Yep, just like the title says, my lawn is absolutely covered up with those little yellow flowers that most people with a lawn to mow hate with a passion. But you know what? I actually like them. In fact I like them a lot!
Back when I was growing up, most people in these parts didn’t pay a bit of attention to all those dandelions that made our yards look like gigantic pieces of green fabric covered with bright yellow polka dots. Whatever grew in the yard along with the grass was mowed down along with the grass, and we never gave it a second thought.
The folks I knew back then would never have dreamed about spending their hard earned money on “weed killer” and such. Come spring, the grass turned from brown to green, and all kinds of plant life sprung up here and there all over the lawn. But after the lawn mower did its job, everything was nice and green for a few days until it came time to mow again.
These days every other TV commercial on the weekends is advertising “RoundUp” or some other weed killer, almost as if those pesky little dandelions and other “weeds” were gonna take over the world some day.
Of course if you prefer to send the dandelions in your yard to that great garden in the sky, by all means go right ahead. After all, they do make mowing a little harder than it would be without them. But as far as I’m concerned, I’ll be keeping mine.
You see, in my opinion those pesky dandelion aren’t weeds at all – they’re flowers, and some mighty pretty ones at that. I can’t speak for the neighbors, but all of those little yellow drops of sunshine are welcome on my lawn any day!
I love dandelions. I used to play with them as a child.