"Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <urmdncKlKLuGVd_ZRVn-qQ@comcast.com>
> [email]xxx976@comcast.com[/email] "mark_digital" writes:
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>> Lastly, is there a natural inhibitor for dandelions? I'd rather
>> avoid chemicals. I screwed up my lawn last year big time and
>> don't want a repeat.[/color]
>
> Years ago, friends told me of a year when they clear-picked the
> dandelions in the field behind their house for wine. That year,
> it was thick with flowers. The next, numbers were well down.
>
> So, er, make dandelion wine? Do it, year by year... You don't
> actually have to _drink_ the stuff, understand. ;-)
> --[/color]
The grandmother of one of the dealers I used to call on used to make salads
from dandelion greens. None of the stores in the town where they lived sold
dandelion greens, so she would always go out in the back yard and blow the
seeds around, until the entire half-acre back yard was a giant dandelion
patch. In a neighborhood of very exclusive homes, the neighborhoods were
not very happy ;-)
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Ray O
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