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[@carolantrim]

Can I ask why the graft union of the tree needed to be facing north on the crab apple tree you planted? Thanks!

[@gigihenderson8567]

The idea of facing the graft union north, is to prevent sunburn at that spot. As you saw, there is often a pronounced curve where the budwood comes off the rootstock, which is susceptible to sunburn/ scalding, especially in our hot climates. Facing it north will help keep that part of the tree healthy as it starts to grow. Young trees have thin bark and bad sunburn can kill the whole tree.

[@NextLevelGardening]

Gigi is correct!

[@NextLevelGardening]

Yup. Thanks!

[@carolantrim]

@@gigihenderson8567 Thank you so very much!

[@deborhasmith6285]

Thank you

[@yesidovlogs]

Wishing everyone who sees this comment a very happy day

[@NextLevelGardening]

You too!

[@onemoredoll5791]

Thank you! You too

[@mags9536]

You too. Thank you 😊

[@Christian-jx3nx]

Thank you. You also! 😊

[@thequestlivetolearntolive.8555]

Thank you like wise

[@sallypoppema9575]

It's so nice having you back on the regular again. You look rested and ready for the new season. Your cottage garden area is so beautiful!

[@Nrscathy60]

Love the basket idea. I have a Gopher service that traps them. That's alot to go through when a few traps could help solve your problem. He comes regularly, so we keep things under control. As far as dandelions, they are full of vit c and are great for the chickens, down to the roots. The flowers make for more healthy orange egg yolks. So good for the chickens. My Grandma used to make dandelion wine on occasion.😂

[@SoulsJourney]

Dandelions are forever. They are perennials, and cold and freezing temps have no effect. They are a good source of food for insects early in the spring when nothing else is blooming yet. They also help improve the soil by bringing up calcium, help aerate it, etc. Anyway, lots of benefits from them. There are tons of articles all over the internet.

[@tgardenchicken1780]

Love my dandelions too.

[@tesswagner895]

​@t gardenchicken So do I! 💗 We like to eat the leaves, and roots are medicinal too. Such a happy yellow 🎉

[@tesswagner895]

​@t gardenchicken So do I! 💗 We like to eat the leaves, and roots are medicinal too. Such a happy yellow 🎉

[@user-mc3tp5sd2z]

I spent my childhood springtime on my hands and knees every year digging them out (“make sure you get the whole root!”) to appreciate them, at all. I’ve eaten them in a spring mix, but as far as I’m concerned they are the devil!

[@sharonromero128]

@@user-mc3tp5sd2z Do you like food, do you like honey? Bees are pollinators. Dandelions are among the first flowering plants the bees visit in the Spring when they awaken. You may hate dandelions but, please love the bees and leave a few flowers for them. Many blessings

[@lindasoaft9303]

Cottage garden really coming along nicely! Thanks for the demo on gopher cages. Getting ready to plant Cherry and Western Redbud trees!

[@noora7773]

Dandelion leaves will be killed by frost but I think they overwinter their root systems. No matter how harsh the winter, there will be dandelions as soon as the snow melts in the spring.

[@vickimedina9166]

I can attest to that here in Colorado.

[@loisford3406]

When I make my gopher baskets I use the clips and plyers that are used for making rabbit cages. really easy to use and quite cheep. Can be purchased at most feed stores, better than trying to bend little pieces of wirer.

[@magdalenariosmetcalf3088]

Go for the slightly more expensive crimpers/pliers because the handles are way easier on the hands than the skinny cheap ones.

[@melindaroth5796]

BEAUTIFUL TULIPS BRIAN. YOU WORK SO HARD. YOU ARE DETERMINED TO SUCCEED. SO HAPPY FOR YALL. 😊 LOVE YALL ❤

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thanks so much Melinda

[@lisaf568]

I am with you on Dandelions, they are a huge issue in California! Your tulips are amazing. I am going to try that next year!!!

