I suspect it is because of less water. But even by the creeks there aren't many, although the ones there get nice and big. We can go for months without rain too though, so that really can kill any away from a water source. May as well put them in a dehydrator! If the birds enjoy the seeds too then that will probably impact the spread of them. Summer is a hard time for any living thing here. I suspect that's why we get so many visitors to our garden. We're the only ones with edibles growing!
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Wow that's so cool that your garden attracts people.. like pollinators hopefully they spread the idea and seed of gardening into their lives and others. So great that you can do that in your community :) I wonder if dandelions are scarce from the aridity what edible weeds are thriving in that environment?
The only people it tends to attract are those already gardening. Sorry, I realise what I wrote was ambiguous. Our main visitors are birds! Although we do have occasional people visitors.
In summer our main edible weeds are purslane now that the birds have shared some seeds with us. Winter brings more variety with Australian mallow, nettles, wild lettuce and chickweed being my favorites. We get sow and milk thistle (Australian version again), but they're more medicinal in use or great fodder. We get a LOT of soursobs in winter too.
LOL! OK I understand what you meant now, thanks for clarifying :) I am into all the weeds you mentioned, except I have never heard of soursobs... I looked it up and realized I had heard it called sour grass before. I have only tasted it once and it's so fun! Kinda like sorrel. Last year I was weeding chickweed for someone and there was a whole bed's worth. Unfortunately it choked out a lot of the garlic crop, but fortunately for me I dried it all and drank it as infusions all winter long... I just drank the last bit of that dried chickweed yesterday :)