On Jun 7, 2:22*pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> merryb wrote:
> > Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>
> >> Dandelion greens are good on pizza, in salad and in lasagna that I've
> >> tried. They are grown as crops not picked as weeds. I've purchased the
> >> greens at a local farmers market back when we lived in LA metro.
>
> > So would the ones from my yard be any good?
>
> If you don't use weed sprays and you don't have pets they should be
> okay. *The ones at the farmers market were a lot bigger and less tough
> than the ones in my yard. *I haven't eaten the ones in my yard because I
> do occassionally use weed spray and I have had dogs a fair portion of my
> life so I've rarely tasted a dandelion at home. *I grow herbs in pots
> now. *I bet a volunteer that appears in such a garden spot should be
> fine.
>
> Dandelion greens are softer than chard sort of like mild colliards
> without being so tough. Intense spinach or so. Just another green when
> mixed into a salad but I think a bit too intense as the primary green
> in a salad the way I do with spinach.

Thanks- I don't use any spray- usually just pull them out. I have
always wondered about using them, and you have provided a lot of good
info!