Sumac-ade

Sumac berries soaking in cold water

Two types of sumac berries:

On top is Smooth sumac-Rhus glabra

On bottom is Staghorn sumac-Rhus typhina

Click on the title above and you will be directed to a link with information on the types of sumacs.

My Wild Garden

Wild Plant Sanctuary

Sunflowers and the Bees

The Challenge

I decided that a piece of my herbal project would be education about the uses of herbs. After thinking about it for awhile I noticed that people walking by my front garden didn't really understand it. The nature of the front garden is "wildness". O.K. let me back track for a moment, the size of my front space is approximately 10' x 7'. I have a push mower but an old antique one that is very heavy, so years ago I planted the whole front area in flowering plants, some of which are medicinal herbs. Since this area borders a city street I never harvested from them but they were my "talisman" plants. Jumping to the present, I decided to put up a sign in the space between the street and the sidewalk that reads, "wild plant sanctuary". This I thought would protect my very unkempt looking and weedy area from city officials that want all lawns to be a certain height. I have volunteer sunflowers that moved there so we are well over the height requirement. Next I decided to find some information on the benefits of eliminating my lawn and here is the connection to the website (you can click on the title above and it should get you right to it or you can cut and paste the url. below). I copied the information and bought a sign holder used to sell houses, I spray painted it blue (from red) and laminated the information "A Challenge for the 21st Century" and attached that to the box which I then filled with copies of the challenge information. My neighbor across the street has noticed that people are stopping to read the information and pick up copies from the box. I included the address to this web blog so that interested folks could log on and read about the plants they are seeing.

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