[@pjsviking]

Dandelions/cold climate (5a and 4b) - they survive just fine - VERY deep roots. My mother used to eat them mostly as salad greens. We didn't as we grew up in urban areas where herbicides were used quite freely. As herbicides are banned in our area now, suppose we could get into it. In the meantime we do leave them to brighten our spring lawns and provide some of pollinators' first spring food. We cut the grass just as the seed heads are starting to form, continue cutting for the summer leaving them for next spring. They're green after all :O) and blend in just fine with the grass.

[@bridscloset]

I am in Zone 6b (New York). The dandelions come back every year. I use them in salads, as medicine, and as food for my guinea pigs!

[@TheNordicfrost]

Where I live in Canada, dandelions are one of the first plants to bloom and the bees love them. It’s true they spread like wildfire and most people treat them as a “weed” here as well. I’ve never tried eating them, but my sister gave me seeds for a none flowering variety that I might try planting this spring.

[@galetimpone1712]

Thank you so very much for your video. I enjoyed learning something new about planting FRUIT TREES. Looking forward to watching all that you have recorded. Blessing to you and happy gardening.

[@getitright5863]

Lol, love dandelions leaves in my salad and tea very detoxifying. Great for your liver.

[@tgardenchicken1780]

yay! Love my dandelions

[@cathybradley3001]

Just wanted to say I've greatly benefited from you book, and thoroughly enjoy both of your channels. On a personal note, I'd like to say thank you for being open about how gardening has aided you through the years when dealing with anxiety and depression. It's takes a lot of courage to put yourself out to society, especially when there's always people that choose to be ass-hats behind keyboards!! Thank you for all of your efforts. 🤓

[@vecherd]

Moles! We have moles. They don't like daffodils either, the things I have planted have been containers of different kinds. The tulips look beautiful! As for the dandelions nope they don't die off I never kill them as they are the first food source for bees in my area,

[@tgardenchicken1780]

Yay! I love them for our earlier pollinators too. Don't find them invasive at all, but then I don't have turf, only gardens and containers.

[@Cindy86314]

We are in northern Az & we have moles also....everywhere!

[@camicri4263]

😂😂😂 You can eat dendilion in small amounts hidden amongst salad and stuff. I am not crazy about it but I don't mind it either. I happen to like bitter greens. I will try to cook it in a few different ways and let you know if it's more acceptable.😂😂😂. I did started laughing when you said that because I was one of the people that said it. Even if they die over the winter, there's plenty of seeds and will come back. Brian, somethings take a while to get used to eating, I am not telling you to do it, I just wanted you to be aware of it and maybe dry some for tea. When you need stuff like this, you would be surprised how you do it. You can also put it in empty capsules and take it this way if needs be. Anyway, I loved your honest reaction! Priceless! 🤗❤️

[@wandakelly2173]

Thanks for how to make gopher baskets. At my home, it’s voles. I have bought the hardware cloth. I wasn’t sure how to make it work! Thanks 😊

[@jefferyponts2096]

I bought a home a couple years ago that had over 50 fruit trees. The original owner had planted all of the trees about 5 years before. He used the cages for the same reason. They did not rust and they stunted the growth of the trees. It was a huge pain to get them out. I live about a mile from the ocean in Northern California, so you would think if they were going to rust it would be here. We have become very good gopher hunters and jump on it as soon as we see a new hole.

[@mendynoma4272]

I made a four foot hardware mesh underground fence around a three year old apple tree when digging its hole and I filled the bottom with six inches of broken glass bottles before filling in with soil around the rootball , that was almost twenty years ago, the top of the hardware mesh sticks up six inches, the tree is on semi dwarf rootstock and quite healthy and a good producer.

