The Queen Anne's Lace has a hairy stem, hemlock has a smooth stem. QAL has black ( looks like a small black bug to me) in the center of the flower, Hemlock doesn't. There are other differences as well, but those 2 are easy for me to remember.
I have a small mug/jar of black berries from my bushes ( first year fruiting) and a small bowl of strawberries (again 1st year fruiting). I think I am going to use them together to make a jelly!
I have elderberry plants that I just planted this spring/summer so none that are flowering and I wouldn't know enough to go pick them in the "wild". I do know they have a "bad" look alike.
Hopefully next year I will be able to get some elderberries from my plants. But that may be too soon. Will have to wait and see.
My friend did make the mimosa jelly and I will make the ditch lily jelly this evening. Then we will trade the next time I see her.
Came home today to find that the county came by and cut the weeds down along the road so now I don't have any Queen Anne's Lace and/or hemlock to worry about.
The bigger storms slipped around us, bringing 60 mph winds elsewhere. We got a gentle rain and the skies were cloudy all day.We have a 91 degrees with a ‘feels like’ of 107 at the moment...
I was just thinking where’s that rain Sue was talking about this morning... I was hoping to get some ‘rip snort’ remanent showers this afternoon... but looks like that’s not gonna happen
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5 green apples would be plenty and would have made a much better pie.tart AND firm apples... I do not like mushy apples in an apple pie
Also they should be green!
These would make a nice pie, lol
I actually like Granny Smith apples just for eating too
but the real question is... who wants apple pie, when you could have lemon meringue?!
We made elderberry jelly a couple years ago and loved it! I don't care for the seeds in blackberry (dentures) so I made some into jelly once after straining it. I liked it but it seemed like a lot of work. Sorry about the road workers.The Queen Anne's Lace has a hairy stem, hemlock has a smooth stem. QAL has black ( looks like a small black bug to me) in the center of the flower, Hemlock doesn't. There are other differences as well, but those 2 are easy for me to remember.
I have a small mug/jar of black berries from my bushes ( first year fruiting) and a small bowl of strawberries (again 1st year fruiting). I think I am going to use them together to make a jelly!
I have elderberry plants that I just planted this spring/summer so none that are flowering and I wouldn't know enough to go pick them in the "wild". I do know they have a "bad" look alike.
Hopefully next year I will be able to get some elderberries from my plants. But that may be too soon. Will have to wait and see.
My friend did make the mimosa jelly and I will make the ditch lily jelly this evening. Then we will trade the next time I see her.
Came home today to find that the county came by and cut the weeds down along the road so now I don't have any Queen Anne's Lace and/or hemlock to worry about.
I don't like the seeds either. So I plan to put the blackberries through the food sieve.
Omg that is the creepiest thing!I’m pretty sure Missouri has been invaded by extraterrestrials from some distant planet... I found this cuddly critter on the power pole today
The MDC has calls this an Eastern Dobsonfly... they’re obviously in on the alien invasion cover up
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/eastern-dobsonfly
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