Farmers Market Fun

Fun With Bubbles & A Kitty At The Farmers Market

Bubbles And Juggling Fun At The Farmers Market

Lots Of Yorkies

Sunflower Girls

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Harvest

  

Heirloom Stars.

HeirloomTomatoes with Stars at the Farmers Market.

Delicata Squash Freshly Harvested

What a nice crop.

Delicata squash is a winter squash. The skin is tender enough to eat when cooked. Also known as “sweet potato squash” for its brown sugar flavor. Like all hard squash, delicata is high in beta-carotene and vitamin C.

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Aquatic Loveliness

Water Lilys and pickerelweed in a lovely pond.

 Lovely Light Pink Water Lily 2

Lovely Light Pink Water Lily 8

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Painted Ladies Galore!

Painted Lady Butterflys, (Vanessa cardui), on Purple New England Asters (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae). There is an amazing abundance of these butterflies this summer.

Painted Lady Butterfly On New England Asters 2. You can see this butterfly drinking nectar from flowers through it's proboscis, which function much like a straw.

This photo was Awarded Photo of the Day, on Capture My Vermont, for October 23, 2017.

Butterflys, or Flutterbys, as I like to call them, are fascinating creatures who take to the air on gossamer wings. They've come to symbolize metamorphosis. These remarkable pollinators display a diversity of colors and patterns.

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Sedum Gathering

Painted Lady Butterfly And A Bee On Sedum

There's a few days each year when all the insects gather on the blooming Sedum.

Green Darner Dragonfly And A Bee On Sedum

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Common Hemp-nettle

Common Hemp-nettle
Galeopsis tetrahit
Name also: Brittlestem Hempnettle
Purple Wild Flowers that look like Teenie Tiny Orchids. Medicinal Properties
Astringent, diuretic, expectorant
Clears up bronchial congestion, hay fever, asthma, bed wetting, various skin diseases, and phlegm and is commonly used for coughs. Recommended for anemia and other blood disorders. Europeans use it as a home remedy for spleen problems and tuberculosis.

This is what it looks like going to seed.

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Pears For The Picking

Tree Full Of Pears

Me Picking Pears

 Pears We Picked

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Cool Beans

Hyacinth Beans

Moonshadow Hyacinth Bean

(Dolichos lablab) Beautiful purple pods are used in Asia as a curry and stir-fry vegetable. Pick when small and tender, as old pods and dry beans may be poisonous! The long, rambling vine is also very ornamental with lilac-colored blossoms and purple stems.

French Horticultural Beans from the Hudak Farm stand at the Farmers Market.

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People's Republic of Fermentation // Episode 01: Mrs. Ding's Pickles

Sunflower Girls At The Farmers Market

Sunflower Wall Art

This photo was awarded Photo of the Day on Capture My Vermont, for September 19, 2017.

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Marsh Hedge Nettle

Marsh hedge-nettle (Stachys palustris) commonly known as marsh woundwort, hedge-nettle, clown’s woundwort, downy woundwort, hedge nettle,  or marsh betony, is an edible and medicinal perennial grassland herb, found in shorelines, fields, roadsides and waste areas in New England. It is native to parts of Eurasia but has been introduced to North America. It is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae).

The term 'hedge-nettle' is probably from England where the plant is found frequently in the hedgerows and it resembles a nettle. 

The above-ground part of the herb that has been used medicinally.

The plant parts are harvested during summer when the plant is about to bloom and then used fresh or dried for later use. Internally marsh woundwort can be used in the form of herbal tea or tincture.

Highly regarded as a remedy for all kinds of wounds, both externally and internally, the fresh herb was applied directly on wounds, cuts, and scrapes in order to halt bleeding and heal.

The herb has antispasmodic and antiseptic properties. Therefore, it has been used to treat cramps, arthritis and joint pain. Marsh woundwort has also been used as an herbal remedy for diarrhea and dysentery.

As a food and animal feed, it is the small bulbous tubers on the root runners that are used. The runners should be pulled up gently and then used fresh or dried for later use. They have a good, nutty flavor. The tubers are highly nutritious with a nice taste and they can easily be used as an addition to soups and casseroles, or dried and ground into flour and mixed with cereal flour.

During spring time the young shoots can be collected, cooked and eaten like asparagus. Fully grown plants should not be collected as the stalks taste very bitter.

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