DANDELIONS

We’ve been hearing a lot about these little guys lately. Mostly, about how to get rid of them. So we thought of sharing a bit about dandelions:

🐝 The bees need the dandelions as an early source of nectar and pollen, when other plants are still hitting the snooze button.

🥒 Some of these same bees and other pollinators will be pollinating our tomatoes and cucumbers in the coming months. Dandelions encourage them to stay in the area.

🌱Dandelions are good for your lawn. Their wide-spreading roots loosen hard-packed soil, aerate the earth and help reduce erosion. And who doesn’t need that in our Texas clay?

⭐️The deep taproot pulls nutrients such as calcium from deep in the soil and makes them available to other plants. Dandelions actually fertilize the grass.

🚑Dandelions are nutritious and are a green and growing first aide kit.

✨Plus, their seeds are a bucket of fun. Who can resist sending those little guys floating into the air?

Dandelions are so good at survival, they’ll probably never be eradicated, but we can learn to be more at ease with dandelions - and other wild things – and maybe even learn to love them a little. ❤️