Little Buds by deidzoeb

[WetlandsRemediation]

The other plant may be nicotiana.

[WetlandsRemediation]

Your grandmother gave you daylilies.

[theRoseofmyheart]

What a lovely video and a lovely husband you have dear Melinda :)

[f417h2GRACE]

excellent!¡

wonderful place to ßreathe ....:)

the ones form your Grandmother look kinda like lillies. (:

how wonderful

I heard a morning dove also 01:19

what a beautiful yard.

thnx guys

[geodgereturns]

@0:33 "Day lillies" or Hemerocallis

What's the stalk like on the last one? Is it woody?

[deidzoeb]

@geodgereturns Stalk on the last one is like a plant. By "woody", do you mean thick enough that it's difficult to cut? One of them was bending over this morning. I think they're kind of soft like a weed.

[cvjucla3]

Good to see Rob make a guest appearance. The blueberries and mulberries are good to eat, Mel. In fact, all berries are. Berries such as the aforementioned, blackberries, rasberries, etc, all contain antioxidants and B vitamins in them. They are good for your nerves and well being. Enjoy.

[alicetoo]

Rob, your "iris" are really day lilies. My Mom use to call them "railroad lilies" because when she was a kid they grew by railroad tracks. I'd forgotten how well things grow "back east". I'm from OH originally. Reminded me of yards there. Well, you're just north! Thanks!

[deidzoeb]

@alicetoo I always forget the name of those things. I'm happy to see they spread easily and don't need a lot of attention though.

[schoolmaster1945]

Hello Rob, Birds like Mulberries...the only problem is they poop on your car and stain whatever it hits....That last plant is a weed...we used to call them Stinkweed...regards...

[deidzoeb]

@schoolmaster1945 Yes, I've seen purple pooped mulberries. It would also be good for dyeing clothes or maybe as ink.

[f417h2GRACE]

@deidzoeb

ink wood be really neat looking. 

[WetlandsRemediation]

@deidzoeb Texan revolutionaries often used mulberry for ink- the color proved fugitive.

By the time letters were delivered, many missals were already faded.

[deidzoeb]

@WetlandsRemediation Interesting. I imagine a person would have to gather several gallons of mulberries and maybe boil them down for several hours to make thicker ink that would last. The birds are already spotting our sidewalk and car windshield with some mulberries, so I'm happy that the color doesn't last.

[BrianJ1962]

Nice :-)

[hunhun23]

I have one of those as well growing by one of my palm trees and I am pretty sure that it is butterfly weed and they do have little flowers on them. I will be going to the local forestry office to make sure and will get back with you on that.

[WetlandsRemediation]

@hunhun23 It isn't Asclepiua tuberosa, "butterfly weed".

Asclepius is more compact and smaller leaved.

[viralvideoaddict]

I'm almost sure that a weed.. You should make some mulberry jelly or jam! YUM

[WetlandsRemediation]

@viralvideoaddict Why wait for jelly?

Unripened mulberries are hallucinogenic

and employed in the 19th century to alleviate boredom in the bedridden.

[deidzoeb]

@WetlandsRemediation Seriously, hallucinogenic? Good, I'll have something else to sell to desperate people if civilization falls. I figure people will pay a lot for dandelion wine if they don't have other sources of alcohol.

[WetlandsRemediation]

@deidzoeb Yes, reported by John Lust (grandson of Bernard) in his manual on herbs.

The berries are collected while still green in color.

We administered a cup's worth to a local, he became thoroughly deranged.

We have tried it ourself with mild results.

But then again, we enjoy baseline hallucination due to B-12 deficiency.

The tree you show is Morus alba, the white mulberry.

There should be many other trees in your neighbourhood spread by bird shat.

Consider grafting with Pakastani- a 5" fruit

[deidzoeb]

@WetlandsRemediation I can testify to how well the birds spread these. When we moved here in 2002, there were no mulberry trees big enough to give fruit in our yard. Now there are 4 or 5 with berries every year, and small ones that I've removed to prevent the yard from becoming forest. I grew up in a somewhat country setting with one horse, and my dad pointed out how you could always see bushes & trees spring up under the line of electric fence, right where the birds would rest and poop.

[WetlandsRemediation]

@deidzoeb It is our theory that the tree includes hallucinogen in order to prevent ingestion of immature seed.

[manicmode]

cool! If my grams was still alive she would know what that leafy thing was, oh well. lol