Are these Dandelions ?

They also dry quite nicely and make useful additional forage.
I tend to cut loads and leave them in the sun to dry, or even spread out on newspaper in a sunny window.
 
I can't paste the link but try the foremost horticultural body in the uk.... Rhs.org.uk/dandelions there are good pictures of the very recognisable leaves.
 
Winny ran away from hers 🙈🙈🙈the other scoffed theirs in 0.01 seconds 😜
 
Posyrose said:
I can't paste the link but try the foremost horticultural body in the uk.... Rhs.org.uk/dandelions there are good pictures of the very recognisable leaves.
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Why l ask is because the picture, the stem looked slightly furry ,if so it's the cats ear dandelions and l ten not to feed to must of them to my piggies.
 
PigglePuggle said:
I have exactly 1 dandelion flower in my garden, I am hoping it gets pollinated and makes dandelion clock seeds so I can collect them and add them to my indoor windowboxes of piggy food!
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To help it to grow more ,keep picking one or two leafs of it, the plant starts to think it's under threat and will produce more flowers.
 
teddymouse said:
To help it to grow more ,keep picking one or two leafs of it, the plant starts to think it's under threat and will produce more flowers.
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If the shops run out of spinach its under serious threat, it only has 6 leaves and we have 8 hungry piggies! I will tell it that and hope my garden hoverfly friend who has been hanging around for the last few days pollinates it for me :)
 
teddymouse said:
Why l ask is because the picture, the stem looked slightly furry ,if so it's the cats ear dandelions and l ten not to feed to must of them to my piggies.
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I find the cats ears usually flower later in the year where I live but I agree those stalls lol a little furry but still safe to eat
 
Not wanting to detail the thread but its not worth a post on its own... what does anyone think about raspberry leaves as fresh forage? My raspberry bush is looking quite leafy at the moment, I know raspberry leaves are safe in moderation, but are they nutritious? How are they for vit C and calcium content? If I was to feed some, how many leaves per piggy and what supermarket veg are they a good substitute for?
 
teddymouse said:
To help it to grow more ,keep picking one or two leafs of it, the plant starts to think it's under threat and will produce more flowers.
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This is useful to know. I have a couple of HUGE dandelions in my garden so I'll just pick 4 leaves occasionally (1 for each piggy) and it should produce lots of flowers which my piggies go mad for.
 
PigglePuggle said:
Not wanting to detail the thread but its not worth a post on its own... what does anyone think about raspberry leaves as fresh forage? My raspberry bush is looking quite leafy at the moment, I know raspberry leaves are safe in moderation, but are they nutritious? How are they for vit C and calcium content? If I was to feed some, how many leaves per piggy and what supermarket veg are they a good substitute for?
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I think they are nutritious and a good source of vitamins and minerals including vitamin C. Don't know about calcium level tho, would substitute them for something like spinach.
 
I wouldn't feed them if they were next to a busy road. As there would maybe like pollution from the cars on them.
 
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