[@mendynoma4272]

Forgot to mention the diameter of the hole…….six feet

[@kaydeed2615]

I live in southern Connecticut- Dandelions yum in early spring before they flower. at that point they are not bitter. Note that some types are less bitter than others. they self seed everywhere...When my yard (in a part where my dogs aren't allowed) is full of dandelions I pick the flowers and make jelly. it tastes a lot like honey. when I do that the yard has 😢noticeably less dandelions (at least for a while). but I also leave them at this time of year as they are the only food available for the beneficial (especially the bees) that are just starting to reappear

[@vickibluejay]

Thank you so much. I also have to sew the top of my wire baskets together because the ground squirrels come up and over.. And in recent years, they have actually climbed up the pots and raised beds to eat the blooms or the fruit, so I will put chicken wire around the whole vegetable planter and flower pots.

[@alysonbaker939]

The dandelions in my yard are not daunted by many inches of frost. When you pulled up the dandelions, saying to get the tap root, I went, aye? As the tap roots on our dandelions run deep. I don’t mind dandelions, they are the first to bloom, showing a gorgeous yellow yard. I also eat them, but then I love all vegetables. There isn’t a safe veggie around me. Great show. Thanks!!

[@justjoanish]

Those tulips are beautiful.

[@cleelumchesapeakes]

Dandelions are invasive in the PNW as well. I don't like having to dig them up all the time. Whenever I see one, I cringe! You are not alone!

[@kath-phlox]

UK here, yes, dandelions live all through winter here, we had -15C and they will be starting to bloom very soon. I pull off every flower I find and spot kill them as best I can.

[@pennynewell3459]

To answer your question about dandelions, cold, weather, and freezing, does not kill them. We lived in Alaska on 2 acres, and it was solid dandelions year after year. And I don’t like them either.

[@MiladaKaiser]

I know ground hogs like to eat seedlings, but I thought they only live east of Mississippi.I have never seen one in CA. But I am European so they are quite unknown to me. None of these - chipmunks, grown squirrels, possums, skunks, raccoons live in Europe. By the way- you are making great progress.)

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Great video. I live in the UK and dandelions are a real pain in the **** no matter how many times you think you’ve pulled them out they still come back. They are great for the bees and other pollinators so I allow them to stay in Spring and then come summer they are pulled out again. I’ve just made some raised beds and followed your video re hardware cloth on the bottom to prevent burrowing animals, ours are rabbit whereas yours are gophers. Fingers crossed it does the job. Thanks.

[@juliehorney995]

Hey Brian, you crack me up! We've got to have you out to the Midwest for a tour of some zonev5b/6a backyard and Extension gardens. You are invited to meet up at the Display Gardens at Purdue Extension in Fort Wayne, Indiana; maybe some meet and greets with the Master Gardeners? And yes, dandelions die back in the winter if all of their taproot isn't pulled out. Some lawns have a lot of yellow in the spring! Native gardeners here try to get folks to leave them for early nectar for the bees. I love and have natives but no thank you to dandelions in our lawn! Btw, the roots are roasted for tea and flowers are edible too, if not sprayed of course. Lol.

[@13izeit]

I am looking forward to seeing your garden in the summer. I am from Pacific Northwest, and we have calamity of dandelions every year. It took me 3 years to eradicate them. There are still some here and there, but it's under control. Picking flowers and buds when they appear is one way, pulling them when the ground is moist is easy. They never freeze here even if everything else does. Takes patience and perseverance, but it can be done.

[@joanies6778]

Dandelions are considered invasive in my town. If you let them grow wild, you get a warning letter from the city to remove them. The leaves do die in the winter, not sure about the taproot, but they reseed everywhere the wind blows. If I lived out in the boonies, maybe, but my lawn is nonexistent due to weeds, dandelions, and other taproots that are considered noxious. I happen to like roasted dandelion tea that I buy at the store, but I won't raise them to make my own. It's awesome that your chickens got to eat them!

[@northernerinnc3179]

I've lived in Ohio, WVA, and now NC and dandelions can be invasive in all 3 states--- they are the first flower up in the spring and have tap roots that hang on. Once dandelions go to seed there's the potential of a gazillion new plants. and, no, I don't eat them, but the grocery stores here in NC sell them.

