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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
August 30, 2009
09:18 PM Post #7006414
| Read your d-mail,
Will be sending more. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 02, 2009
01:13 AM Post #7016183
| Thanks Kassy! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
11:06 AM Post #7017108
| Your welcome Dave 
Going to the forty today...BF is taking a gun along just in case that bear is around.
Maybe I should ask him if I can hold the gun...LOTFL |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 02, 2009
01:09 PM Post #7017544
| I hope the gun is for scaring the bear away. If you shoot a bear, the bear will get very angry! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:11 PM Post #7017552
| I bet if Kassy sees the bear first it will be a toss up as to who is angriest...grin. We have a new thread Dave, I don't think you will have any trouble finding it...Grin
Oh, Good morning, Dave. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 02, 2009
01:30 PM Post #7017631
| Aloha kakahiaka, Jean! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:29 PM Post #7019425
| Well Dave, we went to the forty today...
They must grow things big here, this was crossing the road as we were on the way there.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:31 PM Post #7019433
| We waited for you there Dave 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:33 PM Post #7019441
| OH wait, this is the first thing I saw when I got out of the truck. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:36 PM Post #7019455
| This is the second thing...LOL 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:39 PM Post #7019469
| They seem to like it out there, but it looks like something tasted that one 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:41 PM Post #7019477
| The Bear claws still showed up on the side of the trailer from where he had ripped at some of the siding. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:44 PM Post #7019485
| This is the back of the back. I put a black mark around where he had his paws on it there. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:46 PM Post #7019495
| Then we saw someone else was trying to get in too!!! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:48 PM Post #7019502
| Boy, we sure have some colorfull toadstools out there! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:50 PM Post #7019510
| And another one. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:54 PM Post #7019524
| Then we started looking around. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
11:10 PM Post #7019589
| To be continued tomorrow.
Being kicked off the computer :(
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 02, 2009
11:30 PM Post #7019673
| Don't eat those Mushrooms!
The first two look like Death Angels, Amanita.
#1 might be Amanita mormorata, the Death Cap. One bite can kill a full grown adult.
# 2 & 5 is Amanita muscaria the Fly Agaric Mushroom. It is poisonous as well, and their toxicity can vary. A mild intoxication results in delirium & hallucinations, a large one will kill.
# 3 ?
# 4 looks like a Boletus or Suillus. Bolete type Polypores; they may or may not be poisonous.
BF would be right in this case; don't eat the Mushrooms!
Glad he is there to protect you. |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:33 PM Post #7019686
| dave always looking out for everybody! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 02, 2009
11:34 PM Post #7019693
| Hi Trina! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:37 PM Post #7019705
| Howdy! how was your trip into town? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:02 AM Post #7020234
| very cool pics, Kassy, thank you for venturing where some of us (ok me) do not dare go ;) I don't think those were paw prints, I think it was malakai! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:03 AM Post #7020357
| A generalization, but helpful...amanita death angel mushrooms tend to turn blue when cut...not all of them, but most of them...better rule of thumb...only eat what you KNOW is safe...if someone insists a mushroom is safe, let them eat it first...grin |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:06 AM Post #7020367
| good one one Moon |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:05 AM Post #7020635
| LOL Jean, why do you think I didn't touch the puffballs for sooooooooooooooo long. Remember, I have been coming to my BF's house for almost 5 years now.
Dave, no worries! I would never take any of the mushrooms from the Forty!! Not sure if I would even take a puff ball from out there if I found one!
Number 3 is just a side shot of number 2. I wasn't about to run out there to take more pictures...LOL
Honest, I didn't even touch them!
Oh Lynn, it's going to get better! And I'm pretty use to walking around in a woods. My Dad had a Forty at one time to and I use to go there, and we always had woods near by at Mom's. That's where I would find May Flowers
Now without a gun, I wouldn't go! Were no bare sitings back then, but have been a lot of them now.
OK here goes more.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:12 AM Post #7020661
| Here we were following a dear path. Boy, a number of them must go down it. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:20 AM Post #7020692
| As you can see, he has lots of trees! 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:24 AM Post #7020706
| Kassy your making me want to go to my other property, but I can't get hubby to go there! Gonna take kids there this spring though...can't wait! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
10:29 AM Post #7020721
| Always knew you were a wise woman with a strong sense of self preservation Kassy...GRIN |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:30 AM Post #7020724
| We have to make a trip back there in the sping too. I think we will find a lot more then we did, but I wouldn't find the colorful toadstools then I don't think.
Lots of ferns out there too!
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:32 AM Post #7020732
| Ferns? I heard ferns...that means plants...wow do I have a plant addiction or what? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:35 AM Post #7020747
| You bet Jean ;-)
Ferns and some small pines
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:38 AM Post #7020761
| I wonder if they have a 12 step program for plant addicts? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:39 AM Post #7020766
| Yes you do trina...LOL
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:46 AM Post #7020789
| LOL trina
Welll don't ever let them tell you that moss only grows on the north side of the tree.
Out there, it grows everywhere!!
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:47 AM Post #7020795
| well you need plants to get oxygen right?
and since i'm a nasty smoker I figure I have to have twice as many plants...
and since hubby smokes too then I gotta have 4 times as many
and my 19 year old smokes so that makes 6 times as many
and then 4 other kids...so I need 10 times as many as everyone else to make up for them
and then if you double that...that makes 20 times as many just to come close to our "carbon footprint" Right? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:48 AM Post #7020802
| 12 Steps for Plant Addicts...the pavers between the plants... |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:51 AM Post #7020813
| LOL Lynnie...oh wait I don't think I left any paths in my front garden...at least not intentionally! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:52 AM Post #7020820
| Look at the size of those ferns trina ;-) 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:54 AM Post #7020832
| Man I'd be out there digging some up to bring home!!! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:57 AM Post #7020842
| My what big ferns you have Kassy *grin* |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
10:57 AM Post #7020844
| Another Dear path. Yes, they get some Big bucks out there!! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:01 AM Post #7020866
| LOL, no my BF has them...LOL
A toadstool growing on moss...And no Dave, I didn't touch it!!
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:04 AM Post #7020877
| LOL Kassy, dave was pretty worried about you touching them or eating one |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:05 AM Post #7020885
| I actually found a blossoming weed!
Name that weed? And no, I'm not going back for more pictures...LOL
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:10 AM Post #7020907
| I need to have a little chat with Dave on that. Took until him and Jean both told me that you can eat the puffball, before I even touched that one...LOL
OK, we are getting near the swamp area here. that for some reason this year wasn't very swampy...lack of rain?
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:18 AM Post #7020935
| Stranger in the forest!
Boy, the last time I put stranger in, it was an indangered spiecies. Maybe I shouldn't use stranger!
Any ideas anyone?
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:19 AM Post #7020937
| probably the lack of rain yes...although we've seen plenty of it here thought I was gonna grow webbed feet! supposed to rai again sunday! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:22 AM Post #7020952
| One of the top of it!! 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:24 AM Post #7020962
| it ain't corn, that's for sure lol it's still a little freaky though |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:28 AM Post #7020977
| OK, this I have seen many times, and I think it is pretty.
Name?
