Yeah, a lot of the gorgeous roses have their bouquet bred out of then.
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DING!
Ancient memory from the Olden Days regarding Mountain Laurel:
Us kids roamed all over the farm, and we had honeysuckle along the road fence, and mountain laurel back up the hill.
Since we would often go up to where the sassafras trees sprouted to get the roots, we were informed very, very strongly that the mountain laurel flowers were the opposite of honeysuckle flowers. We were never to even touch the mountain laurel flowers.
This was imbued so deeply in us, we saw mountain laurel as being about three times as bad as poison ivy. We never went anywhere near it.
Good lord... wait til you guys get this old (if yer tough enuf) and you will have memories popping into your head that you haven't given a split-second's thought to in 75 years!
The Mountain Laurel thing:
The bee boxes were always placed in the clover field and the peach orchard. When we were up getting sassafras, we were to look and see if any bees were on the laurel flowers.
There never were, and when we asked why he wanted to know, we got told mountain laurel bees made "poison honey". <-- And THAT made the plant taboo to kids, no error!
Ancient memory from the Olden Days regarding Mountain Laurel:
Us kids roamed all over the farm, and we had honeysuckle along the road fence, and mountain laurel back up the hill.
Since we would often go up to where the sassafras trees sprouted to get the roots, we were informed very, very strongly that the mountain laurel flowers were the opposite of honeysuckle flowers. We were never to even touch the mountain laurel flowers.
This was imbued so deeply in us, we saw mountain laurel as being about three times as bad as poison ivy. We never went anywhere near it.
Good lord... wait til you guys get this old (if yer tough enuf) and you will have memories popping into your head that you haven't given a split-second's thought to in 75 years!
The Mountain Laurel thing:
The bee boxes were always placed in the clover field and the peach orchard. When we were up getting sassafras, we were to look and see if any bees were on the laurel flowers.
There never were, and when we asked why he wanted to know, we got told mountain laurel bees made "poison honey". <-- And THAT made the plant taboo to kids, no error!
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^^^True?
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Wow! I had no idea.
Yeah, I'm going to stop adding it to my salads for sure!
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To complete the utter horror we held for mountain laurel:
We were told that the leaves and branches also had poison in them.
You can see how kids would react to that. We even tried to stay upwind of the dang things.
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CRIKEY!! That source you just posted says the same thing we were told 75 years ago: To touch any part of the plant puts you in danger. <-- Turns out, Pilgrims = TINS
We were told that the leaves and branches also had poison in them.
You can see how kids would react to that. We even tried to stay upwind of the dang things.
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CRIKEY!! That source you just posted says the same thing we were told 75 years ago: To touch any part of the plant puts you in danger. <-- Turns out, Pilgrims = TINS
Bon appetite! Glad you like it and have fun adjusting it to your taste.Next time I’m gonna add a couple more peppers and leave the seeds and everything. This time I left a few ribs but think it would be better for my taste a bit spicer. Non the less it will be great to have in my carry cup mixed with the Tito’s to get thru the graduation
Better than just lemonade, no?
The leaves and branches do have poison in them.
The problem with Queen Anne's Lace, is that it looks a whole lot like Hemlock, and the two are sometimes confused.
https://www.advancedturf.com/resources/poison-hemlock-or-queen-annes-lace-how-to-tell/
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what's in the pot with the keys
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Beautiful momma .. and she has the keys for your traveling pleasure .. thanks Greywolf
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Damn! I'm learning a lot. Yule Gibbins would be proud of both of yas.
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Have you ate your pine cone seeds and bark lately ..
Oh yes I remember that commercial “have you ever ate a pine tree?”
Why it is my 13 year old Lophophora williamsii and her brood.
Lophophora williamsii (Mescal, Mescal Buttons, Peyote) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Here is a picture of her walking her beetle.
Yeah, he probably trained Walt and I collected some of his books, including Stalking the Wild Asparagus.
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Well bed rest for me I'll limp to the plants and make sure there ok had a bad storm last night
