dandelions

getting the garden back into summer-shape and removing lots of dandelions untill i got blisters on my hands. googled the weed and found that it may be better to eat it than throw it in the compost-bin:

On an herb trip one of the instructors had a printed T-shirt that said ” If you can’t beat em eat em”. This is referring to the plant with the yellow flowers that appear in the spring time. Flowers that open with the morning sun and close in the evening and in gray weather.
By the way – spring time is time to clean our liver not just our house.
Our Dandelion, considered an obnoxious, annoying weed that won’t go away despite our efforts to eradicate it.
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