Then I'm, off for a while. I still have a number of forty pictures to post, but now we are going over by lake michigan and a light house that is there, and BIG rocks Lynn ;-)
Back later 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:28 AM Post #7020982
| LOL Lynn |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:29 AM Post #7020985
| oooh I can't wait! :) I wish I could move my big boulders myself! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:33 AM Post #7021005
| hey kassy the weird one looks like Jack-in-the-pulpit to me but I am certainly no expert |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
11:38 AM Post #7021025
| trina, I have Jack-in-the-pulpit...and that aint him...LOL
this thing was about 3 feet tall!
later |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:43 AM Post #7021040
| mm hmm freaky! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:46 AM Post #7021049
| sounds like some strange thing i'd drag home and then figure out what it is later then |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:04 PM Post #7021102
| Kassy, that first weed is what Resin and Dave refer to as a Asteraceae DWC. Meaning Damned White composite. Here is the link that that came from, only they were referring to the yellow flowered members of the family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damned_yellow_composite
I think it might be what they call a thread leaf daisy, but am not sure |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:05 PM Post #7021105
| Look its Moon I found you! I have a question for you |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:30 PM Post #7021279
| Yes ma'am Trina...and the Moon hides where ever the sun shines...grin |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:44 PM Post #7021331
| your very funny Moon...a good sense of humor is always important |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
02:01 PM Post #7021533
| Good morning everyone! Aloha kakahiaka!
Amanita mushrooms don't turn blue; you may be thinking of Psilocybe.
That "stranger" looks like it may be in the Milkweed Family.
I was hoping Jean would have those little white Composites ID'd already!
I'll get the books out and see if something matches. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
02:11 PM Post #7021588
| That's right Dave, I got it backwards...psilocybe's turn blue when you eat them...you turn blue when you eat Amanitas...grin Hey, I told Kassy it was an Asteraceae DWC...won't that work? grin
how about this one?
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/eurybiadiva.ht...
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
02:46 PM Post #7021790
| The leaves on Kassy's plant look more linear, but Aster looks like a good group to check out.
DWC works for me, but maybe we can figure it out a little better for Kassy's sake! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
02:56 PM Post #7021813
| How about this one?
http://www.bentler.us/eastern-washington/plants/threadleaf-f... |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
03:14 PM Post #7021857
| Not that linear!
Maybe Google Asters of Wisconsin? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
03:22 PM Post #7021885
| Google complete...
http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/Vascular_plants/A...
I don't have time now to go through the list, but at least it is here. Try to sort through later. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
03:32 PM Post #7021914
| Thanks, I'll do the same. Have to get ready for work. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
03:35 PM Post #7021925
| A hui hou Dave. Be safe. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
03:42 PM Post #7021946
| Thank you kindly. A hui hou! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
04:26 PM Post #7022111
| Dave, are you sure I can't eat these. They are very pretty
Just kidding Dave!!!
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
04:54 PM Post #7022245
| Well, except this one :-| 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:01 PM Post #7022273
| LOL Kassy...ya know you torture him when you do that! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:19 PM Post #7022348
| Kassy, I have never seen such unusual kinds of toadstools!! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:29 PM Post #7022396
| they are cool, huh? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
06:13 PM Post #7022527
| I know, I have never been out there at this time of year, it took me a little by surprise too.
More trees and of course, more ferns!!!
I think he needs to start a fern farm!
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
06:21 PM Post #7022554
| My fearless leader out in the lead...
And did you notice who has the gun?
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
06:27 PM Post #7022581
| OK, what is this and don't tell me pine trees! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
06:33 PM Post #7022605
| This is the size they are and I have never seen them bigger. 
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
06:42 PM Post #7022623
| Nice pics kassy, looks peaceful there, but are the skeeters bad? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
06:53 PM Post #7022655
| We went though some very long grass. Fearless leader ahead of me again.
But something tackled me in that grass!!!! It may have been malakai! Could have have moved from the corn to the woods?
Or the grass was so long it tangled around my foot!...LOL
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
06:57 PM Post #7022670
| We put on Skeeter spray and they stayed away...There bad all over here! 
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
07:02 PM Post #7022686
| I hope you packed alot...Looks like skeeter heaven
I don't think I'd be that far behind him either,lol
Stay safe |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
07:16 PM Post #7022720
| This was one of his dear stands...good thing he was not sitting there when the tree when down :-o 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
07:34 PM Post #7022774
| Kassy, you gotta see these...baby trees that don't grow big...http://www.stanleyandsons.com/mindwf.cfm |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:41 PM Post #7022810
| The bonsai trees!!! lol |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:08 PM Post #7022910
| OMG, OMG, back to the forty...there are a ton of them there. We may have a gold mine??? LOL
OK then tell me what these are?
These were really, really tiny!
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:18 PM Post #7022953
| Another flower? 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:23 PM Post #7022973
| Ohhhhhhhh and then we have these toooooo!
Tiny!
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:27 PM Post #7022990
| another picture of them 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:35 PM Post #7023022
| Another one of his dear stands...
We think a bear had a tooth ache. He chewed on the wood where I have the area marked...Time to LEAVE the woods!!!
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:35 PM Post #7023024
| They are Baby baby baby trees, followed by Baby baby trees, and then, Baby trees...grin
Some of those miniature conifers were 40 and 50 bx each, so you just might have a gold mine...grin |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:39 PM Post #7023037
| No clue 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:40 PM Post #7023043
| amazing the smaller they are the more they cost lol |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:42 PM Post #7023047
| OMG, and if you only knew how many there where there...LOL
I brought a bunch home one tiime and used them in a christmas hanging basket. I keep them alive going home form here in water, and then I planted them in a pot. They stayed green all winter |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:52 PM Post #7023088
| We are making another trip to the forty before I leave...LOL
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
08:55 PM Post #7023105
| Dave, I promiss I won't pick or eat the muchrooms there ;-)...LOL 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:56 PM Post #7023110
| I really envy you. It is way too hot down here for most of the conifers and evergreens. really sad too cuz some of them are just drop dead gorgeous and i have this perfect picture in my head of how they would be planted and what it would all look like...oh well. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:10 PM Post #7023192
| Moon send that picture to me ;) |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
09:12 PM Post #7023204
| He grows them small and big.
Here he is standing next to a pine tree at the forty...this thing is huge!
And has planted a lot of baby pine trees 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
09:16 PM Post #7023228
| Hmmmm, has and oak tree there too 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
09:30 PM Post #7023297
| And here is a Tamerack tree, a baby one. 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
09:37 PM Post #7023323
| Maybe those are tamarack babies. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
09:40 PM Post #7023338
| Here ya go Lynnie...this is as close as I could find...got lots of additional pics if you click on topics on the right. Since my perfect evergreen/conifer garden lives in my head, this will have to suffice...but hey, a lot of this I would lift and plunk down as is in my own yard...grin
http://coniferlover.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/in-my-own-minia... |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
09:41 PM Post #7023345
| No, There is a big difference. Tamaracks are a very skinny tree, as far as the greens go, at his forty anyway. He has a few young ones and an older one. Tamaracks turn yellow as the season goes on, the little green ones stayed green all winter for me. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
09:43 PM Post #7023356
| Yeah, I saw a bunch of them when I was looking at miniature conifers...it comes in a yellow baby size too,
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
09:49 PM Post #7023391
| A Cicada skin That we found
The Life Cycle of a Cicada
While the Cicada life span may be as long as 17 years, they spend almost all of their lives underground. Cicada nymphs emerge from the ground in periodic cycles. They climb up trees and quickly shed their skins(molt). An adult, flying cicada emerges. The adult Cicadas' entire purpose in life is to mate and produce offspring. You can hear the males' mating "song" from early morning to nightfall. In heavily infested areas, the noise can be quite disturbing. About five to ten days after mating, the female lands on twigs of deciduous trees, cuts slits in them, and lays her eggs in the slit.
