Dandelions & Clocks

[Ruthierhyme]

Telling the time per puff !!

There are seas of yellow dandelions and puffy clocks everywhere at the moment and a great number of old wives tales that accompany these flowers...


What are your childhood memories of them ...

[Miss Muffet]

I have fond memories, as does Lee, of not daring to pick them because we'd wet the bed! And also using them to tell the time, with one puff for 1 o'clock, 2 puffs for 2 o'clock and on until all the seeds had gone (I'm sure everyone did that!) It's no wonder I was always late!!

I understand that they are a natural diuretic when eaten, the entire plant is edible, but can be bitter! The french name is 'pissenlit', 'lit' meaning 'bed'! The milky sap is apparently excellent at removing warts, pimples, moles, calluses and sores, it also soothes bee stings and blisters!

So there you go, all I know about dandelions!

Dont mention those things near me or John they have taken over in this part of the world and a higher than the daffs. Not for want of weed killer and mowing.lol

[Ruthierhyme]

LOL ... know what you mean patsy & how far down do their roots go ???
Our Rabbit's cage used to get moved around the garden lawn a lot and miraculously a new bunch of dandelions would appear in the same spot a few weeks later !! lol