Anise Hyssop

Bees and I share a love of Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), which is also called Licorice Mint, Korean Mint/huo xiang, Giant Blue Hyssop, and Patchouli Mint to name a few. These names point to some of the qualities of this plant, as well as the valued use in Traditional and Classical Chinese Medicine. Both the leaves and the flowers of Anise hyssop can be used fresh or dried. With a natural sweetness and a mild anise flavor, it’s best harvested while in flower, and dries readily for teas and other preparations.

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Bunnies

Bunny In Someone Else's Yard

Bunny In My Yard

Bunny In My Yard

 Pretty Bunny Visiting A Garden

A Pair Of Bunnies Behind My Dentist's Office

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Driftwood

Driftwood Reflections

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Summer Garden Flowers

Snap Dragons & Queen Anne's Lace

Anemone.

Also known as the Grecian windflower.

Kirigami
Columbine In Red & White

Hibiscus Loveliness

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Barberry

 

Barberry 

Berberis vulgaris

Barberries are edible, with a tart flavor, and very rich in vitamin C. It is used as a folk medicine in many countries. It’s used to treat acne, eczema, Candida infection, and scurvy.The berries are also used to treat many gastrointestinal problems and coughs.

The bark and root of the plant are used to treat coughs, colds, respiratory tract diseases, fever, infection, and flu.

The plant is also used for getting rid of gout, renal problems, bile diseases, diarrhea, gastric indigestion, rheumatic symptoms, and dermatitis. Barberry is also a uterine stimulant.

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Chantherelle Mushrooms

The Cantharellus mushrooms are known worldwide

as chanterelles and are some of the very best edible mushrooms. Chanterelles are always found growing from soil, unlike false chanterelles (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca) that are found on woody debris. The Chanterelle is found and enjoyed by people all over the world. It has many names, pfifferling, girolle, gallinacci, in this country, it goes by the name chanterelle or occasionally by golden chanterelle.

Chantherelle

Chantherelle

Chantherelles

NOTE- Forage Only When Necessary: Do Not over harvest wild foods. Foraging is fun, but remember that as a human, you have the ability to source your food in your natural environment - wildlife does not. If you must forage for food or herbs for an ailment, only harvest 5% -10% of what you see of any plant or patch you find, so it has a good chance to keep growing and come back next year. Remember that other lives depend on it. 

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Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly

Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly

Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois), also called black-winged damselfly. The ebony jewelwing has an iridescent green body with dark wings. Wings of the male ebony jewelwing are completely black, while wings of the female are smoky bronze with a distinct white spot (pterostigma) at the outer edge of the forewing. This is a female. Adult ebony jewelwings hunt for resting arthropods but can also catch prey in midflight, such as gnats, mosquitoes, and crane flies, using densely spined legs to trap their prey. Ebony Jewelwings can wander quite a distance inland from water sources, but is more likely to be spotted at the bank of a marsh, pond, lake or stream.

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