Comments on: Nature’s Blooms http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/ Life is a story, and I am a little part of it. Thu, 23 May 2013 02:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: bikehikebabe http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-32002 bikehikebabe Sun, 23 May 2010 21:49:55 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-32002 Dandelions are beautiful. Why aren't they socially acceptable? Steph, I loved this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q Dandelions are beautiful. Why aren’t they socially acceptable?

Steph, I loved this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31986 Grannymar Sun, 23 May 2010 14:21:30 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31986 Ramana - That video certainly rolled back the years! Ramana - That video certainly rolled back the years!

]]> By: Rummuser http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31983 Rummuser Sun, 23 May 2010 13:31:14 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31983 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dir-zlWP8Qk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dir-zlWP8Qk

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31978 Grannymar Sun, 23 May 2010 08:25:54 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31978 Magpie - Thanks for the tips about the dandelions. I love them when they are in full flower. WWW - I am not a lover of lawns either. The days are fast approaching when a flat with a window box are becoming appealing! :D Betty - Come join me! Kate - A goat! I think I would go for a sheep, and harvest the wool to knit a jumper! Magpie - Thanks for the tips about the dandelions. I love them when they are in full flower.

WWW - I am not a lover of lawns either. The days are fast approaching when a flat with a window box are becoming appealing! :D

Betty - Come join me!

Kate - A goat! I think I would go for a sheep, and harvest the wool to knit a jumper!

]]> By: Kate http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31974 Kate Sun, 23 May 2010 07:42:21 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31974 Hmmm - nice to make daisy chains - but I'm with Nick - I need a goat!! Gardening doesn't turn me on! Hmmm - nice to make daisy chains - but I’m with Nick - I need a goat!!
Gardening doesn’t turn me on!

]]> By: Betty http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31968 Betty Sun, 23 May 2010 04:32:12 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31968 I think I'd make the daisy chain and ignore the weeds. I think I’d make the daisy chain and ignore the weeds.

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31967 wisewebwoman Sun, 23 May 2010 02:56:52 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31967 If I had my way I'd abolish lawns altogether, who ever invented this insane way of living? And who tells weeds from flowers? XO WWW If I had my way I’d abolish lawns altogether, who ever invented this insane way of living?
And who tells weeds from flowers?
XO
WWW

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31966 Magpie11 Sat, 22 May 2010 21:56:34 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31966 Stick a plant pot (with holes blocked up) over the dandelions and harvest the blanched leaves. Steph_ I'm sure we have done this one before...names for dents de lion: Pis en Lit, Wet the bed, (referring to their diuretic effect). Did you know that during WWII, due to a shortage of rubber, the Soviets are said to have tried to cultivate and harvest dandelion species for their latex? Apparently Erzatz coffee was made from dried, roasted and ground dandelion roots A weed is only a plant growing where a human doesn't want it to! In my garden Pelargoniums are generally considered to be weeds. Re the dandelion wine...prepare the flowers carefully; Always remove the stalks...or it turns out very bitter! I know I made the mistake. They are pretty though!...there was a field full next to the Crem last Thursday. Stick a plant pot (with holes blocked up) over the dandelions and harvest the blanched leaves.

Steph_ I’m sure we have done this one before…names for dents de lion: Pis en Lit, Wet the bed, (referring to their diuretic effect). Did you know that during WWII, due to a shortage of rubber, the Soviets are said to have tried to cultivate and harvest dandelion species for their latex? Apparently Erzatz coffee was made from dried, roasted and ground dandelion roots

A weed is only a plant growing where a human doesn’t want it to!

In my garden Pelargoniums are generally considered to be weeds.

Re the dandelion wine…prepare the flowers carefully; Always remove the stalks…or it turns out very bitter! I know I made the mistake.

They are pretty though!…there was a field full next to the Crem last Thursday.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31965 Grannymar Sat, 22 May 2010 21:55:22 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31965 Darlene - I have tasted dandelion wine, but never made it. The glassful I had was given to me at 9 a.m. in the morning (that is another story)! It was very pleasant and not how I expected it to taste at all. Darlene - I have tasted dandelion wine, but never made it. The glassful I had was given to me at 9 a.m. in the morning (that is another story)! It was very pleasant and not how I expected it to taste at all.

]]> By: Darlene http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/22/natures-blooms/#comment-31964 Darlene Sat, 22 May 2010 21:44:53 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7466#comment-31964 Has anybody ever made dandelion wine? I have heard of it 'like forever', but never knew anybody who actually made it. It doesn't sound good to me. Has anybody ever made dandelion wine? I have heard of it ‘like forever’, but never knew anybody who actually made it. It doesn’t sound good to me.

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