[Bionic]

If people wanted to buy weeds.  The wet weather is helping them to grow at an alarming rate.
Dandelions are my speciality, followed by dock, oh and not to forget the buttercups too 

[Fowgill Farm]

Will let you corner market in weeds if i can in mud & slugs! Ugh.
Mandy

[doganjo]

Hah, sorry folks - you will need to take out a franchise from me - I have them all!

[littlelugs]

make dandelion wine its lurvley then sell that 

[Dans]

Agree on the dandelion wine front. Anyone got any uses for dock?

I've got a stinging nettle that is nearly as tall as the shed. I'm now leaving it to see how tall it can get!

Dans

[tizaala]

SHUSH !!!! Don't menshun the Dandylionsh wine , I think thish may have contribuuu, helped, with the falling in the yard, 

[doganjo]

Agree on the dandelion wine front. Anyone got any uses for dock?

I've got a stinging nettle that is nearly as tall as the shed. I'm now leaving it to see how tall it can get!

Dans

Hey - we have a 'show what you grow' in August - keep it going till then - we have a category for weeds, and maybe even a separate one for nettles, can't quite remember.

[Fleecewife]

Agree on the dandelion wine front. Anyone got any uses for dock?

I've got a stinging nettle that is nearly as tall as the shed. I'm now leaving it to see how tall it can get!

Dans

Hey - we have a 'show what you grow' in August - keep it going till then - we have a category for weeds, and maybe even a separate one for nettles, can't quite remember.

Oh rats - my OH has just finished digging out all our million and one prize spear thistles.

[Bionic]

Tizaala,
It takes one to know one. Is that how you did your broken ankle? 

[tizaala]

I don't think goats milk wine has the same effect , I stepped outside our front door this morning to let the terrier back in and found her under the decking eating a dead rat, little sod would not come back in , so I ventured onto the wet deck and found myself on my knees as the crutches did the splits, no further damage done luckily, but just a tad awkward getting back up.

[Bionic]

After my car accident, somehow I travelled to and from Essex to the city each day on crutches. Up the stairs at Benfleet train station (no lift there) down the escalator at Fenchurch St and then a 15 mins walk to the office.
What stumped me was when the train got stuck and we were all expected to jump down onto the tracks and walk half a mile along the track to the next station.
I stayed put with a pregnant woman until they came to rescue us 

[jaykay]

All you guys with crutches or bionic bits, go steady!

Dandelion wine sounds just the job to take the edge of the misery of this weather 

Does anyone know anything useful that can be done with docken? They are taking over every piece of disturbed ground here.  I have ordered my scythe but heard nothing.......

[Fleecewife]

I think the leaves would add lovely stuff to compost as the roots are very deep and draw nutrients up from the depths.  However, you would want to be very careful not to include any root or seeds - they add bulk to the bonfire  .  The root can be used as a dyestuff, but I think it only gives the ubiquitous yellow 
 
I have a little book which gives 101 uses for nettles, but I don't think there's a similar one for docken.

[Dans]

According to wiki we can all make menopause remedies???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex_obtusifolius

Or skin cleansing with the roots???

Dans

[tizaala]

And to make sure they keep growing , the forcast for the next two weeks is more of the same, it has rained here all morning so far but the last hour was torrential, my neighbour has 60 acres of hay to make and can't, my landlord can't make his silage, the ground won't take driving over, bloody weather,    isn't that nice to know