Crafting with Dandelions: Making Dandelion Jelly and Dyeing Wool

Hello friends! Dandelions fall into the category of flowers that make a great resource for both food and crafts. This is why I'll say they're actually the best flowers, eventhough they have a bad reputation. In this video I shall attempt to prove that to you by making a dandelion jelly of dandelion honey and by dyeing some Belgian Milksheep wool with it. This of course only scratched the surface of all the possible things you can use dandelions for. So let's go and forage some of this nature's gold and let's get crafting! And cooking! And failing! Because if there's one thing dandelions teach us: you don't have to be perfect to be entertaining, right?

While I want to convince you that from a human perspective dandelions need a new reputation, I also want your attention for this very informative and nuanced video by ‪@ParkrosePermaculture‬  about the bees' perspective on this: Dandelions: Great Early Bee Food? Or??


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