Adults do not eat. Rather, damage to trees is caused by the adult female as she cuts slices into twigs to lay her eggs. Shortly after mating, the male Cicada dies.
The eggs hatch, producing tiny nymphs that fall to the ground. These nymphs burrow into the soil and feast on underground roots. They remain there for years, slowly growing, until their periodic cycle calls them to emerge again as adults.
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:49 PM Post #7023392
| only thing conifers are good for is making big smell good fires |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
09:55 PM Post #7023428
| Must have thrown two or three dozen of the cicada molts on the compost pile today while i was weeding. Came in for a drink and Jordan picked one out of my ponytail...they are everywhere. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 03, 2009
09:55 PM Post #7023430
| OK, last one for tonight, nite 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:57 PM Post #7023437
| Nite Kassy |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
10:21 PM Post #7023548
| That looks almost like a day-lily... Great pictures Kassy. Really enjoyed them , especially the baby baby baby trees...grin
Have a sweet evening, see ya tomorrow.
Jean |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 04, 2009
01:27 AM Post #7024099
| Kassy! I saw the Dave calling Dave and had to check it out! Great pictures. :) I put a mushroom up for you an "the other" thread (uuummmm WHICH ONE?) but I saw you had already posted one like it! Seems to be that time of year. I was told to check our the AK botanical gardens again, I hear there are some fabulous mushrooms right now. If I see anything new, I'll post pictures! If only I could ID all of the edible ones.
Trinawitch / crystalrock / hotrock...I've addressed this before...if they tried to create a place for plant addicts it would just be a gardening club in the end anyway. In fact I think how garden clubs got started. "Heeeeelllllp my credit card hurts, my lawn is disappearing and my DH is giving me strange looks when he discovers new batches of pots in the yard." "Whaaaat?"
(o.k. that doesn't apply to Kassy who's DBF has strange new batches of stuff in they yard daily, but there are no pots)
Oh and Kassy, thank you for ruining my firm belief that moss only grew on the north side of trees. How will I ever find my way? |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
02:29 AM Post #7024229
| Hey Ican...my hubby I think has selective sight cause he never sees the new batches of flowers or pots ( and thank God my closet has doors or the trouble I would get in for my shoe collection!)
But then again he knew about both these addictions when he met me!
However he probably doesn't say anything cause he's afraid I'll start saying something about the cars he drags home, although technically he only brought one unfinished one home, the rest he takes to his friends farm where the share a garage.
so he doesn't say anything about my plants and shoes and I don't say anything about the 67 cougar that suddenly appeared in our driveway ( or the two 65 mustangs at the farm, or the 17 & 32 Model t's or the 67 chevelle, or the 78 Trans Am in pieces in my sons closet [yes the whole car] or the 55 chevy truck, etc.)
it keeps the peace that way! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
03:37 AM Post #7024276
| Worked till the Sun went down.
The 1st mini-Pine looking plant is a Lycopodium. I think it is Lycopodium complanatum, Ground Pine. It has long been used as Christmas decorations in the USA, another common name for it is "Trailing Christmas Green".
Lycopodium species are Fern-Allies. They produce spores (like Ferns) rather than Pine Cones.
The "tiny" star shaped plants after, are a Moss. I think it is a type of "Hair Cap Moss".
After "Another flower?" is another Lycopodium species. Maybe Lycopodium clavatum, Club-Moss. Need to see the sporangia (reproductive part) to be sure.
Another common name for this plant is "Running Pine".
The "last one for tonight", I was thinking might be a Sedge or an Orchid. Need to see the flower. |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
03:40 AM Post #7024278
| wow someone other than me is awake! Yeah |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
03:52 AM Post #7024282
| Thanks Kassy, and thank BF for taking you there. Looking forward to seeing more of the Forty!
Here is a Hawaiian Ground Pine / Club Moss, Lycopodium cernuum. Hawaiians call these "Wawae'iole".
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
03:57 AM Post #7024285
| I like that one Dave |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
04:39 AM Post #7024301
| How are you this evening Trina?
You're up late; a peaceful time of day! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
04:43 AM Post #7024303
| I couldn't sleep decided to get up before i woke hubby up with my tossing and turning |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
05:06 AM Post #7024311
| Sounds like Chamomile tea might help, with Lemon & Mint!
Got all those plants dealt with yet? |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
05:09 AM Post #7024316
| almost...I was writing nasty comments about daturas and brugmansia's and adding them to my have list to get rid of them...Normally I like all plants...but I hate these things...they stink and they give me a nasty headache! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
05:48 AM Post #7024335
| Go easy Katrina!
I'm sure you can deal with the plants without anybody getting hurt! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
05:52 AM Post #7024337
| I was somewhat nice...they definately got added to the trade list though maybe somebody will have a nice NON SMELLING palm or fern or something they're willing to trade for them |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
05:54 AM Post #7024340
| I definately remember now why I usually stick to foliage plants though! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
06:03 AM Post #7024346
| Hey Trina, from what we can see, looks like you're the plant person to talk to in the neighborhood.
What kind of native plants are in your area? |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
06:08 AM Post #7024353
| depends on where you go, closer to the river or out in the prarie? Anything in particular your looking for?
Natives...grape hyacinth, blue bonnets, jack in the pulpits, may apples, virginia creeper
and of course everyone's favorites...poison ivy, sumac, and oak! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
06:18 AM Post #7024367
| bleeding hearts, snow drops, snow on the mountain, holly, morrel mushrooms (yummy), these nasty little things that smell like onions they folwer everywhere they bloom white with green stipes...i have heard them called pregnant onions or alliums...most of us hate them, tiger lilies, morning glories, thistle, washington hawthorne, nasty thorny locust trees |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
06:23 AM Post #7024371
| Of course Trina, it would be good to see all of the plants you have mentioned.
The lore here is that if you eat enough Mangos, you will be immune to poison ivy on the mainland. |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
06:23 AM Post #7024373
| another sumac that's not poisonous but it grows like a tree and spreads like a weed but its not a true "tree"
and BTW our state flower is the pothole and our state tree is the orange cone cause they pop up eveywhere!
wild roses, wild grapes, wild strawberries, potaluca, some cactuses (my grpa snagged one from somewhere and it grew outside all year) poppies, white river birch red maples (or crimson maples) Dogwoods, redbuds, forsythia, honeysuckle
just to name a few |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
06:26 AM Post #7024375
| well I've never eaten a mango, but I also have never had poison ivy, and I walk through it all the time, and I can go out tomorrow...well after daylight and get you some pictures
immune to poison ivy...hhhhmmm do you think if I tell my son that I could get him to eat fruit? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:14 AM Post #7024955
| Hey trina, not all people are alergic to the leaves of poision ivy. I taked to a guide at a wild life place here once, when my son was in school and we were on a trip for school, and the guide told me that. He has to get down and dig in by the roots before he has a reaction to it.
