Echinacea & Friends

Bumblebee on Echinacea or Purple Cone Flower

Painted Lady Butterfly on Echinacea flower.
(Vanessa cardui)

American Copper Butterfly On Echinacea
(L. p. eleus caeruleopunctata)

Red Admiral Butterfly On Echinacea
(Vanessa atalanta)
This photo has been awarded the Photo of the Day on Capture My Vermont, on August 26th, 2017.

With Bees  & Butterflys

Bumblebee on Echinacea or Purple Cone Flower

The entire plant can be used for its immune boosting properties. The purple ray flowers attach to a round, high and spiky cone – hence the common name “purple coneflower.” Technically speaking, this thick and spiky cone is actually hundreds of more flowers, all tightly packed together.

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Rudebeckias & Black Eyed Susans

 American Lady Butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis), On Rudbeckia

Bee On Rudebeckia

Look at all that pollen on it's knees.

 Grasshopper On Rudebeckia

 Grasshopper On Rudebeckia

Bee & Shadow On Black Eyed Susan

 Black Eyed Susans

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Very Cool Handmade Boat

This Very Cool Handmade Boat was made in Shelburne, Vermont and it only weighs 25 pounds. This is a skin-on-frame canoe. Using Geodesic Airolite Construction, It is a simple, inexpensive, low-tech, forgiving system utilizing some exotic materials. The sequence consists of building a simple rugged wood framework, braced with triangulated KEVLAR® roving strands. This tough basket-likeframe is then covered with Dacron. This is a first cousin to sail cloth; except it heat shrinks. It is a super-weight, airplane wing covering type of fabric, used on crop dusters. 
You can learn more about these boats at: http://www.gaboats.com/
or about the courses for building them at:  http://www.berkshireboatbuildingschool.org/home/page.aspx?p=4

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Fantastic Fungi: The Spirit of Good

I totally agree.

The Colors Of Mandevilla

Mandevilla flowering vine.

Mandevilla In The Rain

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The Many Faces Of Cranesbill Geraniums

Cranesbill Geranium

Cranesbill Geranium

Cranesbill Geranium

Cranesbill Geranium

Cranesbill Geranium 
(Geranium sanguineum), comes in colors ranging from pinks, blues and vivid purples to subdued whites. Species in the Geranium genus have a distinctive mechanism for seed dispersal. This consists of a beak-like column which springs open when ripe and casts the seeds some distance. The common name ‘cranesbill’ comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane.

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In The Garden

Trixie in the garden. Gotta love her smile.

Comfrey flowers in bloom.

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) has the folk name of Knitbone and it does that very well! The high allantoin content of the leaf infusion supports cell proliferation in the healing process of bones. Drinking comfrey infusion keeps my bones strong and flexible. It strengthens digestion and elimination, keeps lungs and respiratory tract healthy, and It keeps the face wrinkle-free and skin and scalp supple. Comfrey contains special proteins needed for the formation of short-term memory cells. Comfrey leaves are not only rich in proteins, they are a great source of folic acid, many vitamins, and every mineral and trace mineral we need for a strong immune system, a calm nervous system, and a happy hormone system.

Comfrey leaves are of much value as an external remedy, both in the form of fomentations, for sprains, swellings and bruises, and as a poultice, to severe cuts, to promote suppuration of boils and abscesses, and gangrenous and ill-conditioned ulcers. It’s useful for uterine and other internal hemorrhages and for the healing of wounds. It is useful in any kind of inflammatory swelling. Internally, the leaves can be taken in the form of an infusion, 1 oz. of the leaves to 1 pint of boiling water. Comfrey is infallible as a remedy for both external and internal wounds bruises, and ulcers, for phlegm, for spitting of blood, ruptures, hemorrhoids, etc. For ulcers of the stomach and liver. 

Comfrey ointment heals wounds, cuts, burns, bruises, itches, and most skin problems.

The young leaves are eaten as a good green vegetable. 

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