The herbs aren't the only green things unfurling in the perennial beds. The weeds are sprouting too. I was attempting to get a jump on them the other day and realized part of what I was tossing was good greens. Dandelions! The lettuce tub has been knocked off the indoor shelf by other seedling tubs and the lettuce in the garden isn't big enough to cut yet so we're in between for greens. I started throwing the dandelion rosettes in a pile to be cleaned for supper.
You want to gather dandelion greens before they flower and become tough and too bitter to eat. Young dandelion greens are bitter anyway but in my opinion not nearly as bitter as say, arugula. If you like arugula and other domestic bitter greens you'll like dandelion.
