Sunflower Girls At The Farmers Market

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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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Button Bush

Button Bush at the beach. Cephalanthus occidentalis L., Common buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button willow, is a shrub whose flowers are distinctive, dense, spherical clusters (heads) with a fringe of pistils protruded beyond the white corollas. Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. This distant relative of coffee (family Rubiaceae) grows in wetland areas. Ducks and other water birds and shorebirds consume the seeds.

This photo is photo of the day on TreeHugger September 8, 2015
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/readers-photos/photo-spherical-white-flower-relative-coffee/

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Happy National Dog Day!

Happy National Dog Day! 

This one was looking longingly at ice cream at the farmers market.

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Farmland Rolls

Field Full Of Hay Rolls

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A Visit To Mom's Garden

 Me And Hollyhocks

Really nice Basket Of Veggies from mom's garden.

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Mushrooms Galore

Giant Mushroom

Berkeley's Polypore

This is the biggest mushroom I've ever seen. It has to be close to 2 feet across. Found under a big tree, in Colchester, Vt.

Mushroom emerging from under the leaves.

 Shiny Copper Colored Mushroom
found at the end of July, in Essex, Vermont. Tawny Grisette, Amanita fulva.

Pigskin puffball Mushroom (Scleroderma citrinum)

Gem Studded Puffball Mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum)

Russula Mushroom

Marasmius rotula commonly known as the pinwheel mushroom, the pinwheel marasmius, little wheel, collared parachute, or horse hair fungus.

Golden Gilled Bolete (Phylloporus pelletieri) Mushroom and Autumn Leaves.

This is probably a Suillus Bolete.

Bolete Mushroom - Cream Cap With Brown Pores, And A Moth, Growing Under A Hemlock Tree. End of September, in Essex Jct. Vermont. If you know what kind of Bolete this is, I'd love to know.

Bolete

Growing under an oak tree.

If you know what kind of Bolete this is, I'd love to know.

This photo was Awarded Photo of the Day, on Capture My Vermont, for October 31, 2017.

Bolete

Bolete with a cream colored cap with nibbles taken out of it, and yellow pores, growing near A Hemlock Tree. Here's a view of it's bottom.

If you know what kind of Bolete this is, I'd love to know. 

Polypore - Shelf Mushroom, Ganoderma Applanatum

Curled mushroom amongst curly moss.

If you know what kind of mushroom this is, I'd love to know.

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