Give Love to the Dandelion

Tips

May
15
2009

Filed in: Yard & Garden

Though often seen as a weed, dandelions are actually good indicators of poor soil quality in your yard. Use the wisdom a dandelion is trying to share with you by amending the area around it with compost to improve the soil quality.
Dandelions play an important role in the springtime ecosystem, like the prairie crocus, they are early bloomers, providing valuable food to pollinators - they could provide food for you too!
To prevent dandelions, keep your grass nice and long (about 7.5cm tall) and establish a plant ground cover, such as those found with native prairie grasses. If you need to get rid of dandelions, pluck the yellow heads to prevent them from seeding, pulls them out by hand or with tool such as The Dandy and try some organic remedies such as corn gluten or compost tea.