You have to eat them when they are young and tender...not mature and tough and bitter

For the same reason I dig grass out of my flower beds, I dig dandelions out of my grass.
Screw 'em.

I decided that long tap root does wonders for naturally aerating the soil. My lawn fills up with dandelions early in the season when nothing else is blooming.

Was out last saturday and noticed MANY bees visiting them. Welcome sight after seeing no bees last year. Over the years I have noticed that my neighbor across the road is busy pulling and poisoning them. I just let the mower handle mine. I notice that we both seem to have them visually gone by mid June. I've decided they are successional, coming up and blooming in their time and then dieing back once the grass gets going regardless of how much I might dig at them. I'm inclined to let them have their turn in the sun.

I used to take delight in mowing over the heads, decapitating them before they went to seed. Now, I will steer the mower around them sometimes.

But I do tell the kids that mommy loves the yellow sunshine flowers and that the more we pick for her, the better. In the spring we have boquets of dandelions in every vase, bottle and soup can. They are happy little flowers, perfect for a 4 year old to twine in her dolly's hair.

I let the Quail eat the seed heads off of mine. They seem to love them when the flower head turns to seed. And the Quail are so much fun to watch.