shortaque:: I havent heard of FOOD NOT LAWNS, but it brings up a rant Ive had for awhile, since age 5 or 6 actually when I was told to mow the lawn.....why isnt our lawn edible? Why do we spend so much money and time growing a worthless piece of green monoculture? Why cant I empty the mower onto a plate with some ranch dressing?? Did you know the hated dandelion is more nutritious than spinach or kale? Ive been eating more and more of them as the 'taboo" of eating them fades my body says 'yum' !
Who made our culture HATE dandelions so much?? 1 guess......
Thats right! MONSANTO! With thier demonizing commercials and "news" reports, they have made us hate the most nutritious thing in our yards! Why? to sell us round up of course! And then more spinach and lettuce......and then medicine from subsidiary Phizer.......Most of all to destroy and forget our knowledge and ability to care for ourselves.... Killing them or even trying is an excercise of futility! "GOD" or Mother Nature put those pretty yellow flowers everywhere for vitamins for the landwalkers...Think about it, they never need work to make them grow, they multiply when you try to remove them by breaking roots off or scatterring seed...my chickens are even smart enough to figure it out, or bears or deer, they dont watch TV (usually) so they instinctively go for whats good for them!
One of my favorite things to do with dandelions so far:: boil a handful of greens for 10 minutes, then strain and fry with onions and bacon or similar THEN save the green water you boiled them in, while its still hot, mix in enough honey or sugar or agave to balance it out till it tastes like sweetened green tea...store in a glass container in the fridge, drink a big glass or 2 every day or whenever youre thirsty! Better than any pressed sawdust, chemical filled multi-vitamin!
for maximum benefit dont use tap water use either from a well or spring, distilled, or reverse osmosis....because fluoride and chlorine are known poisons! Drinking fluoride does nothing good for you...
