I saw a dandelion today- which means our top-soil is now at 50 degrees... I'm itchin' to start some plantin', but just when I think it's time- the snow comes again- dadblast-it anyway!

We have had dandilions here for a couple of weeks now but I'm still afraid to plant anything. I have the seeds for my vegetable garden germinating in a mini green house though so when it's all cear we will be ready to go.

My Mom used to pick dandelions greens and cook them. She used to pick something for me she called wild lettuce. It was good when it was small but when it got big it became bitter. Jon's Dad was just asking me yesterday about the health benefits of dandelion. My basil on the balcony is already up peeking through the dirt.

Uh oh..just called Jon's Dad and he was outside using the water hose on his apple trees. He said they frosted last night.

Janie, dandy lions add a bitter tone to a salad, the way chicory and similar greens do.

However, you want to go easy with them, because they are a mild laxative and a strong diuretic. That's one reason they are used as part of a spring tonic (i.e., to help flush out the system).

Anyone suffering gallstones or a gall bladder inflamation should not use dandelion except under the direction of a qualified health care provider.

Does that include drinking dandelion wine? Despondent sayeth not.