Today I am strolling around the edge. Out in front are a couple of hanging baskets of Calibrachoa. To me they look like tiny petunias.
Out along the west side are the Rosa Rugosa, at least that is my hazarded guess. Our neighbor gave us the start. When the wind is right we can smell them at the house some 100 feet away. They have lots of thorns and big hips that are full of Vitamin C and used in teas.
The woods to the south are filled with wonderful trees including a gazillion Sassafras. The small twigs can be used as a toothbrush when you peel back a little bark and fray the end. It has the taste of root beer.
In the old garden area under the 'gone wild' peaches are these interesting wildflowers that I am considering to be either Lyre leaved Sage or Penstemon and then again something else all together.
Here are the 'wild peaches' that never get very big but are tasty to us, the birds and insects.
The woods are full of Mountain Laurel. This is the wondrous bud. Click it bigger to see the neat geometric shape of the buds.
Right now the buds are beginning to open and the clusters become delightful to behold when the flowers are fully open.
I include this Honey Suckle vine to show the tangled gnarly mess that nature sometimes creates.
Around the edges of the woods in the sunshine there are many blackberry patches to be found. Wild berries always seem to taste sweeter. It may have something to do with the difficult nature of picking them and the danger of snakes in the thickets.
Our property is backed up by my nephews place and these last two pictures are of the creek that runs through the south side of our woods and past their home on the way to the lake.
I hope you enjoyed the walk about and if you would like to continue with another stroller head on over to
Aisling's place.
Today I am strolling around the edge. Out in front are a couple of hanging baskets of Calibrachoa. To me they look like tiny petunias.
Out along the west side are the Rosa Rugosa, at least that is my hazarded guess. Our neighbor gave us the start. When the wind is right we can smell them at the house some 100 feet away. They have lots of thorns and big hips that are full of Vitamin C and used in teas.
The woods to the south are filled with wonderful trees including a gazillion Sassafras. The small twigs can be used as a toothbrush when you peel back a little bark and fray the end. It has the taste of root beer.
In the old garden area under the 'gone wild' peaches are these interesting wildflowers that I am considering to be either Lyre leaved Sage or Penstemon and then again something else all together.
Here are the 'wild peaches' that never get very big but are tasty to us, the birds and insects.
The woods are full of Mountain Laurel. This is the wondrous bud. Click it bigger to see the neat geometric shape of the buds.
Right now the buds are beginning to open and the clusters become delightful to behold when the flowers are fully open.
I include this Honey Suckle vine to show the tangled gnarly mess that nature sometimes creates.
Around the edges of the woods in the sunshine there are many blackberry patches to be found. Wild berries always seem to taste sweeter. It may have something to do with the difficult nature of picking them and the danger of snakes in the thickets.
Our property is backed up by my nephews place and these last two pictures are of the creek that runs through the south side of our woods and past their home on the way to the lake.
I hope you enjoyed the walk about and if you would like to continue with another stroller head on over to Aisling's place.
