I wasn’t planning on a back to back plant post but going to work these last few days it’s really hard not to notice West Virginia’s State Flower, the Rhododendron, in full bloom.
I had to stop by Jimmy’s Produce in Glen Daniel’s on my way home today. The urge was to strong. I had to [...]
Round these parts this plant is commonly referred to as rattleweed and is actually pretty abundant although in a few other states the plant is considered endangered.
The following info came from here…NC State University
Botanical InformationBlack cohosh [Actaea racemosa (L.) formerly Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt] is a member of the Ranunculaceae family. It is a native [...]
When God Made Moms
When the good Lord was creating mothers!!He was into his sixth day of overtime when the angel [...]
I hate commercials of any kind on TV. I subscribe to just basic cable mainly because I don’t watch television that much. But when I do watch it I get so tired of all the commercials. Lets go back in time a little… back to when you could watch TV only with the use of [...]
If you had a time machine…And you could only use it once…
Would you go to the past and watch history as it is written?Would you stay in the present and let somebody else use the time machine?or… Would you go to the future and pray your time machine actually had a future to go to?
I [...]
I was sitting on my porch tonight with the field stretching out in front of me. In the daylight that plot of land appears deserted except for the occasional bird. But when the sun goes down it’s like the whole field comes to life. Nightbirds, crickets, and frogs make all the noise while deer, raccoon, [...]
Common NamesCommon mayapple, devil’s apple, duck’s foot, ground lemon, hog apple, Indian apple, mandrake, mayapple, podophyllum, racoonberry, umbrella plant, vegetable calomel, vegetable mercury, wild jalap, wild lemon, wild mandrake, yellowberry.DescriptionAn erect perennial that grows to about 1 to 11/2 feet in height. Two umbrella-like, palmately lobed leaves grow at the top of each plant, rarely [...]
Oprah Winfrey virus:Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB and then slowly expands back to 200MB.
AT&T virus:Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.
MCI virus:Every three minutes it reminds you that you’re paying too much for the AT&T virus.
Politically Correct virus:Never calls itself a “virus”, but instead refers to itself [...]
I received this photo in an e-mail. I thought it was pretty interesting and worth sharing. The full size photo is 1280×1280 @ 1.3 mb. The only way to get the full effect is to view full size. If you ask me it’s a prime example of organized chaos.
This is a good time for another West Virginia plant post.
Stinging NettleIf you get into a patch of nettle you will know it. The plant usually grows in fairly large patches and can grow to a height of about 4 feet. It will sting you if your bare skin touches it. The sting feels a [...]
