Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) – are well known as the bane of a well tended garden, but the more I look into these yellow flowered ‘weeds’ the more I have grown to love and revere them. They are not just beautiful sunburst-like flowers, they are also power houses of edible and medicinal goodness. Yes, they have long tap roots which are hard to get rid of, they're annoyingly adaptible, and they self-seed like anything – those are the negatives – but to be honest I don’t re