How do you see yourself?

[PureCountry]

So you're gonna die one day, so what the hell if you kill your soil and all that of your customers with a crapload of chemical before you go? A little extreme, but that's what you're making yourself sound like. What are saying here, cowman?

[WoolyBear]

The Lawn and Garden chemicals are the SAME ones that we spray on our fields. Its just that we can't afford to put them on as heavy as they do in the city. They seem to think that if this much works, this much more will be better. Can't have those dandelions can they?

[PureCountry]

Which is silly because dandelions are an indicator that your soils are very healthy. They're one of the most nutritious plants there are.

[cowman]

Pure country: You aren't killing yourself or anyone else? Hopefully you are eliminating the undesirable plants you don't want?
The "stuff" the urbanite puts on his lawn isn't exactly what the ag producer puts on his land? "Sevin" might be a classic example? ...A truly horrible and dangerous chemical?
Now I'm not going to debate the merits of dandelions or thistles? I know what the "purists" think...but the fact is most farmers think they are nothing more than a damned weed that needs to be eliminated! They don't see them as some sort of good thing in the great world of bio-diversity?

[WoolyBear]

Dandelions.......

Noxious weed, YES
Nutritional, YES, in fact its the plant of choice it seems for young lambs. However I can't use lambs on the lawn for out there the plant of choice is daylilies and anything else that my wife seems to plant. Then my name is mud, whether that makes me noxious or the lambs such.

[Horse]

Raised some wild geese one yr and that is all they ate was dandilions the kids rabits are the same so there must be some good in them. Besides I sure do love to see then in the spring. The same goes for the Canada Goose you can be sure spring is close when you see the two of them.

[Horse]

geez horse, hope the geese don't arrive for the next day or so or they will be pretty chilly !!!

I agree, the sight of the Canada's returning is always very welcome.