dandelions for uros

Where can I buy dandelions for the uros we do not have any, is there a place on line to purchase them, thanks we have 2 Egyptian uros that would love them

I keep an organic yard and harvest from it.
No herbicides, no pesticides no "weed n feed".

I am able to harvest several edible "weeds" from my yard.

I do the same- if you don't have available yard space there are some good commercial planter boxes (I use 'The Earth Box' for some of my veggies). I would be glad to send you seeds.
I don't use 'weed-n-feed', my neighbors do and they wonder why their trees die after a while.

Well, I can get plenty of dandelions during summer......but even if I dig through the snow chances are I'm not going to find any in the middle of March here, lol. You've gotten me to thinking though.....dandelions seem plenty easy to grow, (they do their best to replace everything that is SUPPOSED to grow in my garden!) I wonder why one couldn't set up an indoor dandelion planter for the winter? Some might say that's crazy....but well, those are probably the same people that already think I'm crazy for having snakes and lizards as pets!

I store bags of the blossoms in the freezer for winter. Yes the texture is different but they can be torn up and used like a "garnish" over the winter food. I rely on pelleted iguana chow for my iguana in the winter. He loves pelleted food. I supplement that with whatever fresh supermarket greens I can get in winter.

Dandelions are the first flowering "weed" to appear in spring in Montana. So it won't be long now.

I buy all my greens for my Uros at Wegmans. They are a chain but I don't know where you are located. Check them out online at http://www.wegmans.com/

They also have some really good pre-bagged mixes of endive, escarole and raddicio. My Uros also love Arugula. Wegmans sells edible flowers also if you want to give them another treat.

Enjoy!

I will try there my husband doesn't want me to get them out of the yard from where he has used chemicals in the past, I would like to get them for our beardies also. thanks for the info

If you have any health food stores in your area, you can probably get them there. Thats where I get all of mine.

Originally Posted by joshdhensley

If you have any health food stores in your area, you can probably get them there. Thats where I get all of mine.

Health food stores?

I live in very rural Iowa.....meaning we eat red meat (and lots of it), taters drowned in gravy, real butter......I couldn't even tell ya where the nearest "health food store" is, lol.

are you still offering some dandelion seeds i would like to get some i cant find them at the local garden center