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Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold
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Get rid of the large swaths of green fucking grass, which completely useless when one cuts it down. Let the Dandy Lions grow like we do in Europe and plant more native flowers too.
Clover. Clover is great:
+1 for clover. I "accidentally" spilled some clover seed outside our place (bugger off HOA), and it's slowly overtaking the grass they planted.
+ a chance at 4-leaf
I spread a bunch of clover seed around my yard, and where the grass was struggling (I don’t water or fertilize at all) the clover took over, and where the grass was doing ok naturally the clover sort of let the grass have that space mostly. Now the whole yard looks nice, and the clover is just fucking loaded with bees all day. It’s great. My dog just lies in the lush clover and watches the bees buzz around.
My yard was infested with bur clover, horrible stuff when you have pets. Worse when your pets are poodle mixes.
Other clover yeah they chill.
If and when I ever get a home first thing I'm doing is planting clover.
It's also way less ugly than dandelions that have finished blooming and started spreading seeds, as a bonus. In fact, it looks pleasing to the eye.
IIRC it also grows really easily, you can guerilla plant clover seeds around town at night if you really want to.
No, Dandy Lions crowd out native North American species and result in less diverse ecosystems, which is bad.
I have a native meadow lawn and it's awesome. Zero maintenance, barely any watering (just peak dry season) and incredibly beautiful. The ecosystem takes care of itself as long as you don't buff one side by accident.
Question from a yank: Is it 'dandy lion' or 'dents-de-leon'?
He wrote it wrong. Its dandelion, and its pronounced in English just like you do, but dependent on the country, we have different words for it. In danish its “mælkebøtte”. Which means “milk bucket”. I think because of the white liquid they have inside. Its good for mosquito bites.
The whole plant is edible too but gets more bitter the older it gets. Especially delicious as a spring salad mix in.
I love eating dandelion heads when they first show up in the spring. Everybody thinks I'm nuts when I reach into someone's yard and pop it right off the stem and eat it, but I genuinely like them.
In Dutch it's "Paardenbloem" (horses' flower).
I was always told that 'dandelion' is an Anglicization of the French name, "dents-de-léon" (Lion's Teeth). But some English speakers spell it as "dandy lion" as in "A gentlemanly and well-dressed lion", for its cheerful yellow 'mane'.
Ah so it’s more of a question about the origin of the word, and it seems you’re right about the lion’s teeth. People who say dandy lion probably misinterpreted the sound. But hey that’s how language evolves.