I'm not even sure if I have seen poision ivy around here. If I did, I was lucky enough to stay away from it, or it didn't bother me. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:32 AM Post #7025007
| Well Dave, that "Running Pine" was running. LOL
I kind of like that name
He has single leaves popping up in the strangest places.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:36 AM Post #7025014
| Another leaf all alone. 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
10:37 AM Post #7025022
| Morning Kassy...on my way out to do those evil errands,,,talk to ya later...careful If ya head to the 40...grin |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:39 AM Post #7025037
| Hey Lynn, I found a rock for you out there! 
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 04, 2009
10:44 AM Post #7025056
| Kassy I have a couple puter questions mind if I dmail you? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:56 AM Post #7025103
| Morning Jean, not going there today, we are thinking sping might be the best time. Then we may catch more things flowering.
But look what he has planted out there Jean!
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
10:59 AM Post #7025111
| What a sweet little plant...blue bells and cockle shells and pretty ferns in a row...grin. Talk to ya later...sweet day, Kassy. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
11:01 AM Post #7025127
| No problem JJ,
I may not be able to answer them if they are too hard until I go back home.
Son lives with me and he works at Shopko main office, working on there computers. He is also going to school for networking computers. He has ours networked together at home. And he built all of ours.
Send the d-mail and I'll let you know if I need to ask my expert |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
11:09 AM Post #7025149
| LOL Jean, he also has ditch lilies planted out there...LOL 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
11:39 AM Post #7025241
| Thankfully I'm not allergic to any of those 3 poisonous plants
But here are a few "Fun" facts about poison ivy...
1. It can remain on unwashed clothing for up to a year. So if you go trapsing through the woods and are unsure if you've been through it wash your clothes IMMEDIATELY (just because you don't get it doesn't mean someone you hug wont) and it is best to take a really soapy shower (dawn is the best option so you don't get it on bar soap as it will stick to the soap and get the next person) and make sure you rinse the shower out!
2. Do NOT burn poison ivy (or sumac and oak), as you do not kill the contagion in it when you do you just make it airborn, where it will attach itself to peoples lungs, causing a very nasty infection which could become LETHAL, not just to humans but also pets (learned that the hard way). Even those who do not generally have a problem with poison ivy can become very sick from inhaling the flames if its burning.
3. and just because you made every effort to pull up evey vine and root doesn't mean it wont come back, poison ivy especially, flowers and drops seeds that can remain dormant in the dirt for a very long time, also any place a leaf falls and you don't get it picked up, it will grow. It's kinda like Kudzu a very nasty weed!
If you need to get rid of poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac your best option is a total vegetation destroyer, nasty stuff that will leave a dead spot for 3 to 6 months wherever you spray it, and you need to thoroughly saturate the entire plant and the ground below it, but its better than killing your pets or people!
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
12:28 PM Post #7025400
| Speaking of poison sumac!
My son is alergic to it and we didn't know it, and he helped my nephew move a bunch of it one year...He was blister city. Took him to the Dr, and they ID'ed it right away. One of Dr's had just gotten it too at their cabin just before my son did!
We have sumac growning all over here. That will usually be the first plant to change color in the fall. |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
12:30 PM Post #7025410
| I didn't how dangerous burning it was until we burnt some at my neighbors place cause she can't touch it...put her in the hospital for a month and our basset hound died from the stuff being in the smoke...very hard lesson to learn! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
03:43 PM Post #7025897
| Kassy, just really love all your photos. You take us to a different place. It is so cool imagining being their. Don't hesitate to post more! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
04:42 PM Post #7026046
| OH MY, look what I found another one of!!!!
WOW,
With the little one, this makes 7 this year. The most we ever get is usually 2!!!
I took a walk all around the fence line of his acre of land and I found this one! Near the grapes Dave ;-)
Venice, I was trying to figure out how to tell you what they where like and my BF tasted a piece today. (I almost fell over, because he does not eat mushrooms)! He kind of likes them. He is talking about putting them in with our eggs in the morning
We talked about what they reminded us of, and he said more like a meaty center on the slices that fried, and he said the texture reminds him of cheese melting...I said "That's it!!" Thats what the texture of them is like when they are fried.
Now my son is waiting to try them too...LOL
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
04:49 PM Post #7026067
| They found one in MN that weighs eight pounds :o
It was on the news last night here.
I found a site on line to read up on them and they sell them for $22 a pound :o
Now if they only grew at the forty!!!!
I fryed the last of the one I was eating and one other one so I can freeze them. It said they can be froze after they are cooked.
Just in case I can't take a fresh one home for my son.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
04:54 PM Post #7026084
| LOL Ican on strange new batches of stuff in they yard daily, but there are no pots...LOL
OK Ican, you have to see what I found in a pot...LOL
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
04:57 PM Post #7026097
| OK, does anyone know how long it takes baby tree frogs to hatch, because I am sure she was laying eggs here. We don't want them hatching in the house...LOL
Here she was giving me the evil eye!!
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
05:03 PM Post #7026121
| That is such a cute little frog! Does it lay eggs in the water and then they become tadpoles? See, I don't know anything about tree frogs! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
05:19 PM Post #7026181
| How many strangers did you have in the delivery room with you Kassy? LOL |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
07:57 PM Post #7026700
| LOL Jean, I'm still wondering where the babies are and how many...scratching head.
Hey Dave,...Parlor Palm, Parlour Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
East window at my BF's...LOL
3 feet tall and at least 3 feet wide
My cat keeping an eye on anyone who might come near.
Are you sure they don't like a lot of light? Just kidding.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
07:57 PM Post #7026705
| Dave, I wasn't kidding about it being in the east window! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
08:01 PM Post #7026722
| I wish mine was that big! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
09:19 PM Post #7027016
| Ican, I can, I can show you what why is north...
First you need to go to Menomominee Michigan Harbor, in the UP
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
09:21 PM Post #7027024
| Then you need to take the lone walk down to the light house...see it way down there? 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
09:24 PM Post #7027032
| If you should fall in, no worries, they have a place for you to get back out of the water! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
09:25 PM Post #7027038
| Your almost to the lighthouse! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
09:28 PM Post #7027049
| And LOOK, right there in front of the lighthouse, it tells you what way is north! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
09:30 PM Post #7027053
| Dave, I found this just for you...but you weren't there either!!! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
09:55 PM Post #7027159
| So back to the forty...
This was a stump of a tree that my BF cut down. He pours salt on the stump for the dear and other animails.
This is what the stumps end up looking like.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:02 PM Post #7027191
| Back on high land...No long grass to tackle me
Lots of sand!
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:08 PM Post #7027214
| foot print in the sand! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:12 PM Post #7027234
| Another stump that had salt on it. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:20 PM Post #7027252
| The other side of the stump. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:23 PM Post #7027262
| A foot print found right by the stump. 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
10:27 PM Post #7027273
| Kassy, great pics! did moon find us a place to go yet? Cause I think I made the DG gods a little upset |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:28 PM Post #7027275
| The road that we took in.
Did I say road??
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RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 04, 2009
10:28 PM Post #7027276
| Kassy, I have enjoyed viewing all your picture's that you have shown here. Lovely place you have there in Wisconsin!
I would be very interested in purchasing the plant that you posted a picture of earlier today ( Post # 7025014)! I would love to have one like it...PLEASE???? I will pay you for your time/shipping, or trade you something for it.
