Although they are really beautiful at the time of flowering, most gardeners will look at the dandelions at the meadow rather than on their own land. But this annoying plant can be very beneficial for many. We should therefore give her a chance and see that he will reward.
To keep the dandelion in a place where it decided to grow up (unless it is just a cleaned flower bed, but perhaps a carefully treated lawn), we have some interesting reasons that will perhaps convince you. It’s not just an intruder, but also a helper.
Dandelions have their advantages, as shown by YouTub video from The Ripe Tomato Farms:
Beneficial for land
Have you ever seen the dandelion root? It is really long and also quite strong. This means that once the plant traveled to its end, it will begin to decompose, including the root of course. After that, a canal will remain in the soil, which will facilitate further water and air penetration into the soil. This means that dandelions significantly help maintain a good soil structure and help others to easily access nutrients.
How good do you have a garden?
If you are not sure how good you have in the garden, see where this small yellow sun is growing. They are often compacted or poor in nutrients. We should pay more attention to such places and improve them with organic fertilizers. It will be an event that we could boldly call “two in one”. On the one hand, you will prepare a more suitable environment for the plants you want to grow, and on the other hand, such space will rather avoid dandelions for some time.
They attract pollinators
When you already have these plants in the garden, you can either cure or rejoice. They are a very important source of food for pollinators, including bees and other useful insects. They bloom first (or among the first) spring, offering early food. Once the bees learn to fly to your garden, they will also be able to see if the apple has already bloom. And how well we know – the more bees, the better the crop. That is worth a few dandelions in the lawn, isn’t it?
A contribution to a natural pharmacy
Even if we consider them weeds, they are really useful. Anyone who is at least marginally interested in the natural pharmacy, as an alternative to synthetically produced medicines, knows.
Prepare the main course of them
In addition to being rich in vitamins and minerals, we can also boldly add them to salads and it is not impossible to prepare them for spinach. Flowers can be wrapped in batter and fry, or make them syrup. Only one we have to be well careful: the flowers are a welcome refuge of small beetles, which we should let the “get off” before further modification. It will be enough when soak the flowers for a few minutes in cold water, or leave them for a few hours spread out on a baking plate. It would be a pity not to use dandelion, especially for their detoxification skills, liver support, blood sugar control and so on.
It is just a nature
Although we can have a lot of other reasons, the main one should be the effort to preserve the most natural diversity of nature. What does this mean? The vegetation naturally has a certain composition that more or less suits nature. He tries to return to his optimal state whenever we people intervene in his concept. It should be noted that nature is doing quite well – just look for a few years abandoned and previously perfectly cleaned land. So let the nature at least a little freedom. You will be surprised how your garden will come alive. You will see useful insects and maybe even birds you thought they were no longer alive.
No one claims that we have to have the dandelion weed with the whole garden and stop control. Certainly there are places where it will not be so hindered.
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