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Submitted 11 months ago by MacNCheezus@lemmy.today to [deleted]
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MonkderDritte@feddit.de 11 months ago
walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
Dandelions never hurt anybody.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
You must not have met HOAs.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
HOAs have hurt people.
Zekas@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But they did stand in the way of this guy selling herbicide
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.
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.
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.
shiftymccool@programming.dev 11 months ago
Also pollinators love them!
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They do!
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 11 months ago
I will never understand lawns.
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.
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?
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
The point is to make home ownership too expensive for black people by wasting land
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dogs tend to like them. Other than that…
Liz@midwest.social 11 months ago
Dogs would be just as happy with any other kind of nature, let’s be real.
pseudo@jlai.lu 11 months ago
[deleted]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.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)
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.
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.
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
myrrh@ttrpg.network 11 months ago
…HOAs hire management companies; management companies issue citations, collect fines, file liens, and foreclose your property…
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.
letsgo@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Clearly someone who’s never accidentally tasted dandelion milk.
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.
over_clox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
People can eat dandelions. So, free food? Where?
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.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So maybe I get a yummy meal, maybe I just fucking die?
I’ll roll those dice.
Slovene@feddit.nl 11 months ago
The whole dandelion is edible. Flower too.
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.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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.
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.
ButWhatDoesItAllMean@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I’ll pass on eating my clothes
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Don’t knock it 'til you’ve tried it.
knightmare1147@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve made dandelion wine and dandelion root tea, both good. A wonderful little treat of a plant.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Yeah but that sounds an awful lot like work.
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!
Snapz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Do the dandelion dance! Blast techno! Wear a speedo! Celebrate nature’s bounty, yo!!
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
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…
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Now that’s an interesting plot twist
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Worked in animal crossing
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s better than someone dousing the lawn in roundup.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Personally, I prefer the slovenly lions.
WereCat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dan the lion?
mo_lave@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Free Dandelions! From the sidewalk to the fence!
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Pretty soon your neighborhood will be lousy with Italians
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 😉
pseudo@jlai.lu 11 months ago
pelletbucket@lemm.ee 11 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
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Look, a dandelion! Must be the last one of the season!
tnt1232007@lemmy.world 11 months ago
what about the wives
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.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Some people are allergic to joy.
_cnt0@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Not joy in general; just other people’s joy.
unreachable@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
And they are amazing for bees
Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I heard their pollen doesn’t provide enough nutrients for the hive/queen. Specifically protein.
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
BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Did you know you can get them in pink and white?
Really piss off your neighbors!
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.
0ops@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Goats love dandelions. It’s like cocaine
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.
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.
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
maybe they’re allergic to the pollen