Voi....kukka / Dandelion

Voi kukkivat voikukat. Taalla nakyy siis taysilla keltaista. Leskenlehtia en ole taalla nahnyt ollenkaan mutta voikukat alkavat kukintansa ajoissa ja koko kesan. Normaalisti meilla kukat nypitaan pois nurmikolta ennen kuin paasevat siementamaan. Ovathan ne ihanan keltaisia mutta hoidetulla nurmikolla eivat valttamattoman haluttuja, varsinkin kun ne leviavat niin kovasti. Olen huomannut etta jos kukat jaksaa nyppia pois alkukesasta niin kukkia ei ole laheskaan niin paljon loppukesasta ja seuraavana vuonna vahemman. Tosin nyt vuokralla ollessa tama kukkien nyppiminen ei ole ollut paallimmaisena mielessa. :) Ihan eri asia olisi jos olisi ikioma nurmikko.
Mista tallainen keltainen pakkomielle on tullut? Aidiltani. Muut nakee punaista, aiti keltaista. :) Joidenkin mielesta turhaa ja tyhmaa puuhaa. Ehka niin. Mutta jos se edes vahan vahentaa voikukkien leviamista niin hyva niin. Esikoisesta on kiva nyppia kukkia pihalla ja keltaisia meilla saa siis nurmikolta nyppia niin paljon kuin huvittaa. :)

Dandelions are here and thriving. Lots of yellow on the grass. Normally we pick the blooming dandelion flowers from the grass before they have the opportunity to seed. I do agree that they are pretty and yellow but on tended grass not nesessarily wanted as they spread so quickly. I've noticed that if one has the determination to pick up the flowers in the beginning of the summer (or spring) there's not so many during the end of the summer or the next year. However, I have to admit that now that we've been renting a house it has not been very high on the priority list as it would be if it was our own. :)
Where has this yellow obsession came from? From my mother. Other people see red, my mother yellow. :) Some might thing that this is unnecessary and stupid. Maybe so. But if it cuts back even a little the spreading of the dandelions, I'll keep doing it. Our first born loves to pick flowers and at our place she can pick all the yellow flowers on the grass she wants. :)