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Thanks Kathleen. I was hoping a smart park ranger would come along and explain it to me. I came "by cicle." Of course! It all makes sense to me now.
5 years agoI've done that in a pinch...
5 years agoIt means you came by cicle, dear. And no, there's no way anyone could be smarter than a park ranger. I know.
5 years agoThey come in various colors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantidae
Chuckle!
5 years agoYuck. I'm glad G-2 ate them all and not me.
5 years agoUsed by native Americans in our neck of the woods as both an emetic and a cathartic to treat illness. I dared another ranger to taste one; she barely bit into it but still it took three days for the taste to go away.
5 years agoPersonal conversation with the web worms?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_webworm
Wild plums... Yummy! If ripe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_americana
Rose hips, and yes, high in vitamin C.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip
Snowberry
http://www.bentler.us/eastern-washington/plants/shrubs/snowberry.aspx
Common mullein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus
I had no idea that chicory was a cute purple flower. I once had a cup of chicory coffee. It was so awful that I dumped almost the whole cup into the sink.
5 years agoChicory. Edible. In fact it was brought to North America by Europeans as a familiar food source and has become naturalized all over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory
I've used duct tape for so many things it's almost embarrassing. But, damn, the stuff works great!
5 years ago