[@kat6084]

if you're a clutz like me, add long sleeves to items needed when handling the wire. We don't have gophers, just rabbits & squirrels. I just use chicken wire & I put any bulbs in them.

[@owenpurvis2633]

We are in Zone 4 in Wisconsin and dandeloin die back to the ground but are root hardy and come back in the spring. And of course the germination rate for the seeds is about 150%. They are a plague for us in the north too but at least we only have to do weeding for 6 monthe of the year. ☺

[@kat6084]

dandelions are usually 1st harbinger of spring here in South Dakota. I dig them up to. nope to eating. BUT I do remember my grandma & mom making dandelion wine. I wasn't allowed any as little kid, so no idea how it tastes!

[@anitatatum634]

Hey Bryan! In reference to your dandelion question, I'm in zone 7B Long Island NY and dandelions are the heartiest nuisance I encounter here. They survive the coldest winters and the hottest summers. They will take over your property if you are not diligent. So anyone that enjoys them as food or has chickens to feed, come to Long Island where they are I'm abundance. 😅

[@mariap.894]

Anita T@ Call me crazy but I'd love to buy some seeds from you! I moved to Florida, and I don't have any here. My garden would appreciate them (Dandelion tea)😊👍

[@anitatatum634]

Maria P I would be happy to send them to you as the season progresses. Just send me your address and I'll gladly send them for free..

[@mariap.894]

@@anitatatum634 aaaww!! That's very, very sweet! I already asked my sister-in-law to bring them when she comes. She laughed at me and thought it was nuts🤣🤣🤣🤣. Dandelions are good to detox your liver, that's why I ask for them. God bless your kind heart again, thank you 💕 💜 💖 🙏

[@anitatatum634]

Maria P. I'm glad to hear you're getting your seeds. Happy growing and GOD Bless! 😊

[@judymckerrow6720]

Nope dandelions are not killed by cold freezing weather. I have a whole field of dandelions in my horseshoe driveway. I even made dandelion jelly out of the flowers one year. I know their a weed but they sure are pretty when a whole field of them are blooming! 🌷💚🙃

[@kimdavenport9820]

Dandelions are invasive in Ohio. We definitely don’t plant them on purpose.

[@jo-annjewett198]

Other than lettuce the only green leafy plant I will eat happily is chard. Here in south Texas we don’t get many dandelions.

[@berlyn1187]

Man I am so jealous of your climate! I’m still under several feet of snow! My dream for retirement is to move somewhere I can garden year round!

[@cyhomer]

Brian, I did tulips in pots last fall…they turned out great..just getting ready to flower…(SW MICHIGAN) 🌷

[@evelyngorfram9306]

I have dug up a dandelion tap root 3-1/2 feet long... frost lines lower than than might kill them, but I have my doubts. People often say dandelions are edible; but I have offered freshly-pulled dandelions greens to several of those people and no one has ever accepted. (The younger, tender leaves- I even offered to cook them, & everything!)

[@bonnies1405]

I found pink dandelion seeds this year and started some sets. My kids think I'm hilarious because I also pay dearly for someone to come and spray my two and a half acres to get rid of dandelions.

[@eboyd53]

Yes, dandelions freeze and cannot last during the winter. However, the seeds are hearty and sprout when it gets warm.

