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Don’t shoot! Dandelions are your tasty friends

Field of Dandelions

Here's an oldie-but-goodie from our archives. And it's appropriate for the dandelion season many of us are finding ourselves right in the middle of... enjoy!

Please step away from the pump-action trigger on that bottle of weed killer. Hey, what are you doing with a bottle of toxic weed killer anyway? Don’t you know that stuff does more harm than good? Instead of looking at those dandelions as noxious weeds that must be poisoned, pulled, or otherwise decimated, experience a paradigm shift and appreciate the dandelion for the delicious, medicinal puffs of sunshine they really are. Yes, you read that correctly—Delicious!

Up until very recently, dandelions sat on a pedestal.  Instead of being dead-set on their annihilation (like most of us are today), people actually cultivated them for food, medicine, beverage ingredients and dietary supplements.   Read more >>

Eat insects to reduce your carbon footprint

Grasshoppers are yummy!A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about edible flowers, and decided it was time to write an article about edible insects. Although they may not be nearly as appetizing as beautiful flowers, eating insects is actually a great way to reduce your carbon footprint as well as reduce green house gases.

I'm sure you've heard that cows fart a lot, and those farts are filled with methane, which is a really potent (hee, hee, I said fart and potent in the same sentence) greenhouse gas. Well, edible insects (except for cockroaches) don't produce greenhouse gases.

Also consider in many parts of the world, insects are already on menus at some of the finest restaurants. Read more >>

Plant a Guerrilla Garden

Guerrilla Gardening

Spring has sprung over many parts of the US, and now that the earth is beginning to wake back up from a hard winter, it's time to decorate.

Gardeners across the nation are pulling off their gloves and giving their green thumbs some much needed sunshine and dirt. But there is a new form of gardener who is helping to spruce up sad, drab, public spaces. Meet the Guerrilla Gardener.

Based on the idea that even ugly spaces like abandoned construction sites, medians, vacant lots, etc. should not be deprived of beautiful flowers, Guerrilla Gardeners set out (usually under the cloak of darkness) and bring life to these otherwise neglected spaces.

Some Guerrilla Gardeners really perk up a dead space with potted plants, bushes and other garden art, but my favorite type of Guerrilla Gardener is much more sneaky. They unleash their beautification with more covert seedpods. Read more >>

Flowers are yummy!

Carnations are tastyAs spring flowers begin to bloom all over the US, most people will marvel at their beauty, but a select few of us will lick our lips as many flowers make tasty treats. This is only true if you have a pesticide-free garden and the flowers are not growing close to the road or any other places that harbor little nasties (a pig farm or a sewage treatment plant, for instance).

I wrote about the tasty, edible dandelion a while back, but here are seven more delicious floras to add to your spring salads and use as edible garnishes in your favorite dishes. Read more >>