Springflowers!
 Yesss, at last - the springflowers blossoms where we walk! Last saturday it was snowing again - a lot - in most parts of Norway. It was raining in Oslo - but it was so cold and windy........oooohff. We still got snow and ice in the forest where I live, however now at last the springflowers (coltsfoot) is blooming here too.  |
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| Dandelions - ours are just turning green (the plant part) here. I had Stef (our llama) out in the lawn grazing yesterday, and she was hunting them all down. Very nutritious!!!! |
Very pretty. It's funny Dawn, every Spring my Mom would go out looking for dandelions, she loved them. I can still remember her calling her sister, who lived in the west side suburbs, and they bragging about who got the most dandelions. lol All the grandkids used to love to go dandelion hunting with her.  |
| We have a yellow sea of Dandelions (they have swamped out the Daisies) here - until they mow the communal grassed areas that is. Speedwell is starting to run amok too Blue-Bells in the hedgerows, masses of cherry and apple blossom |
| Merlin my tortoise loves the dandelions.x |
 Dandelions  This is a coltsfoot I think - "hestehov" in norwegian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tussilago_farfara  Coltsfoot is the very first flower every year and it is much smaller than dandelions. It blooms in spring, then the leafes grow up late summer or in the autumn.  |
got sheep wrote: Dandelions - ours are just turning green (the plant part) here. I had Stef (our llama) out in the lawn grazing yesterday, and she was hunting them all down. Very nutritious!!!! Dandelions - I think that's what we call (løvetann) "lions tooth" in Norwegian. We were feeding the turtles or tortoises with the green plant part. (long time ago) and they loved it, just like Stef, your lama And some people put the flowers in their salad - I don't eat it though.  It might be more than two or three weeks before we see the dandelions up here in the hills behind the city of Oslo. |
violet wrote: Very pretty. It's funny Dawn, every Spring my Mom would go out looking for dandelions, she loved them. I can still remember her calling her sister, who lived in the west side suburbs, and they bragging about who got the most dandelions. lol All the grandkids used to love to go dandelion hunting with her. We loved dandelions too, especially the flowers - when I was a kid. We had so much fun with it! We made wreath of flowers to our hair and dipped their stems in water to see them curle.  |
Archies Slave wrote: We have a yellow sea of Dandelions (they have swamped out the Daisies) here - until they mow the communal grassed areas that is. Speedwell is starting to run amok too Blue-Bells in the hedgerows, masses of cherry and apple blossom  You're more than two months ahead closer to summer than we are.......Lucky you! |
Labbetussa wrote: Archies Slave wrote: We have a yellow sea of Dandelions (they have swamped out the Daisies) here - until they mow the communal grassed areas that is. Speedwell is starting to run amok too Blue-Bells in the hedgerows, masses of cherry and apple blossom You're more than two months ahead closer to summer than we are.......Lucky you!And though those are pretty flowers.... some of us are saying Lucky YOU... I'd love to have your weather. |
| Only really just turned warm here in the last couple of weeks (I know we aren't as cold as Norway but snow in April was silly to say the least!) Now all the plants have burst out of bud we are finally getting rid of the naked sleeping trees, it was a very pleasant 23ºC over the weekend. When I visited the Nordkap in August it was 4ºC - that is silly! |
Archies Slave wrote: Only really just turned warm here in the last couple of weeks (I know we aren't as cold as Norway but snow in April was silly to say the least!) Now all the plants have burst out of bud we are finally getting rid of the naked sleeping trees, it was a very pleasant 23ºC over the weekend. When I visited the Nordkap in August it was 4ºC - that is silly! Yes, every celsius is kind of silly when there's only four of them in the middle of the summer.We usely don't ask how the summer weather is up north, we more ask, which day they had summer............... You know, without the Gulf Stream, Norway had probably been one big glacier.  We appreciate every springflower and warm day and night. |
| I am hoping that our "summer" wastn't just last week!! When the kids were small and couldn't remember plant names they were all called,yellow ditch plants if they grew on side of ditch on our walks etc. Problem is that has stuck-we get various coloured "ditch" plants and now we have pink "grass verge" plants out!!x |
Sprox's mum wrote: I am hoping that our "summer" wastn't just last week!! When the kids were small and couldn't remember plant names they were all called,yellow ditch plants if they grew on side of ditch on our walks etc. Problem is that has stuck-we get various coloured "ditch" plants and now we have pink "grass verge" plants out!!x  I Wonder what kind of flowers the pink"grass verge" plants could be? Lupines already? |
| Those aren't dandelions, springflowers are colts foot Look similar but colts foot comes up earlier and don't spread as bad as dandelions. I'm going to try and keep my lawn really short this year to hopefully keep the weeds at bay somewhat... |
| The pink grass verge plants look like primroses. The "natural" colout for most plants is yellow in our area. My sister gave me red hollyhock seeds as mine are all yellow-we just got even more yellow ones come up!!!x |
| whoops,ment colour,not colout-I have help under my elbow-a big furry head and a wet tongue!x |
