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| Solanum carolinensis a.k.a. Horse Nettle. All parts are toxic, especially its tomato-like berries. Be sure to visit our gift shop. |
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| Solanum carolinensis flowers |
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| Physalis virginiana, Virginia Ground Cherry. Many look-alike species. Berries, although small are edible (even delicious) when fully ripe. It is a perennial in my climate. |
I visited the Upper Orchard today.
I took it easy. I only watered the twenty new apple trees. I walked slowly, wore work-boots and the compression-brace and avoided known woodchuck holes.
I probably could have watered more trees, but they are on the Hill Orchard and I didn't want to push my luck.
Hello fodder, hello mudder
I write you here, from Camp Grenada...
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| I cut some weeds. Mostly Setaria faberi and Ambrosia trifida. |
I get the weeds off my property before they drop their seeds. Southern Belle gets free fodder for her goats. Win-win.
The curse of being old and busy
I put my keys down somewhere and now I cannot find them. I have my vehicle keys on their own rings to keep them petite, but I cannot find the big ring of keys for all of the things that are locked up that I don't visit on a regular basis.
St. Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of lost items. I suspect that as I get older that I will be having more conversations with him.
How did you ever remember the Camp Grenada song. That was sooo long ago.---ken
ReplyDeleteOne of the benefits of a classical education.
DeleteSome sort of air tag perhaps? Able to locate those keys then?
ReplyDeleteLong braided multicolored cord, also good for swinging when bored.
ReplyDeleteI saw a guy coming out of Walmart and he had his keys clipped to a belt loop with a carabiner. Not a great option where there are pickpockets but it might work in most of rural America.
DeleteGlad you're taking it easy friend.
ReplyDeleteAn E-bike makes a nice mule if it has walk beside throttle or is a trike model. My Rad e-bike has walk mode and it tows a nice garden trailer for me for chores. This old medic has old knees.
Michael the anon today it seems.
“St Tony St Tony we pray thee look around. Something’s lost and must be found.”
ReplyDeleteThe solanum genus is an interesting one, with quite a few toxic plants. Interestingly, both the tomato and potato belongs to that family, the potato tubers are fine to eat but the fruits are toxic, whereas the tomato fruit is fine to eat.
ReplyDeleteLike Nylon12 above, The Ravishing Mrs. TB has an Airtag. I content myself with carrying the minimum amount of keys possible and only having them one of two places: in my right pocket or in the designated location at home.
ReplyDeleteAirTag, or put a 3 foot piece of paracord on it (braided even, maybe) or a fairly long and somewhat hefty chain...or a REALLY large ring...like a foot across. Easy for me to make if you need one made....Put your smaller rings of seldom used keys on it, maybe with locking carbiners.
ReplyDeleteMakes it hard to lose them that way.