Dave, calling Dave!

I couldn't sleep decided to get up before i woke hubby up with my tossing and turning

Sounds like Chamomile tea might help, with Lemon & Mint!

Got all those plants dealt with yet?

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!

Go easy Katrina!

I'm sure you can deal with the plants without anybody getting hurt!

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

I definately remember now why I usually stick to foliage plants though!

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?

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!

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

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.

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

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?

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.

Well Dave, that "Running Pine" was running. LOL
I kind of like that name ^_^

He has single leaves popping up in the strangest places.

Another leaf all alone.

Morning Kassy...on my way out to do those evil errands,,,talk to ya later...careful If ya head to the 40...grin

Hey Lynn, I found a rock for you out there!

Kassy I have a couple puter questions mind if I dmail you?

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!

What a sweet little plant....blue bells and cockle shells and pretty ferns in a row....grin. Talk to ya later...sweet day, Kassy.

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 ^_^

LOL Jean, he also has ditch lilies planted out there........LOL

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!

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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

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!!

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!

How many strangers did you have in the delivery room with you Kassy? LOL

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.

Dave, I wasn't kidding about it being in the east window!

I wish mine was that big!

Ican, I can, I can show you what why is north......
First you need to go to Menomominee Michigan Harbor, in the UP

Then you need to take the lone walk down to the light house.............see it way down there?

If you should fall in, no worries, they have a place for you to get back out of the water!

Your almost to the lighthouse!

And LOOK, right there in front of the lighthouse, it tells you what way is north!