Chicory Blossoms Decorate Country Roads with Sky Blue Wild Flowers

Posted on 21 August 2008 by wilde

This morning I found the cereal cupboard bare except for a sample-sized box of Fiber One cereal, made by General Mills. Left behind by one of the summer guests of the mountain, I figured that the children chose all the really sweet ones first.

Fiber One sample cereal box.
I wouldn’t have purchased the small boxes […]

JoePye Weed Doesn’t Like it Dry or Too Shady

Posted on 10 August 2008 by wilde

As I was saying…this has been a wetter year than the previous couple of years, and so, we’re eating great bunches of wild berries and getting to see a couple plants flowering that blossom in the wet conditions. All the rain sure makes for nice gardening - no extra watering needed!
Last year I had been […]

Boneset, Snakeroot, Touch-Me-Not and Blackberries

Posted on 9 August 2008 by wilde

Who’s your neighbor, Boneset?
A fault, I find, of many field guides is that the neighboring plants of the one you’re reading about are not usually mentioned. OK, maybe it’s not a fault, but it sure would make a nice addition to list some of the ‘cohorts’ or associates that may be found with a particular […]