Once you’re ready to eat your dandelions, make sure to wash them thoroughly. They can be stored in the refrigerator for a week — sometimes wrapping the greens in a damp paper towel keeps them fresh longer. You can use the raw root to make dandelion root tea or use roasted dandelion ...
I realize that dandelions do not grow everywhere but they are one of the most widespread plants on the planet. If you are in a region in which they grow, chances are they everywhere! This is great news for the everyday forager or for someone who finds themselves in a survival situation ...
HOW DO YOU PREPARE PURSLANE? FORAGING PURSLANE Do you love foraging wild foods like tastydandelionsandwild black raspberries? If you haven’t yet discovered purslane, you’ll be thrilled to learn that this common wild plant is viewed as a prime vegetable in much of the world. In North Americ...
Preparing fresh papaya is particularly easy, and requires little to no effort if you have the right tools. Because it’s safe to eat without cooking, all you need to do is slice the papaya, and mind out for the skin. An easy method for eating papaya could be to slice it in half len...
As well as spoiling the look of your lawn, they compete with the grass for water and nutrients, so they need to be kept under control. Some of the most common lawn weeds, such as dandelions, docks and plantains, have long tap roots, and it’s important to get the whole root out to...
Carotene, part of a group of accessory pigments called carotenoids, gives carrots and sweet potatoes their orange hue and lends dandelions and marigolds their bright yellows. Lycopene helps tomatoes, watermelons and rose hips pop with their characteristic reds. Anthocyanins partly account for the deep...
Apply pre-emergent herbicide in the early spring to prevent grassy weeds like crabgrass. Apply broadleaf weed control products in the mid-spring to target weeds like dandelions. Fertilizer treatments can begin around May or later, depending on whether you have cool-season or warm-season grass. ...
Plants - mix and match flowers and vegetables in your bed, making it more difficult for insects to feast on your vegetable buffet. Get rid of pests - love the ladybug. Ladybugs are healthy, good bugs that feed on aphids. Attract them by planting fennel, dill, dandelions and geraniums. Cr...
Here are a couple of pointers about dining on dandelions. Eating dandelions is all about personal preference. The leaves taste best in early spring before the yellow flowers bloom. After the flowers bloom, the leaves are bitter and tougher. Dandelion leaves are a wonderful tonic for your liver...
I read on a gardening website that dandelions, if left undisturbed, can grow roots 15 feet deep. I guess that’s why, when you yank them and only break their stems, a new flower sprouts quickly in the same place. My hope to be a mom was rooted as deeply as a dandelion, but I ...