Battle of the Dandelions

The garden center is slowing down which means G is home a little more. We took the opportunity to start one of the many projects in the queue. 

Neither of us have had time to mow and the lawn has gotten away from us. Our lawn is an absolute mess of dandelions.

While G set up temporary goat fencing in the front yard, I waged war on the dandelions growing in the garden. 2 weeks ago, I had pulled a lot of dandelions that were flowering, hoping to prevent them from going to seed. Some of those dandelions had already started sprouting their white fluff, and those I tossed over the side to the lawn. Those I thought were not at the point of producing seeds were left in the garden to provide some nutrients as they broke down.

But as I pulled more dandelions, I noticed that some of the ones I had left before turned to fluff anyway. 

Probably some like this that looked like they were still yellow. Those sneaky plants...

So, a lot more dandelions this time around got chucked outside. There are still a lot of weeds growing in the garden and no new vegetables, but at least all the things that would spread seeds are gone. 

To end on a positive note...

I found a volunteer onion! Probably one I missed harvesting last summer.