Posts Tagged "dandelions"

It’s a Superbloom–of Dandelions

Posted by on May 15, 2023 in Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

It’s a Superbloom–of Dandelions

Easterners are enjoying a superbloom of dandelions. What is there about this one particular species of plant that makes it bloom so lavishly on our lawns?

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Ethical Foraging: From Pest to Pesto

Posted by on Apr 27, 2023 in Unmowed Blog | 2 comments

Ethical Foraging: From Pest to Pesto

Foraging for survival or looking for a snack? Best place to look is a lawn. But only if it’s pesticide-free. The thing about spring greens is that you have to catch them early.

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The Dandelion Strategy: Why Dandelions Are Such Successful Plants

Posted by on May 12, 2022 in flowers, Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

The Dandelion Strategy: Why Dandelions Are Such Successful Plants

Flowers are publicity, and dandelions excel at the marketing game. That bright yellow beckons pollinators, and each flower head has hundreds of individual blossoms.

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The Beauty of Dandelions

Posted by on May 15, 2020 in Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

The Beauty of Dandelions

Long ago, it must have seemed to the Pilgrims and pioneers as if they were on a little island of civilization in a threatening sea of wildness, and dandelions were part of their fence to keep the wilderness at bay. Nowadays, it seems as though the wild places are the fragile islands, surrounded by a rising tide of pavement.

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Dandelions: Death on the Lawn

Posted by on May 12, 2015 in birds, environment, spring | 1 comment

Dandelions: Death on the Lawn

It’s the very definition of springtime: the cheerful sight of a robin pulling a worm out of the new green grass. But the robin who goes worm-hunting on a well-tended lawn may be bringing more than a tasty meal home to his youngsters. If the lawn has been treated with a pesticide, the robin and his family may become statistics. It’s been estimated by the Audubon Society that more than seven million wild birds are killed by the aesthetic use of lawn pesticides in the United States, every year. Aesthetic use: that doesn’t mean agricultural pesticides to grow food crops. That...

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