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"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news
> > There are a huge mess of fresh young dandelion leaves in my yard at the
> > moment. I'm getting in the mood for weeding.
> >
> > I'm seriously considering harvesting and eating them this year.
> >
> > Any advice from those that do the same? Use or discard the roots etc.?
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >
>
>
> I believe it's just the leaves. And depending upon where you pick them,
> make sure they aren't covered weed killer. I remember my father telling me
> his mother would send him out to pick dandelion greens during the 1930's
> Depression. Neither of them is alive so I can't ask but I think she cooked
> them like turnip greens.
>
> Jill

Thanks Jill! These are in my back garden beds and have not been treated
to either pesticides or weed chemicals. The ones I mainly have my eye on
are in the asparagus bed. Those especially have never even been treated
with sevin. It's where most of my baby lady bugs live. :-) On the ferned
out leaves of mature asparagus.
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Peace! Om

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. -- Dalai Lama