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05/02/10, 11:59 PM
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Dandelions root into poorer soil, and send down a long taproot, which brings up nutrients from lower soil levels. They are actually really good soil improvers, and I'm just now learning to live with them!
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05/03/10, 05:30 AM
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If I paid my son 2 cents a dandelion, I would have to file bankruptcy if he picked them all. You cannot mow them adequately - their stupid long stems pop back up almost immediately. TO keep them down, I would have to mow 2x a day. They are now in my hay fields. Sounds like I will need to do something about that since I can't lose my hay to dandelions. My chickens are in my yard all the time and I have NEVER seen them go for the dandelions - they go for the flower beds. Even the sheep don't seem to eat them, wich is too bad. They could founder on them around here. I will have to spray them every year as I have a neighbor that thinks they look wonderful.....
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05/03/10, 07:28 AM
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You need to learn to make your own wine. It's pretty good stuff, albeit a little stronger than the commercial stuff. After a couple glasses, you really don't care how many dandelions are in your lawn. 
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05/03/10, 07:52 AM
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Do what? Leave them alone and enjoy them! They are pretty!
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05/03/10, 08:23 AM
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Spraying them is reckless- they are an important pollen and nectar source for honeybees. Spraying them in bloom will have them tracking it back in to their hives. Thus killing or weakening hives, and pesticide laced honey IS reality here.
Don't be bringing pointless "city standards" to your country home, please.
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05/03/10, 08:25 AM
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And don't forget- this is their one big show for the year. Once it is over they bloom sporadic if at all for the season.
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05/03/10, 09:32 AM
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OK, I've got a box full of dandelions. First one to send me a PM wins the prize.
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05/03/10, 02:00 PM
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Read some where that the worst water polliton is caused by people trying to get rid of dandlions.
The best organic way to get rid of dandlions is to cover the area with a tarp to stop the sun lite from getting to them. takes a week or so and the grass thou yellowed bad will pop back in just a day or so. Of course card board works well also. Once you are rid of them mow the lawn long like 3 inches or taller. The taller thicker grass keeps sun lite from getting to them, allowing them to grow.
Dandlion Honey is some mighty fine stuff also.
Al
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05/04/10, 11:02 AM
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05/04/10, 12:38 PM
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borrow my kids - they can de-dandelion a yard in no time flat. I have gotten many, many sticky dandelion bouquets over the years, and have woven dozens of dandelion crowns for my kids and the neighbor kids. Of course, they also love to spread the seeds... the girls blow on the puffs and make a wish, or twirl with them, and my son likes to kick them!
dandelions are my favorite flowers! We don't have any here in our new yard. It's a little sad, really.
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05/04/10, 12:55 PM
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Dandelions in alfalfa? Wouldn't bother me at all- more feed for goat and horse. Seriously- make a temporary fence and put goaties out- You will have happy, fat goats and no dandelions.
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05/04/10, 01:14 PM
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Dandelions are nice things. I simply don't understand why people find them annoying.
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05/04/10, 08:18 PM
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I just went out a sprayed the bejeepers out of them that had not gotten the killing spray 6 days before. I also used a weed and grass killer that i sprayed around a few areas that I did not want anything to to grow like in the the driveway etc. And boy that stuff works great.
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05/04/10, 09:56 PM
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Again... Why?
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05/05/10, 04:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sirquack
Hey Highlands, if I sent you a package to the West Topsham address would that get to you. I have a TON of dandy's in my yard and I would pull some puff balls off and put them in a small box for you.
Just let me know if that address is still good.
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Definitely. Put my name on it and West Topsham, VT and it gets to me. See below. Small town. Very small and I'm actually only 1.5 miles from the Post Office. I would love all the dandelions seed I can get and then that will prevent them from reseeding your lawns... 
Cheers
-Walter Jeffries
252 Riddle Pond Road
West Topsham, VT 05086
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids and future home to orphaned dandelions.
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/csa
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05/05/10, 04:09 AM
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If you're serious, I'll definitely help you out. I'll send you a PM soon.
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I'm serious. See my address below. We just lost our snow this past week. We're cranking on spring seeding, planting and fencing, especially of the new fields we cleared last year which is where I would love to spread dandelion seeds. The dandelions are excellent animal food. Perhaps you can turn our hills to gold(en color). We're just barely starting to see green. I'm jealous of the valley where they have 8" of grass already!
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Originally Posted by NoClue
I was just up in New Hampshire (just got back yesterday as a matter of fact), and I think your problems is that it's too darn cold for dandelions! Yesterday morning, when I got up to head to the Airport, I had to scrape a good 10 inches of snow off my car.
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Aye, probably. Down in the valley below us they have fields and fields of dandelions in the summer. We get a little bit of something called colt's foot:
http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/2009/04/screening.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tussilago_farfara
which I find all the way to the top of our mountain.
Cheers
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Sugar Mountain Farm
252 Riddle Pond Road
West Topsham, VT 05086
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids and future home to dandelions
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/csa
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05/05/10, 04:20 AM
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Keep the dandylions, get rid of the wife, hehe just kiddin.....kinda
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Lol! I agree.
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05/05/10, 04:42 PM
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Dandelions = bee and rabbit food. They're welcome in my yard between mowings.
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05/05/10, 11:32 PM
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You need to learn to make your own wine. It's pretty good stuff, albeit a little stronger than the commercial stuff. After a couple glasses, you really don't care how many dandelions are in your lawn.
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LOL! Now that's the spirit!
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