waiting to plant more seeds :P
And a recent celebration of sharing dandelion seeds here: https://steemit.com/gardening/@sagescrub/thank-you-squishysquid-for-your-support-and-recognizing-value-in-the-common-dandelion
what an amazing response, looks like I triggerd a passion. Do you eat dandelions? I will have a look at the links, thanks :-)
LOL yeah you caught me there, you definitely found a passion :) Yes I eat and drink all parts of the dandelions, roots, leaves, flowers!
thats rather intersting