[@kathyjagodnik8095]

Hello Brian. I would love to find compost like that too!! I am in O.C. I wanted to write and ask you if you have ever heard of the annual MARYLOUHEARD GARDENING TOUR?? She is an amazing woman who passed from cancer several years ago and this is a free tour provided by friends of her organization and the donations go to charity for women seeking refuge from bad situations. This year there are 43 gardeners who have made their homes available for touring all over Orange County. I am sure you would love it too! You can get the who tour information guide at supporting nurseries or download it for yourself. It tells about the gardens, their addresses, etc. Hope you have a wonderful day. Your faithful follower😊

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Brian, everything is starting to come together! 🌷💚🙃

[@vickieboley9452]

I live in Ohio's Amish Country area, and the restaurants serve a dandelion gravy and biscuits, and the wineries make dandelion wine. It sells like hotcakes! I don't think the plants live overwinter, but the seeds do and it is invasive. Not for me either! Can't wait to see your plans come to fruition!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Oh my your going to need to have an assembly line to make all of those gopher baskets! 🌷💚🙃

[@jerrylawrence4145]

Always enjoy your very informative videos.

[@fishnlady]

I would like to suggest that the black pots with the trees or any plants in them be wrapped with aluminum foil. The sun heats the black plastic to very hot temps and will kill the roots. The foil will reflect the sun and keep the pots somewhat cooler.

[@gardendilemma3275]

Totally agree that dandelions are horrible! Not only taste bad but nasty weed I can’t get rid of. My bunny does enjoy the leaves though.

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you!

[@justjoanish]

I'm in a cold area with cold winters and some snow and lots of below freezing weather. The dandelions will come back the second year and the seeds keep spreading; they are 100% invasive here as well.

[@peteredwards338]

I keep gophers and groundhogs from eating my garden by living in England 😀

[@NextLevelGardening]

Lol

[@tgardenchicken1780]

lol

[@MiladaKaiser]

What eats your garden there?

[@peteredwards338]

The occasional passing rabbit can be a nuisance but woodpigeons are the most destructive they eat all greenery.

[@sschueneman]

NO. The dandelions live thru the winter to be even more robust in the following spring. They can have a massive tap root here in Minnesota. Thanks for the time you spend to do the videos.

[@krickette5569]

Country Living Experience just posted a video titled, "It Failed After All These Years", where he talks about the methods he's using to stop gophers and other critters from eating his garden. His outside barrier is pretty neat. Just thought I'd share.

[@deecooper1567]

I’ve made these for some of my trees also👍. 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@KAREN_FALLS]

Our temperatures get way below zero and Missouri Ozarks and dandelions are rampant and everywhere year-round and I don’t like them either. They are bitter and nasty.

[@cbak1819]

Nop, dandelions are not killed in winter .. in my area anyways. It's a tradition at the Italian festival, dandelions with garlic and olive oil on Italian bread, I think there might be cheese on it as well. It's delicious. Dandelion is a lot like cool weather green, after a certain time of the year it becomes very bitter.

[@darla123]

I always thought dandelions were God's favorite flower. I have not tried eating them, and won't unless there is nothing else! Here in NC they bloom very early in the spring. Doubt that is from seeds.

[@KAREN_FALLS]

Make some dandelion wine, or dandelion tea try use the leaves for salad, the most bitter stuff I’ve ever tried 🤢

[@lindysmallwood2039]

Wow your garden is going to be like a dream garden I can’t wait to see it finished. When will you be doing the thatch roof on the cottage? Thank you for all the great information. Blessing ❤️🌺

[@lorraineshaw8954]

We get down to the minus 40s here in Northern Ontario, Canada and I have a sea of dandelions every spring. After seeing so much white all winter (we can get snow for half the year or more) the yellow of the dandelions is a beautiful welcome change....and means I will be virtually living in my garden until it snows again.

[@ade52286]

I like in NY. Dandelions (unfortunately) do grow here. They're perennials.

[@tamararoberts9307]

Ok you've just inspired me to make planting baskets 😊

[@tamararoberts9307]

O such beautiful tulips♡❤

[@gbridger9177]

I live at 7500' in the Rocky Mountains dandelions, come back each year.

[@brusmith370]

Nope. They live on through winter here in northern Alberta. I don't eat them either, I just get gifted with them every year...

[@michelefox6775]

Am very excited for the espalier video! Love watching and learning from you.