Rachel
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:29 PM Post #7027287
| You made them upset?
They have made me upset in the past and I don't think they will be getting my money anymore. |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
10:33 PM Post #7027293
| yes i did go read the last basil thread we were onbasil lambic and footless i believe it was! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
10:34 PM Post #7027294
| oops...make that "Rosemary, Basil and Footless makes three" thread |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:40 PM Post #7027310
| One like this Rachel?
First you have to tell me what the plant is...LOL
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RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 04, 2009
10:44 PM Post #7027324
| Kassy, that is it! Your zone is throwing me off on an I.D.;-) Dave may know !
Now...what do you want for it??;-) Don't make me beg;-))))))))
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
10:45 PM Post #7027326
| well that's one way to do it Kassy |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
10:57 PM Post #7027364
| LOL Rachel, now I just have to try to figure out where that plant is, and they are only single leaves coming up right now...
I'll try to get my BF to take me back out there tomorrow if I look through my camera and can come close to where it would be located...That's a big forty!
Where is dave when you need him???
I'll look to see if we might have it coming up around here too someplace! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
10:57 PM Post #7027367
| Rachel, Kassy, the leaf in the picture belongs to the Arum family. Arum cyrenaicum
here is a link to pictures...trying to find a good info link
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.f... |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
10:59 PM Post #7027373
| Here ya go Rachel
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/08038.ht... |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
11:01 PM Post #7027382
| and me some ferns Kassy? wink wink...nudge nudge |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
11:03 PM Post #7027391
| Keep looking for them Jean.
BF kicking me off the computer now :(
tallk to you tomorrow Rachel, I'll see what I can do with that leaf. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
11:05 PM Post #7027400
| I got the name and a place that seels them if you can't find it Kassy...have a sweet night |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
11:06 PM Post #7027401
| Can't be in Jean, we are in zone 4...COLD!!! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 04, 2009
11:08 PM Post #7027408
| Nite everyone
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RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 04, 2009
11:11 PM Post #7027416
| Thank's much Kassy. I am very interested in that plant !
Rachel |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
11:12 PM Post #7027419
| Sorry, wrong link, that one is a cross. the Arum cyrenaium is rated zone 4. I will find the link |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 04, 2009
11:14 PM Post #7027427
| Thank's Jean but that's not quite it.
Hug's
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
11:15 PM Post #7027429
| Time for me to go also.
'Night everyone. Have a sound sleep! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
11:18 PM Post #7027440
| night venice |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 04, 2009
11:19 PM Post #7027444
| Hi Venice, My Sauromatum venosum is the plant that bit the dust for me here! I have kicked myself many time's for planting it where I did...we live and we learn with plant's;-)
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icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 05, 2009
12:36 AM Post #7027653
| Hi Kassy! I love your pics. Keep posting them :) Looks like your having fun as usual!
Hi Lynnie! Hi Rachel! Hi Gypsies! Yes our rebel band is in the spotlight again. Well apparently it's just where we belong. Buncha hot mama's and papa's like us.
I expect more mushroom photos here shortly! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
10:16 AM Post #7028206
| Ican, mushrooms you can eat? or toadstools?
I have seen the most unusual ones this year for toadstools...Well then again, I have seen a lot of puffballs this year too. I think probably as many as I have in all the time I have been seeing him.
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
10:18 AM Post #7028213
| LOL Kassy...go to "a hello thread" a temporary solution |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
10:31 AM Post #7028255
| Nah trina, going to finish posting my pictures of the forty here. I told Dave I would take him to the forty.
I'm not done yet...Wheeeewh!
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
10:33 AM Post #7028264
| well then when your done, go over there, I posted some pics...nothing special, just some of my blooms, I definately like yours better! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
12:22 PM Post #7028558
| I think I missed posting this one 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
12:26 PM Post #7028569
| FERNS I see ferns!!!!! i wish i had ferns.
I love the natural forest...makes me want to move to my property even more! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
12:32 PM Post #7028585
| That forest is just carpeted with ferns! How do you walk through there or do you find the deer paths to follow?
Is the whole 40 like this? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
12:36 PM Post #7028600
| LOL trina..
BF's Uncle did live there at one time, long time ago. No electic!
BF though about maybe moving there at some time too, but it is land locked, and how in the h*** do you get out of it in the winter? LOL
another single leaf plant
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
12:53 PM Post #7028661
| Kassy, I am curious how is that property landlocked? |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
01:14 PM Post #7028725
| easy kassy, you don't you stock up and snuggle in like a bear...total Isolation...if I didn't have 5 teenagers...I'd LOVE it, just give me my ipod and internet and plenty of food and my books and tell the world to go away! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
01:38 PM Post #7028782
| Venice, it is land locked because people own land all around it. We have to go through a neighbors land out there to get to the forty. He took the neighbor some fresh eggs this time, and she let me take some seeds from a plant she called "love in the mist"...I'm still trying to find that one...Hmmmmmmm
Trina, if he had a road in there that was actaually a road, I think he would condider moving there...He might have to find a new GF then...LOL I'll stay where the puffballs are. And good luck getting internet there...not sure if our cell phones even work out there...LOL
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
01:43 PM Post #7028798
| High land. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
01:49 PM Post #7028815
| More trees...
Do you see the white birch in the back? I got a better picture of that one. I need to download it though.
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
01:51 PM Post #7028822
| yeah but see with 40 acres, you take and lease about an acre to a cell phone company for a tower...that way you get service and the lease pays the yearly taxes and the insurance on the place...use it to pay for itself! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 05, 2009
02:11 PM Post #7028903
| A little goody, on topic, for you Kassy.
http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/features/flowers/nig... |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
02:13 PM Post #7028910
| They would have to put the tower in the swamp...the land most years is 70% swamp and 30% high ground.
Yes Venice or at least the 70% that should be swamp has a ton of ferns. We had a very dry summer this year.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
02:16 PM Post #7028922
| Thank you, Thank you Thank you Jean, that's them
Now I hope I got more then one color or I may have to go back there...LOL in the dark...LOL |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
02:23 PM Post #7028946
| don't matter where it sits Kassy especially at $1500 a month they could put it anywhere!
I don't know about you, but I could use an extra 1500 smackers a month...1031 a month on disability aint much...would make things alot easier! |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
02:28 PM Post #7028962
| How did ya get that trailer in there? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
02:28 PM Post #7028963
| A baby pine. 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 05, 2009
02:28 PM Post #7028964
| Got one right...laughing hysterically...grin |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
02:31 PM Post #7028972
| LOL moom
A baby Spruce
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
02:39 PM Post #7029009
| you guys are terrible! But I love it!!!!
stupid shamrocks! gotta clean up my owie now! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
02:52 PM Post #7029057
| His uncle got it in there on a path that is made for driving on, with the cab of a semi. At that time the path was not as grown up as it is now. As you could tell the trailer is old. BF and his daughter just use it as a blind to hunt from at hunting time. We didn't even go in it when we were there.
Lots of pine cones from that HUGE pine tree that he was standing by!