Sprox's mum wrote: The pink grass verge plants look like primroses. The "natural" colout for most plants is yellow in our area. My sister gave me red hollyhock seeds as mine are all yellow-we just got even more yellow ones come up!!!x Primeroses comes in many coulors - we call them Mary-key-flowers (Marianøkleblom). I love them! I've planted some yellow at my summerhouse Close to the sea. |
Joahaeyo wrote: Labbetussa wrote: Archies Slave wrote: We have a yellow sea of Dandelions (they have swamped out the Daisies) here - until they mow the communal grassed areas that is. Speedwell is starting to run amok too Blue-Bells in the hedgerows, masses of cherry and apple blossom You're more than two months ahead closer to summer than we are.......Lucky you!And though those are pretty flowers.... some of us are saying Lucky YOU... I'd love to have your weather. Really! Ok, I'll better post some pics of our cold weather too then........ |
Sprox's mum wrote: The pink grass verge plants look like primroses. The "natural" colout for most plants is yellow in our area. My sister gave me red hollyhock seeds as mine are all yellow-we just got even more yellow ones come up!!!x You aren't talking about cuckoo flower are you or lady's smock? http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/ ... sSmock.htm it has gone mad here not noticed it previously though! |
| No, definatly pink and yellow "ditch" plants-primrose type. Sprocket was fasinated by a bee on the clover in the "grass" (well,it's green and was grass onece-upon-a-time). He just sat and watched it with the odd look at me as if to say "can I play with it mum?". |
| Dandelion greens are only really good for a few weeks in the spring. In fact ours are getting a bit too old now, and they will be too tough to eat. Does everyone else eat theirs with warm sour bacon dressing too? Or maybe that is a regional thing? Shellie |
| not here, to many dogs use them for target practice when widdling! |
Archies Slave wrote: not here, to many dogs use them for target practice when widdling! Shellie wrote: Dandelion greens are only really good for a few weeks in the spring. In fact ours are getting a bit too old now, and they will be too tough to eat. Does everyone else eat theirs with warm sour bacon dressing too? Or maybe that is a regional thing? Shellie Does it taste good And how to make sour bacon dressing |
| Everyone I know here eats dandelion. We can actually buy it here at the market. There is a brand of bacon dressing that I'm sure is sold all over the US at least. I'll grab my recipe and post it later. And yes, dandelion is great. Of course you never use any that could have been fouled, clearly. Really no different than any other green you eat. Shellie |
Shellie wrote: Everyone I know here eats dandelion. We can actually buy it here at the market. There is a brand of bacon dressing that I'm sure is sold all over the US at least. I'll grab my recipe and post it later. And yes, dandelion is great. Of course you never use any that could have been fouled, clearly. Really no different than any other green you eat. Shellie Please post your recipe, we don't have bacon dressing in Oslo, Norway.Sounds very good.......and the Dandelions has just began to grow outdoors now. I'ld like to try it and pic some new fresh green leafes far from the dogs track. |
| OK- found it. I almost forgot! Hot (sour) Bacon dressing 1/2 pound bacon diced small and cooked till crisp DO NOT drain off fat. add 1 small finely diced onion (or shallot) and 1-2 cloved of garlic crushed Sweat till just tender add 2-3 Tablespoons of flour and continue to cook for about 2 minutes to cook the flour taste out. (depending on how fatty your bacon was) gather and combine in a separate bowl: 1/3 cup cider vinegar (I may add more or add another flavorfull vinegar as well) 2/3 cup water 3-5 Tablespoons sugar (to taste) 2 Tablespoons prepared mustard (I use either deli or dijon) a large pinch or two of fresh cracked pepper Add to bacon/onion mixture and cook till thickened. Some people add a diced hard boiled egg at this point to quicken thickening and add texture. Gather only the very tender inner dandelion leaves. Wash thoroughly. TWICE. Spin or pat dry. (soggy leaves will just ruin the entire effort...) Drizzle dressing liberally over leaves and whatever else you choose to add to the salad. Although I love recipes, I almost never follow them, I use them as a suggestion... I just cook the way I like to eat. If that even makes sense. And I rarely measure, so I had to go through the motions to get measurements. Most of my recipes are just a list of ingredients. Mostly just a reminder of what I usually put in. Hope you enjoy this!! It's a very traditional thing where I live. Shellie |
| Thanks Shellie! It sounds good and the Dandelions are coming soon now after all the rain we had the last two days.  |
| Stacey, Don't!!! Quote: I'm going to try and keep my lawn really short this year to hopefully keep the weeds at bay somewhat... Noooooooo! Short grass is an invitation to MORE weeds. Short grass is weak grass, poor roots, thus more chances for weeds to get started. Short grass also means the ground is exposed to sunlight opposed to the grass blades providing shade......thus sunlight means better weed seed germination. Cut long!! Assume you have bluegrass so cut to 2 inches if not 2 1/2.....3 if you can stand it. I have fescue (sorta) and cut to 4 inches. Hard to find mowers that let you cut as long as I want. Dandelion Wine anyone?? Used to make this as a kid....guess who picked the flowers.....grrrrr.  http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/dandelio.asp |
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