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minus-squareOmega_Man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·6 months agoI don’t understand the dandelion hate. They are puffballs for maybe two weeks tops. The rest of the time they’re either invisible or beautiful flowers. Also, I’m like the only yard with fireflies in my neighborhood.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-26 months agoI harvest them to make lotion etc.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 months agoLotion, as in it puts it on it’s skin or it gets the hose again?
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agohttps://thenerdyfarmwife.com/dandelion-lotion-bars/
minus-squareOmega_Man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoMy gran used to pick them and make dandelion wine.
minus-squareSinJab0n@mujico.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoHol’ up, can u pls elaborate on that? prefereably with a recipe
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoI like the smell of yellow dandelions too. Had a lot of those around in the town where I grew up
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI’ve been supporting pollinators and bugs at my house since I moved here. I have a portion of my yard set aside for lightning bug habitat. So many this year … that my neighbor got a bug zapper. I hate that fucking thing.
minus-squareOmega_Man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWhat kind of monster doesn’t like lightning bugs?
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI think they’re just angry at bugs in general, bug zappers are just … dumb.
I don’t understand the dandelion hate. They are puffballs for maybe two weeks tops. The rest of the time they’re either invisible or beautiful flowers.
Also, I’m like the only yard with fireflies in my neighborhood.
I harvest them to make lotion etc.
Lotion, as in it puts it on it’s skin or it gets the hose again?
https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/dandelion-lotion-bars/
My gran used to pick them and make dandelion wine.
Hol’ up, can u pls elaborate on that? prefereably with a recipe
I like the smell of yellow dandelions too. Had a lot of those around in the town where I grew up
I’ve been supporting pollinators and bugs at my house since I moved here.
I have a portion of my yard set aside for lightning bug habitat.
So many this year … that my neighbor got a bug zapper. I hate that fucking thing.
What kind of monster doesn’t like lightning bugs?
I think they’re just angry at bugs in general, bug zappers are just … dumb.