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:07 PM Post #7029107
| A baby Blue Spruce 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:11 PM Post #7029123
| A small skinny Tamerack 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:14 PM Post #7029141
| A BIG Tamerack tree 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
03:17 PM Post #7029149
| Nice rock Kassy! :) |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
03:17 PM Post #7029151
| pine cones...I got some craft ideas for pine cones! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:19 PM Post #7029162
| I love this picture. I have always liked the white birch trees. I love the way the grow together. 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
03:21 PM Post #7029168
| oh that is nice Kassy! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:24 PM Post #7029176
| LOL Lynn, I have more, but I have to get through the forty pictures first ;-)
trina, we grow pine trees from those pine cones...LOL
Here are a bunch of them.
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:28 PM Post #7029184
| A bunch of young pine trees 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
03:33 PM Post #7029190
| note to others when using a serrated spade to dig up your shamrocks (or other plants) make sure you don't hit your foot with it!!!! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:34 PM Post #7029192
| OK will post this picture for Lynn and then go back to the last of the forty ones.
Here you go Lynn...These rocks are a mixture of slate and sandstone 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:36 PM Post #7029195
| LOL trina...I sure hope I don't...but that would be something I would do too! |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
03:40 PM Post #7029207
| My kinda place, kassy, lots of water no weeds.
Good thing hes not camera shy! :) |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:41 PM Post #7029211
| Some day we will have a forty of pine trees, well on the high ground we will anyway. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:49 PM Post #7029231
| He is far from camera shy. I will have more of the water later...let them try to put in plant ID and it will be interesting what I come up with...LOL
I bet no one told you that i'm a rebel, did they?
A very tiny pine tree.
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
03:51 PM Post #7029238
|
Think I read that somewhere.
Wold you happen to have any idea why my flowering almond bush is blooming again? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:53 PM Post #7029245
| More PInes...Notice less ferns? 
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
03:53 PM Post #7029246
| Kassy, how long does it take to grow a pine tree from seed? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
03:54 PM Post #7029250
| Do you have animals in that forest? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:58 PM Post #7029257
| I would have to ask BF if he knows.
We are taking a road trip now...taking camera with me just in case i find anything interesting.
Back a little later 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
03:59 PM Post #7029259
| lots of animals |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
03:59 PM Post #7029261
| OH, you bet we do, will show you some when I get back! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
04:00 PM Post #7029263
| bye Kassy...later |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
04:28 PM Post #7029322
| oh be still my heart..kassy can you fed ex that rock to me?? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
07:05 PM Post #7029816
| LOL Lynn...I will have more rocks with the water pictures. And tomorrow we are going to a Park on Lake Michigian.
Education here now...
Scrapes are areas on the ground where bucks paw the soil away with their hooves. They can vary in size from as small as a foot and a half wide to sometimes seven or eight feet. They are most often made and maintained prior to the rut. Deer make and maintain scrapes as a way to communicate with other deer. They leave their scent by urinating over their back legs onto the tarsal glands. Then they rub their tarsal glands together and squeeze urine over the scrape. This leaves a strong distinct smell of that buck in the scrape.
As BF put it, they put their foot in it after they pee in it...sounds like my kind of guy...NOT!!
This is a buck scrape 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 05, 2009
07:13 PM Post #7029859
| Oh be still my heart...grin |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
07:26 PM Post #7029909
| hahaha |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
07:37 PM Post #7029945
| OH Dave, look Dave, LOOK!!!!
I had to hand pick some of the ripe ones here.
I'm here until wednesday or thursday probably, and if they are not ripe by then, I'll be back in a week 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
07:47 PM Post #7029979
| Hey Kassy, is that the Ampelopsis fruit? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
07:50 PM Post #7029983
| Grapes Dave, Grapes!!!!
Some are still green so I just hand picked a few to show you |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
07:57 PM Post #7029995
| Grapes, oh my, Grapes!
Jam, Juice, and Wine!
Are they good eating? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
08:06 PM Post #7030033
| They remind me of the ones my Dad planted when I was young...not sweet, but then I like currents and they aren't either.
Did you see the Inn that I found for you? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
08:10 PM Post #7030046
| Hey Dave, any idea as to what this might be? 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
08:14 PM Post #7030068
| Cattails 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
08:24 PM Post #7030106
| Hard to tell from the leaf Kassy. Need to see flowers and/or seed-pods.
Nice Cat-tails, do you eat them? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
08:28 PM Post #7030117
| Can you eat cattails?? |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 05, 2009
08:34 PM Post #7030132
| Kassy your grapes look like muscadines. Do they have a thick skin? I think you eat the tubers under the cat tails. When Dave gets back he can tell us for sure. don't know if any other part is edible or not. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
08:38 PM Post #7030151
| Well I need to go back out to the forty in the spring, because BF said there are flowers out there then.
Thanks anyway Dave, I thought I would ask. All that was around of them was single leaves...
But you gotta see some of the pictures I just took here before supper.
I happened to be by my butterfly bush when this one was there 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
08:38 PM Post #7030154
| kassy give it a chomp & see how it is...ha, kidding! Boy you guys are brave, i don't think I'd eat a cat tail. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
08:39 PM Post #7030158
| oooh very cool! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
08:43 PM Post #7030178
| I was trying to get a picture of this... 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
08:47 PM Post #7030194
| and another 
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
08:47 PM Post #7030199
| Kassy, they are so pretty! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
08:52 PM Post #7030211
| not really on the eating cattails but they make awesome fish bait when mixed right...stinks to high heaven but you get the biggest catfish with it! |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 05, 2009
08:53 PM Post #7030217
| There are some cat tails in the ditch on the road we walk daily. Told Jo we ought to get some to eat. Was seriously informed that she was having none. Guess that lets that off, know who's the boss. Hen-pecked don't you know. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
08:53 PM Post #7030221
| Thank you, Thank you, Thank you...I got lucky 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
08:55 PM Post #7030235
| Beautiful birds & butterfly's!
Jim is right, the young tubers can be eaten like potatoes.
The tail itself can be steamed when young (still green) and eaten like corn on the cob.
I think Jim has a good handle on how Admin is dealing with our presence. They want to hide us away, while more and more members are enjoying the plant talk and socialization.
Maybe Admin could create a forum that is all inclusive; subscribers, non-subscribers, photos, and any kind plant talk! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
08:59 PM Post #7030260
| Jim rattle your chain ;) Isn't Jo the brave one who ate head cheese?
Dave...not corn! lol |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 05, 2009
09:02 PM Post #7030272
| I'm with you Dave, The things they say don't ring true. Intimidation. Remember the original thread, how many posts, how many views. Somebody out there likes the brand of foolishness combined with the pictures and pland id's we do. If the hello thread had been started by Moon they would have already have shut it down. Had new blood. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:03 PM Post #7030282
| Yeah Dave...clapping on your comment here 
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Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 05, 2009
09:06 PM Post #7030297
| You ever ate any of that hog head cheese? Terrible!!! The ones that eat it lace it with pepper sauce. Won't try a cattail? Told her I was picking some purslane leaves to put in the salad for tomorrow (grows every down here), "you're not putting it in my salad." The last adventuresome move she made was when she married me. Hummm, maybe that's the reason she won't take a chance on something new, now. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:07 PM Post #7030303
| yeah Jim too!! I knew I wasn't the only rebel 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:11 PM Post #7030318
| LOL Jim |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:17 PM Post #7030346
| heck no I have never had head cheese... |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:18 PM Post #7030374
| OOPs forgot to put this in for Ican when she went to find where north was... 