[@tamararoberts9307]

I harvest dandelion and other wild herbs every spring ( when tender) here in south-central Indiana and dehydrate them and crumble them into our meals (cooking) and you can't even taste them but I do love all fresh greens too. So healthy for you. You should incorporate them into your diet for sure 😉

[@nadinehansen9241]

Dandelions are perennials. They are about the first things to flower in the spring and bees use them before they have any other nectar sources. I don't eat them, but I leave them in the ground and let them blossom for the bees. I live in Utah's high desert where it gets below zero in the winter. (This year it isn't seeming much like a desert, which is wonderful after years of drought, but it's delaying my ability to start gardening outdoors.)

[@DebzZi]

Agree with you 150% on the dandelions 😆 🤣 Chicken food yes, will get the health benefits via the eggs lol!!!

[@Melanieb626]

I live in Central Oregon. First year, voles (they’re little rodents) sage rats, etc, kept getting in my garden. I got 4 amazing barn cats. Haven’t had one issue (with rodents anyway 😂) since!

[@lisakruger5289]

That tulip pot is beautiful! I'm going to give that a shot next year for sure!

[@CindyOrangeNeely]

Dandelions don't die here in our area during the winter and freezing weather. I'm in zone 7 in Virginia at the foot of a mountain.

[@Cindy86314]

Really enjoyed your gopher baskets. All you told was very interesting. Thank you & what state are you in??

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you. CA.

[@tkorkunckaya]

I'd go with a higher grid size on those meshes. in 5, 10 years the roots will be larger that that gid size, what happens then, you cannot take it out the roots will be all over the place. They are galvanized will not rot/rust.

[@aproverbs31woman59]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@NextLevelGardening]

You are so welcome!

[@mariademirjian2869]

Thank you very much 😊 God bless you 🙏

[@ilenehorowitz3060]

I live in New York. Dandelions sprout up in the spring. They grow from the fluff flying from neighbors from previous years. I do my best to get the taproot every spring as I dig them up before they flower. I agree. Yuk on the flavor.

[@annienewman8312]

personally, id rather have dandelions than grass. come the dry part of summer, they and clover are the only green things in the lawn. im near buffalo. the seeds survive our winters.

[@jeas4980]

Great information! Thank you!!

[@NextLevelGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tammywatts4798]

Another great video. Any advice on getting rid of moles?

[@annekennedy8127]

Yes, just shoot them, like the gophers...works well...

[@irili100]

Hi Brian, can you focus on the tree you don't know the name of in the cottage garden? I want to try to identify him. Iris M.

[@geriwilliamson9678]

I have lived in Rainbow for 23 years and have a gopher problem. I garden all year long. In the beginning I made those cages to stop gophers. That wire rots over time so I don't bother doing that anymore. Also gophers will eat daffodils they just haven't found yours yet.. They will eat everything but paper whites. I grow most everything in raised beds. I planted 50 avocado trees and they ate 25 of them. Good luck with your gardening.

[@donnamatthews4250]

Dandelions are perennials in the North also. Their tap root lives a long time.

[@JenniMBE]

Dandelions die back completely in the winter in the UK but they pop back up in the spring. I have a cottage garden in England and lots of dandelions but they are part of the flowers along with daisies and buttercups. Embrace them as part of a true English cottage garden 😀

[@JenniMBE]

PS I am so glad I don't have to worry about gophers or groundhogs. We get the odd mole but they eat the slugs

[@lizmckissick3996]

Thanks for sharing! I tried dandelion tea

[@mendynoma4272]

!thank you for passing this on! (Loved his show) Just think-if the Russians had known this , they wouldn’t have had to abandon Fort Ross!

