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  • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can’t fathom why anyone hates dandelions. The entire plant is edible and they’re a cute little flower.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some people are allergic to joy.

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      • _cnt0@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not joy in general; just other people’s joy.

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      • unreachable@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        joy is bitter killer

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    • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And they are amazing for bees

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      • Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I heard their pollen doesn’t provide enough nutrients for the hive/queen. Specifically protein.

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    • DannyMac@lemm.ee [bot] ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I don’t even get mad at them any more. They are hardcore survivors and proliferators, and will have a welcome haven in my lawn to piss off dick neighbors like in the post

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      • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Did you know you can get them in pink and white?

        Really piss off your neighbors!

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    • jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I saw a bunny once systemically behead a bunch of dandelions in an area. It was cute and scary.

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      • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Goats love dandelions. It’s like cocaine

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’re technically an invasive species in North America. Been around long enough now that they could maybe be considered native. If you’re looking to do a natural lawn in NA, though, you should probably still consider them a weed.

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      • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s a good point, and I fact I keep forgetting. Probably because the people who typically take issue with them aren’t concerned about native species (if they were, they wouldn’t like the grass either.

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    • stebo02@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      maybe they’re allergic to the pollen

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  • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lawn-desert

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  • walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dandelions never hurt anybody.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You must not have met HOAs.

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      • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        HOAs have hurt people.

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      • StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    • Zekas@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But they did stand in the way of this guy selling herbicide

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dandelions actually do important work for your lawn. They break up the hardened soil to make the ground softer for the grass to grow in. Letting dandelions grow will lead to a more beautiful lawn.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like dandelions. I’d let them grow even without the additional benefits just because they’re pretty. And also fun for kids when the seeds mature and you can pluck them and blow them into the wind.

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      • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I completely agree. But for all those that want the lawn to be beautiful and healthy it’s good to have that knowledge about them. They’re useful and good looking. Best combo.

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    • shiftymccool@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also pollinators love them!

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      • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They do!

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  • kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I will never understand lawns.

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lawns became symbols of the elite in England, as wealthy landowners sought to show off their gains via the most ostentatious displays possible outside stately homes.

      Colonizing landowners were keen to replicate the look of a manicured English garden. As such, English imperialism is somewhat to blame for lawns being created around the world, where they became a status symbol, and a sign of wealth and well-to-do.

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      • kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What I don’t get is what’s the point of a garden with only 2cm-long grass in it?

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    • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The point is to make home ownership too expensive for black people by wasting land

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dogs tend to like them. Other than that…

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      • Liz@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Dogs would be just as happy with any other kind of nature, let’s be real.

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  • pseudo@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Totally a USA thing. Dandelions and Clover are seen as undesirable to our eugenicized monoculture lawns.

      The terrible part is the clover and dandelions and these other early season flowers “weeds” are a very important part of a bees diet.

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      • MintyAnt@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I love your line of thinking. Lawns don’t feed the ecosystem, flowers do! But here in the US dandelions and clover are not a critical part of their diet. Native plants are the critical part of their diet - e.g. Native maple trees that bloom first!

        Dandelions are native to Europe

        Clover is native to Eurasia

        They are far from the worst weeds, i wouldn’t go eradicating them like you should invasive plants (I leave both in my lawn anyways). But if we are looking to support our bees and ecosystem, then we should be re wilding our yard and growing native plants

        In New England there’s a lot of neat spring ephemerals too (select from additional attributes)

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    • GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Definitely a thing in the US. People spend lots of money to have chemicals poured onto their yards every year, summer and winter, to keep the weeds away. All of those chemicals have to go somewhere. Probably the groundwater and streams and other bodies of water. Not good.

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      • pseudo@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I know people who mowed down carefully their lawn and spray them with presticide but they never had a issue with having dandelions, daisies and other common grass flowers, they are usually considered part of the lawn.

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    • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a weird culture a lot of emphasis on freedom and protecting your home but then you just “ok then” when the local busy body comes around. It’s your land get them told

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      • myrrh@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        …HOAs hire management companies; management companies issue citations, collect fines, file liens, and foreclose your property…

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I too had never heard of the insane hatred on the poor dandelions before stumbling upon it online.

      They should just eat more salad if it’s such a problem.

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      • letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Clearly someone who’s never accidentally tasted dandelion milk.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I stole this meme from somewhere else so I really don’t know anything about the backstory, so it could have been a grumpy neighbor for all I know.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People can eat dandelions. So, free food? Where?

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can eat dandelion greens, but be careful where you pick them. Some people use pesticides for spiders and ticks around their homes, or weed-killers. You can also boil the greens and flowers to make tea.

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      • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So maybe I get a yummy meal, maybe I just fucking die?

        I’ll roll those dice.

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      • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The whole dandelion is edible. Flower too.

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        People that are too lazy or can’t afford to cut their lawn typically also can’t or don’t care to afford pesticides.

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    • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2NGeTbzDXU

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  • Chocrates@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dandelion greens are really good for you. Plus as others have noted monoculture lawns are pretty bad for the environment. Better than impermeable surfaces but still not great.

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  • rayyy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can make Dandelion wine, coffee, dandelion salve, dandelion syrup, dye your clothes and eat them, to mention a few uses. - maybe he should sell them.

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    • ButWhatDoesItAllMean@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ll pass on eating my clothes

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      • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Don’t knock it 'til you’ve tried it.

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    • knightmare1147@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve made dandelion wine and dandelion root tea, both good. A wonderful little treat of a plant.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah but that sounds an awful lot like work.

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  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh no! Your neighbour will really be upset now…

    What they meant us your lawn has less than the regulation number of dandelions. Quick, go gather seeds and start replanting!

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  • Snapz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do the dandelion dance! Blast techno! Wear a speedo! Celebrate nature’s bounty, yo!!

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I gotchu bro

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  • Malfeasant@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It doesn’t say what to do with them… If I see something like that with no context, I’m breeding ginormous people-eating dandelions…

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now that’s an interesting plot twist

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  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Worked in animal crossing

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  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s better than someone dousing the lawn in roundup.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Personally, I prefer the slovenly lions.

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    • WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dan the lion?

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  • mo_lave@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Free Dandelions! From the sidewalk to the fence!

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  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pretty soon your neighborhood will be lousy with Italians

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  • Asclepiaz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I fucking hate dandelions, I hate herbicides a shit ton more though. I planted clover and other ground over to compete with the dandelions and to feed the bees. My husband and I go out picking dandelions any day it’s not raining and we see yellow in the yard. It’s kinda fun to see who can get the longest thickest root 😉

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  • pseudo@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    !nolawns@slrpnk.net

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  • pelletbucket@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    if you’re letting your dandelions flower, you should remove them when they go to seed. if they seed your neighbor’s lawns, your neighbors are probably going to use pesticides that are going to be flushed into your local water table

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Look, a dandelion! Must be the last one of the season!

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  • tnt1232007@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    what about the wives

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