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Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 05, 2009
09:21 PM Post #7030385
| Sweetheart, you haven't missed a thing. Even pickled pigs feet are better than head cheese.
You are right Kassy, I am a Rebel and not just because I am from the south. I get bull-headed and mean when I think I or somebody I like is being pushed around. All their logic sounds like so much hog wash to me. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:21 PM Post #7030389
| here you go Lynn 
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:23 PM Post #7030397
| Those are sharp rocks. Are they all along the water edge? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:23 PM Post #7030400
| oooh nice kassy! water looks fine too! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
09:24 PM Post #7030401
| Hog Head Cheese? Yuck!
That's it, I'm becoming a vegetarian. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:25 PM Post #7030402
| lol dave, i didn't figure you for a big meat eater, you seem far too health conscious for that. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:26 PM Post #7030407
| Tell me about it Jim!
No, you just did tell me about it...LOL
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:27 PM Post #7030409
| I likes me cheeseburgers! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:28 PM Post #7030413
| I tried to get pictures of loons on the river in NH, but the pics came out all blurry. Sun was so bright i was shooting blind. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
09:30 PM Post #7030421
| Jim maybe she figures nothing can top that adventure, why try?
Nice pictures kassy. You get rally nice closeups. Mine always blurry.
Dave I feel privileged to have come across foolishness, pictures and plant IDs. I have seen and learned more the last few days then in the last 10 years. Probably just because it has been fun instead of hum drum |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:31 PM Post #7030423
| Dave, Protien!!!!
Make you you get some protien!
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RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 05, 2009
09:32 PM Post #7030428
| Kassy, I am still enjoying all your beautiful pic's that you have been adding here. I checked out the Wisconsin Botanical website for native Araceae plants in your area this morning. I only found one plant that may fit what you have that I was asking you about. Maybe "Peltandra virginica"? I asked Jean about it and I think she tend's to agree as well but what do you think?
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:36 PM Post #7030443
| OH, if you only knew how may pictures I delete right away because of them not turning out. I just keep trying
The Harbor
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:36 PM Post #7030445
| I didn't know what head cheese was so I looked it up. That is totally grooooos!!!!!
Cute shot of those ducks. I guess they sit there a lot! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:37 PM Post #7030446
| Kassy send me that dark rock on the lower left please...
Hi Rachel! How are you?
Trina I like a good cheeseburger. |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 05, 2009
09:37 PM Post #7030450
| I have to add here as well. I cannot understand why Terry stepped in on that one thread that Jean started when the Slug thread has so many more post's on it...scratching head on that one.
Rachel |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:38 PM Post #7030452
| Kasy I have about 7 blurry shots of the loon and some babies...lol |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
09:38 PM Post #7030455
| I noticed the BF is not in the pics. You didn't push him off that rock I hope!!
Those are really nice pictures. I've never been that far North.
Guess someday I should . |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:39 PM Post #7030457
| Show us just one of those blurry ones, please. |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 05, 2009
09:43 PM Post #7030468
| I like bacon cheese burgers. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 05, 2009
09:44 PM Post #7030474
| Dave, do you think that is the leaf that Rachel is talking about and that I showed you?
Dave is more of an expert then I am.
Last picture for tonight and then BF needs the computer.
The Water
Nite everyone, hang in there!
Talk to you tomorrow!
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RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 05, 2009
09:49 PM Post #7030490
| Jim, you have eaten pig's feet;-) I will take a cheeseburger over those any day of the week.
Lynnie, doing well and hope you are too. Now where is a picture of a Loon and her babe's.
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Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 05, 2009
09:54 PM Post #7030505
| I have to admit, I have eaten them. Actually, they are pretty good. Surprizingly a lot of meat on them. Not something I'd go for regularly. Bacon cheese burgers, right on. Want me tell you something really dumb? My favorite hamburger is the double cheeseburger off McDonald's dollar menu. When I had the last by-pass surgery, I wouldn't eat. Finally sent a runner to McDonalds. My doctor would just come in and frown. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:55 PM Post #7030511
| it's downstairs, do i have to get up? I'm all tucked up with the laptop :) can I post it tomorrow?
that's why half the words that should start with capitals don't
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
09:59 PM Post #7030532
| bacon cheeseburger with fried puffball mushrooms... |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 05, 2009
09:59 PM Post #7030534
| I hear you Jim but I am not going to eat "Pig's feet" no matter how they are fixed;-) My favorite burger from a fast food joint is...A Whopper with cheese from Burger King!
No, you do not have to get up from your comfy spot Lynnie.
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
10:03 PM Post #7030553
| I like burgers with almost anything, cheese, bacon, sauted onions, mushrooms, peppers, pickles... |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
10:04 PM Post #7030563
| The plant looks like it could fit as an Aroid. Considering that Rachel said it, well, I like everything that Rachel says! 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
10:07 PM Post #7030580
| wow, cool pic!
rachel i'll post it tomorrow, but it's petty blurry...camera probably had sunscreen on it too lol |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
10:13 PM Post #7030608
| Did that rainbow touch the ground on each side? Beautiful! |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 05, 2009
10:21 PM Post #7030640
| Dave, there you go again making me blush!! In all reality...what other plant could Kassy's plant belong too.? By the way...start showing some pic's from your hike!
Lynnie, I can alway's put my glasses on for a blurry picture...heck my camera pic's are alway's blurry when I try to zoom in on thing's. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
10:33 PM Post #7030694
| Yes, it was very vibrant all the way across. I kept moving down the mountain to try and capture the rainbow at it's brightest. Because the Sun was going down and the clouds kept moving in, I had to move quickly. 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
10:44 PM Post #7030733
| Hi Rachel! 
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
10:45 PM Post #7030738
| I don't think I have ever seen a full rainbow like that, that was so bright! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
10:47 PM Post #7030744
| Rachel, I think you have a nice photo of your special friend. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 05, 2009
10:52 PM Post #7030764
| Sounds like you succeeded Dave...in moving quickly. Grin
Good evening everyone. yes, Dave I do believe it is the P virginiana as Rachel said. Hi Rachel. Lynnie JJs Jim
Venice
Kassy, it looks Marvelous in here...seems you had a great day in the great outdoors...thanks for fighting dial up to share. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
11:01 PM Post #7030787
| Here is sub-alpine woodland on Mauna Loa where I went to photograph a rare form of 'Ohi'a, that occurs no where else. 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
11:03 PM Post #7030799
| awesome pics Dave |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
11:03 PM Post #7030801
| I am not up on my HI vocabulary. What is 'Ohi'a? |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
11:14 PM Post #7030823
| wow must have been something I said
good night then |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
11:21 PM Post #7030850
| Dave, let us know what 'Ohi'a is and I will find out in the morning.
Good night all! And 'night little witchy! Hope you sleep well. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
11:21 PM Post #7030853
| Hey Jean, we don't fight dial-up, we control it!
This is 'Ula'ula 'Ohi'a. A rare form of glabrous 'Ohi'a with dwarf leaves, and deep red flowers, fruit, young stems, and new leaves.
I'm tentatively calling this: Metrosideros polymorpha variety glaberrima forma ulaula.
It only occurs in HVNP at the end of Mauna Loa Road, at the trailhead to Maweoweo Cauldera.