[@christineelsey3104]

NO Dandelions are Not killed by cold temperatures.. at least not here in Ontario.. & I have lived in both southern & northern Ontario. I've not been as far north in Ontario as like up around James Bay or Hudson Bay & that's more permafrost ground than regular soil. So that's something I cannot answer.. And most people here consider it a weed & a nuisance, tho there's a really big push for us to leave our dandelions to flower at least once, in the early spring ~ for food for the waking bees & other pollenators while they wait for all the flowers & tree blossoms. Makes for an interesting battle at my house Brian.. cuz my husband would like to eradicate dandelions from our lawn, & have beautiful green short grass. My daughter's rabbits love to eat the dandelion leaves, & they are supposed to be good for rabbits.. add in the bees.. and well, there's my "pet concern" .. we will have a fair few dandelions every spring. Then slowly weed them out of the lawn over the summer. They sure never seem to stop coming back year after year.. lol.. & I've never seen "dandelion seeds" for sale in my 45 years of gardening. Doesn't mean they are not for sale somewhere. I have seen dandelion Greens for sale at the grocery stores in the spring. But not often, or in recent years. Never tried them. And, the grass gets waaay tooo long too, if you wait for the first dandelion flowers to bloom on mass.. But, I'm thinking, after all the gardening channels I've been following since last fall, I could just take that long grass, dry it out & use it for mulch in my garden.. Now to convince my husband .. even if we only do part of the lawn .. we've lost Soooo many bees over the past 10 years, here in southern Ontario.. Thank U for the treasure trove of gardening videos of yours I have found online. I'm really hoping to have a much better year gardening with some of the things I really didn't Know about gardening, even though I have had them over much of my life.. ❤

[@christinebeavers9913]

I thought about telling u about dandelions but thought u probably knew and like us in the South there are to many to fight.

[@SnowinSummer37]

I live up North, in the Ottawa Valley, Canada zone 5B. I don’t know of anyone who loves dandelions here!!! Not one, except an older couple still making dandelion wine & canning dandelion jelly, but even then they both taste horrific!!! 😂 They over winter here also, so if you ignore them one summer, they come back in the spring with vengeance and their brothers and sisters will join them for the summer party!!! lol We have been known to get down to -30-40c in the winter months. I can’t believe BC is actually is selling pink dandelion seeds this year!!! I never laughed so much in my lifetime seeing it online for sell for 3.50. It’s a hard NO for me on every level. lol

[@loriswain8140]

Dandelions a pain in the neck and will survive anywhere! I don’t like them either. Those gopher cages are a very cool idea. Sad that you have to do that to keep critters away but we do what we gotta do! Great video.

[@Knit2stitching]

I bought a bag of mushroom compost last year. Whew! Wasn’t prepared for the very pungent smell. 😮

[@MrBeav1018]

Dandelions go dormant as most vegetation in the winter. My family use to pick them just before they blossom and we cooked them with a salt beef every spring. I love them but you have to eat them before they blossom or they go bitter.

[@vivianyerton7937]

😂 I love dandy lions but just the root I chop it roast it and make a coffee from the root. It tastes like a chocolate coffee it's good.

[@jessedillin5724]

I live in zone 4b upstate NewYork lake effect snow region and the dandelions come back every year. My acreage I mow is a field of yellow for a time until they die off or get mowed. Lots of gophers to. My parents have an issue with some living under their house.

[@harrymaciolek9629]

Groundhogs don’t feed on plant roots, they feed in plants. But they are adorable when they sit on their haunches holding a dandelion between their paws while they nibble around the flower.

[@NextLevelGardening]

I have pocket gophers not groundhogs

[@sabi8381]

Hi, thank you for sharing this informative video. I'm glad you chose not to kill the gophers as some ppl do. One question, how do I stop gophers from eating my lawn

[@TedSpider2023]

I use a gopherhawk trap. Only trap that I have tried that works. Gotten rid of a dozen after leaving in ground overnight or two nights.

[@katherinez9654]

I live in Eugene Oregon and it gets pretty cold here. Dandelions don’t die in the winter. They are a weed and I know some that make dandelion wine and tea but even the smell makes me gag. I would be feeding them to the chickens also.