Dandelion

If you visited my house, you might be convinced by the state of my back garden that I am a lazy bint that doesn't do any gardening - and you'd be exactly right . While my front garden is kept trim and tidy for appearances sake, my back garden is a complete jungle. However, I hate to admit to anyone that I'm simply lazy (and in truth, I'm not just lazy, my mower was stolen and I haven't been able to replace it) so I have a really good excuse - I'm cultivating dandelions . Of course, the next question people ask, having already asked why I'm such a lazy baggage, is WHY ? Well, I shall tell you .The first and simplest reason is that I have ...  Read the complete review

Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale ***The Plant*** Dandelion when I was younger was known as a plant that made you pee in the bed if you touched it, it goes by many different names including Lions teeth, Fairy clock, Farmers clock, wetted, Cankerwort, Priests crown, Swinesnout and also put nicely Pee in the bed. The Dandelion is one of Mother Nature's great medicines, to some it's a weed but as Alan Titchmarsh says "A weed is only a plant growing in the wrong place". The Dandelion can be found all over the world and loves rich nitrogen soil and believe it or not it can be found at 6500ft above sea level. There is no reason why ...  Read the complete review

Dandelion The common Dandelion grows everywhere, it’s hard to get rid off and it can do us so much good. The herbal properties of this plant are great yet we all think it’s just a weed which crops up in our gardens every year to take over a nice lawn, or get in the way of the nice blooming flowerbed. Stop for one minute before you get the weed killer out and think about all the good things this little plant can do. The dandelion grows almost anywhere, in fields, gardens at the side of the road and on waste land. It’s common names are Priest’s Crown and Swine’s snout when we were little we used to call it wet the bed. Yet we’d all run to ...  Read the complete review