DANDELIONS are the BEST INDICATORS of...

DANDELIONS - do you HATE / LOVE them? Or you just don’t care.

If you hate it you may have spent a lot of time and money trying to eliminate it. Here’s my understanding of what this plant is doing and how you can save a lot of time dealing with this plant.
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TIMECODES:
0:00 - Reasons
1:43 - #1 compacted soil
3:12 - #2 calcium deficient
5:59 - #3 high acidity levels
6:20 - #4 abundance of shade
7:21 - Dandelions bring beneficial insects
8:38 - Dandelions what stage they are in
10:26 - Summary

Love dandelions💛
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This video was filmed & edited by Zack Zane

[StefanSobkowiak]

Thanks everyone for learning and commenting. Can you PLEASE SHARE this video with a couple of people or in your social network. IMAGINE the impact if just 1 person in your neighbourhood STOPS using HERBICIDES, on your, your pets and neighbors’ health. Thank you.

[theresaromeo]

Happy to see someone talking about benefited of the lowly dandelion. It is the first flower every kid gives their mom.

[patriotsongs]

I love dandelions. The first plant in the spring that I eat is dandelion. I saute the blossoms, use the greens for steaming or salads, make soup with blossoms and greens, and dry the root for herbal tea. I also pull out some dandelions and throw them to the chickens. Did I mention that I also make dandelion syrup for pancakes and ice cream? So many things to do with dandelions.

[bettydamnboop]

Never was a fan of dandelion until 35 years ago when my son picked a bunch and came running to me with the biggest smile on his face. Priceless 🌺🌺🌺

[rogofos]

I love dandelions because they're just flowers that plant themselves everywhere, turning what would be a lifeless piece of land in the middle of a highway intersection (just as an example) into a beautiful little garden

[nearsighted]

How can you hate a plant that is 100% edible from flower to root? Dandelion wine, tea, salad, and the root is a coffee substitute. The jobs that you just taught me that it does... I love this plant even more.

[johnsylvester]

We need more people like him in the world, looks like he's having a good time.

[Chrstnrchrdsn]

I wish they would start teaching these ecological/environmental common sense lessons in elementary schools. Teach the young and in one generation we can change the country.

[sen.garyhart]

Due to lack of time I've neglected my yard for years now. The first year we had all kinds of weeds. The second year the grass got too tall and flopped and matted over. Now it is absolutely beautiful, it never gets too tall and has a mixture of clover, mint, lemon balm, grasses, wildflowers, wild strawberries and carrots, and yes dandelion. I even get compliments on it now and I don't do a darn thing to it.

[brianbozo]

This man has saved so many of my brothers and sisters.
Signed in appreciation
Dan D. Lion. !

[phoenixspirit]

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. - A.A.Milne

[sandyhartman]

Dandelions are a Mothers first bouquet from their Children!

[kathio]

Dandelions remind me of when my kids were little. Each of them brought me dandelions they picked in the yard and they were SO proud! I taught them the importance of dandelions and the job they do for our Earth... and how delicious they can be. We went out to the back yard (where I had a huge garden and never EVER used pesticides) and picked dandelions and fried them up. That was the most fun thing... the kids got a huge kick out of it. So I love the lowly dandelion and allow them to live where and when they spring up...

[lalaj]

I always told my daughter that dandelions were little spots of sunshine on the ground.

[tommyd.]

When I was a kid my grandmother used to send me out to the field behind her house to pick them. I'd come back with a brown paper shopping bag filled and she would make us a salad with vinegar, olive oil, sliced tomato and fresh Italian bread. If my mother wasn't around she would pour me a glass of wine and we had the perfect lunch together. 😀

[glcol]

My mom made the best dandelion greens, stir fried with bacon. She called it "spring tonic". She grew up on a hardscrabble farm in the 30's and they ate everything. I have a sign I'm putting in my yard this year - "Forgive my weeds, I'm feeding the bees!" Neighbors will still harass me but I'm learning to ignore them...

[organickevinlondon]

here in the UK, one of our most stunning garden birds, the Goldfinch,
eats Dandelion seeds, that's another reason to allow Dandelions to flourish.

[darcy]

These are my sheep's favorite treat. When spring starts, and they pop up, you can hear him snapping the little stems and flowers up like a kid eating candy! I will forever love this little plant.

[tedspens]

I love dandelions. They're good for the soil, super healthy to eat, and they're pretty. I also respect them for their strength and perseverance. When I grow up, I wan't to be a dandelion.

[rich-ard-style]

So important for the first bee feedings!!! in Spring. Watch out people, Wildflowers are no weeds!