Raising a Great Crop of Dandelions

Category: daily chores | Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:54 pm

My yard is just full of lovely little yellow flowers!! It's the best crop I've ever seen.....and it's the only thing blooming here, other than the daffodils.

We've come up with an odd weed control system... Years ago, when I had 4-6 teens at a time in my home, they all needed after school chores. A couple of the kids weren't able to do much, but one of my home schooling kiddos came up with the "yellow flower" chore. The less capable kids would be asked to provide a bouquet of 20 yellow flowers for the kitchen and the table.........every day! They soon stopped the dandelions in their tracks. There were still the existing plants, but no new ones going to seed. TA DA. (I would drag out the sprayer & tackle the plants) We ended up with a lawn free of weeds in just a couple seasons. The kids with this chore had to start HUNTING for the yellow flowers!

I've got so many here, the boys can pick to their hearts content! I've got 3 bouquets on my windowsil now!

Got the mowing done yesterday, but not the burn pile...too windy. Trying that chore again today maybe?? Spreading more grass seed on a couple of the repair areas in the lawn....anxious for it to all fill in.

I'm setting up a temporary (who am I kidding, it will be here when I move) planting table next to the pump house. I'm too old & too tired to work on the ground.........it has moved further away these days. I've found an old picnic table that will suffice, along with an assortment of wooden boxes to hold supplies.

Still no signs of the pampas grass clumps.....getting harder to keep fingers crossed.

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Gardenstew wrote on Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:10 pm:

Now that's a novel weed control system contrareeone :) I'd bet your lawn was the envy of the neighbours!

jubabe296 wrote on Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:41 pm:

I need to try that weed control system with my boys!!!

contrareeone wrote on Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:18 pm:

As silly as it sounds, this really worked!! We have our work cut out for us here at the new place, it's mostly weeds, with a blade or two of grass occasionally.
Counting the "flowers" was a great way to teach some math skills too........I homeschooled many of the kids that came through my place.