I LOVE weeds ! Unfortunately they aren't to popular around here.

One time I had a house whose back yard was a little secluded. One spring I chose not to mow it for a while and let the dandelions and other grasses grow. It was an old yard that had not been stripped by poisons. I witnessed something I had not seen before in my life of nearly 60 years at the time. While doing dishes and watching out my kitchen window, I saw some small yellow finches partially hidden in the grass. They would get beside a dandelion stem, put one foot on the stem and then inch their way up/down it and with each little step, the stem bent over so that when the birds got to the head of it, they would stop and eat the dandelion seeds off the top. I was very impressed with their simple solution to reach the seeds. It was a lot of fun to watch.

I have often wondered if we as humans are looking right over our cure to cancer or other illnesses by trying to irradicate such wonderful plants as dandelions.