Dandelions were originally brought to the new world as a food crop.
Ridiculously easy to grow, a perennial that will come back year after year and the bigger it gets, the higher the yield...
I made honey with dandelions for the first time this past summer. It was a learning experience, yield could easily have been better. I’ll be doing it again this spring.
tender greens from the dandylion would make a salad, men also found out how to make wine from them....
I am 59, my dad’s family grew up in the depression and they had 9 kids. Lived in Chicago on the south side when a lot of neighborhoods were prairies. They had a couple of cows and pigs, a garden, so they had food and they were near the tracks and always could make a sandwich for the hobos that came to gthe door. They made their own cheese and canned, made sauerkraut. I grew up watching my dad eat dandelion salad every spring. He only picked the new younger leaves. Washed well, tossed with a vinegar and oil dressing and sliced hardboiled egg. Dandelions are very nutritious. My dad is gone now but most springs I have a bowl in his memory.