I suppose this is a variation of ‘when life gives you lemons make lemonade’… we leave the garden lawns alone in May to make sure the bees have food, (dandelion abundance) until more flowers come out next month.
But, the gardens are full of them, including their beautiful seed heads, or ‘clocks’ as we used to call them as kids (pick them and blow on them, each blow starts ‘one o’ clock’ etc until all the seeds were blown away and the time is the count of the last blow. Always wrong!).
So seeing their glorious gossamer-like clocks, I made up a sugar/water solution in a fine misting spray bottle and gave several a spritz. I was very mindful to select isolated patches of them away from active bees or reclusive spiders or any insects to protect them. They breathe through spiracles in their exoskeletons and I wouldn’t want them to suffocate.
They last for ages, though the stems will shrivel. So, when life gives you dandelions, make a dandelion bouquet.
No More Mondays 