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RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 05, 2009
11:21 PM Post #7030855
| Keep those picture's coming Dave.
Venice, will you add a prayer for my plant along with your Wilty? Much appreciated;-)
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
11:23 PM Post #7030864
| I'm not going to bed...but you sleep well |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 05, 2009
11:30 PM Post #7030892
| her ya go Venice. http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/09/04/the-lehua-blossom-on...
Dave that is beautiful. how cool. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
11:38 PM Post #7030920
| Nobody said anything wrong. My dial-up takes 10 - 15 minutes to upload a photo.
I'm glad to answer any comments, please expect me to take some time doing so.
I'll be as fast as I can travel!
Here is the Koa tree canopy on Kipuka along Mauna Loa Road.
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 05, 2009
11:56 PM Post #7030980
| There are a few game birds found in the park. This is a Frankolin.
Resin ID'd this one on the Bird ID forum as Erckel's Francolin, Frankolinus erckelii.
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
12:12 AM Post #7031020
| That is a really open canopy...rather sparse foliage. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 06, 2009
12:15 AM Post #7031022
| Hey Jean! How are you this evening?
More photos on the way. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
12:24 AM Post #7031044
| Cool Dave, I will be around for at least one more round tonight. It looks like you really had a productive day.
Doing just fine...got a little done outside between showers...but not nearly enough work or rain...grin |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 06, 2009
12:26 AM Post #7031050
| During lunch break, it was fun to practice line drawings of native plant leaves. 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
12:30 AM Post #7031058
| Are you left handed? Great sketches...nice lunch pastime. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 06, 2009
12:43 AM Post #7031093
| How did you know I was left handed?
It ain't fair, knowin' things about people, ya know!
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
12:46 AM Post #7031102
| What a fantasy-like setting. Know why you love what you do. Grin
the angle of your pencil... |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 06, 2009
12:48 AM Post #7031109
| The pencil was laying on the left of the paper slanted toward the right. Left handed people are also more artistic that we righties and the drawings were exceptional.
Right Moon. That how you figured it.
How tall are you Dave? From the waist up you look like 6' 4" or so. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
12:54 AM Post #7031124
| I'd guess 5'10 or '11. Pretty much Jim. That and a couple lines tended to be a bit thicker on the left side...indicating a slightly surer stroke. |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 06, 2009
12:59 AM Post #7031132
| He is built a lot like me, long waisted and shorter legs. My son is a bought 5' 9" but if you see him only from the waist up you would swear he is about six feet. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 06, 2009
12:59 AM Post #7031133
| If you get to the top of the mountain, you may not need reservations; very few folks make the trip! 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
01:02 AM Post #7031137
| That poor tree in the front of the picture looks like it has been struck by lightning.
That is a cool rest/picnic area...looks like you;d need it after that climb. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
01:04 AM Post #7031140
| Gonna catch this next picture, and then call it a night. Busy day tomorrow. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 06, 2009
01:34 AM Post #7031182
| I'm 5 ft. 11 in. After consuming lots of vegetables, whole grain, fish and poultry, for just six months, cholesterol levels have turned from bad to good.
I love cheeseburgers & bacon, but a once in a while taste is much more healthy than the daily habit.
Being part of the high risk group (diabetes) means being careful about what one eats, and still enjoying food.
Eating healthy, means living healthy!
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 06, 2009
01:51 AM Post #7031203
| Hey Jean, sorry about the grumblings. Here's a good picture for the day on Mauna Loa! 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
06:54 AM Post #7031362
| Dave you can grumble. Pics are simply beautiful..love the Koa tree canopy, looks ghostly.
Figured the angle of the pencil too...damn we're a clever bunch ;)
I have to to tell you my cheeseburgers are usually made from ground turkey. I try to be good!
Moon you crack me up.
Jim, legs are short but pretty right.
Rachel I'll see if i can find the loon pics...have to go through 3 cameras lol
Hi Trina & Venice! Trina did you get any sleep?
Rachel that plant looks worse than poor Wilty... |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:04 AM Post #7031369
| Dave always takes the best pics!
as for my "must have been something I said" comment, I posted that in the wrong room
and I leave the eating healthy part to others, I eat when I'm hungry and just til almost full (cause by the time my tummy catches up to my mouth that makes full) and if I'm not hungry I don't eat.
But I usually average about 5 small meals a day plus snacks, that sounds like a lot to most people but you have to figure I'm up at 5:30 every morning and I usually don't get to bed until 1 am and I never sit still (too afraid I'll grow roots and become one of the plants) but seriously with 5 teenagers, 2 dogs, and a boatload of plants who has time to sit still! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:08 AM Post #7031379
| yes Lynnie with all the kids at skateland from 7 to 7 I got some sleep and "sleep" if you know what I mean...I got to go get the kids in about 30 minutes though, but they will probably sleep most of the day! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:09 AM Post #7031380
| Rachel the pic is so bad I could only figure it out from the order it was in! But I said I'd post it so here it is Sorry! 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:10 AM Post #7031382
| I can almost see it |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:12 AM Post #7031384
| an overnight wow! must be quiet over there.
boy that pic is bad, I'm taking it down as soon as Rachel sees it. Wait I have a slightly better one of some kind of bird...SLIGHTLY better...
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:16 AM Post #7031387
| I think that white blob in the foreground is water & sunscreen *grin*
as soon as I take the camera out the kids want it (it was one of theirs anyway) and I may have gotten bonked in the head with an oar too. They had to try their hand at paddling, and then there was the mishap with lunch... |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:25 AM Post #7031400
| they didn't decide to sword fight with the oars and then loose them both did they? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:27 AM Post #7031402
| Kassy...breakfast! 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:28 AM Post #7031405
| no, we wouldn't give them both at the same time hahaha |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:28 AM Post #7031406
| I only have one pic of me that I show people, but my mom calls it the Bait and switch photo...cause I'm dressed up in it...my sis took it...but normally I'm in jeans, a tshirt and a baseball cap, and I look way different than the dressy me |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:30 AM Post #7031407
| Now I'm just trying to redeem myself... 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:30 AM Post #7031408
| that's a good thing trust me on that! also don't let them drive the pontoon our kids managed to capsize one! I was on the darn thing and still don't know how they did that! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:31 AM Post #7031411
| You did...that's an awesome pic..that's the kind of wilderness I love...I hate flat land! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:33 AM Post #7031414
| hahaha Trina, that's hard to do! Kids will manage it, though. Ok here are 2 of my favorite things together (not chocolate & pb, although that's another one) 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:34 AM Post #7031415
| here's my little chupacabra playing queen of the world 
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trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:35 AM Post #7031418
| oh now that is cool...and the exact reason I bought 33 acres in Missouri! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:35 AM Post #7031419
| he looks quite fierce |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
07:39 AM Post #7031423
| she thinks she is anyway, she's trying to live up to the evil pixie name my gma gave her
Tinkerbell...she just got her first shots friday...Grandma said the dog was 12 weeks old when she gave her to us cause she was told she was 5 weeks old when she got her...and we've had her for 4 weeks...turns out she's alot younger...they gave my grandma that puppy at 2 weeks and gma only had her for 3 weeks!
at least here she's safe and slowly coming out of her abandonment issues |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
08:16 AM Post #7031474
| kids are all home now...told them all to go to bed though or I was gonna hurt em! they're all snapping at each other |
