Can you eat wild onions and dandelions in your yard?

I recently picked some wild onions, the ones that look like scallions/green onions. I cleaned them up and they look good to eat but are they? Also, I know that dandelions are sometimes used in herbal stuff like teas and salads. Are those the same dandelions you find growing in the yard with the little yellow flowers on them?

Can you eat wild onions and dandelions in your yard?
I've used both wild onion and wild garlic in cooking. They are really great with fish.





All of dad's family really like dandelions, usually tender leaves in a salad and one older aunt boils leaves and prepares them like chard. She was a favorite aunt when we were little, so of course it was tasty. (Mom never made it, nor chard, nor spinach).





Just lay off the weed spray!
Reply:Yeah. I did and I'm still alive. They have great taste too. Dandelions are the same too...
Reply:Yes you can eat them.
Reply:Yes, as long as you haven't sprayed them with weed killers or chemical fertilizers, which you probably haven't since they are growing there.
Reply:Yes you can. My grandmother used to make a dandelion greens salad that was delicious. Unfortunately, I never got the recipe before she passed away.
Reply:I would think that you would be safe to eat them. When we were kids we used to go pick dandelions for my dad so he could make dandelion wine. So I would say they are the same.
Reply:What you might be calling wild onions is actually wild garlic. Wild garlic (Allium vineale) is a bulbous perennial with grass-like leaves that emerge in the early spring. All plant parts have a stong scent of garlic or onion when crushes. The stems are unbranched (30 cm to 1 m high), usually producing a cluster of tiny aerial bulbs at the top of the stems in place of the flowers, or red-purple, pink or white to green flowers. In areas under stress from repeated mowing or cultivation, the foliage is more slender and does not produce flower-stalks or aerial bulblets.





Wild garlic is often confused with wild onion (Allium canadense), but the two may be easily distinguished after a closer examination of the leaf cross section. The leaves of wild garlic are hollow and round, while those of wild onion are more flat and 'solid'.





Wild onions are rather rare in the wild anymore.





Wild garlic has limited uses. It used to be used by the pioneers and Indians, but I would not recommend using it now.





While the dandelion is considered a weed by many gardeners and lawn owners, the plant does have several culinary and medicinal uses. Dandelions are grown commercially at a small scale as a leaf vegetable. The plant can be eaten cooked or raw in various forms, such as in soup or salad. They are probably closest in character to mustard greens. Usually the young leaves and unopened buds are eaten raw in salads, while older leaves are cooked. Raw leaves have a slightly bitter taste. Dandelion salad is often accompanied with hard boiled eggs. The leaves are high in vitamin A, vitamin C and iron, carrying more iron and calcium than spinach.





Dandelion flowers can be used to make dandelion wine. The recipe usually contains citrus fruit. Another recipe using the plant is dandelion flower jam. Ground roasted dandelion root can be used as a coffee substitute. Drunk before meals, it is believed to stimulate digestive functions. Sold in most health food stores, often in a mixture, it is considered an excellent cleansing tonic for the liver.
Reply:Yes, you can eat both of these, as long as you don't have any pesticides on them.





Yes, the dandelions are one and the same!! They are very good for you, even the roots. They are high in potassium and vitamins and minerals. You ought to look them up sometime on an herbal web site. I think you will be surprised just how good they are for you!!! lol