One thing that Mom said about the guinea pigs that tweaked my interest was that guinea pigs like dandelion greens. I tested it out and yes indeed, guinea pigs will chow down with gusto on dandelion greens. I had visions of the kids totally denuding the yard of dandelions in their joy at feeding the guinea pigs. No more dandelion patrol for me!
Alas, it only took one or two gatherings for the joy to pale. Alice complains that she can’t pull up an entire dandelion by herself but she doesn’t like to pick the leaves one by one. So it looks like we won’t be ruthlessly exhausting our local dandelion resources. I still pick some though, because the guinea pigs really do seem to find them extra tasty.