Our woods
Today Ron took Sunny and Sheba to the groomer, so I had several hours to myself. I decided to check out the woods to see what discoveries awaited me.
Some of these photos were taken in the woods. Some were in the transition area between the woods and our yard. And some of them are from our yard…. which has plenty of weeds growing in the lawn! I like it that way! 🙂
Just beautiful! I think it’s a moss of some kind.
Little brown mushrooms.
More lbms (little brown mushrooms)
Little white mushrooms. Not edible.
Berries the birds missed
Greenbrier thorns. Not fun to walk through!
Small greenbrier
Lichen
Moss on fallen log
A russula, I think
A periwinkle — perennial vinca. One lone bloom was all I found.
Bracken. Last years dead leaves show where edible fiddleheads will come up in spring
Tender, tasty chickweed
Two more edibles –field garlic and henbit
Wild strawberry leaves make a nutritious tea
Edible suillus. Before cooking, peel off the slimy cuticle to avoid digestive upset. The white flesh is a decent edible.
The pore surface of the suillus
Just a pretty picture
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Camilla
/ December 28, 2012I wish I could identify what the plants are in my woods! I like weeds in the yard also! I think it makes things interesting to look down and see a variety of plants. I don’t ever take up the leaves as I love the look of all the leaves covering the grass in the fall.
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tinycamper
/ December 28, 2012Same here, Camilla. I just love the look of a blanket of fallen leaves. My daughter told me once that she felt guilty every time she weeded her yard, because she knew I would consider them all precious wild edibles! 🙂
I have forgotten so much. When I was actively studying them, I knew the names of hundreds of plants. Now, not so many.
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cozygirl
/ December 28, 2012oh how I’d love to walk the woods with you and soak up all your knowledge of nature…loved the periwinkle!
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tinycamper
/ December 28, 2012I’m not that knowledgeable. Just have learned to recognize a few things and love to know their names!
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Sunny
/ December 29, 2012I enjoyed your photos, very informative! I especially love the color, texture, and feel of the lichen.
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tinycamper
/ December 29, 2012The curly edges, especially, intrigue me. 🙂
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Jo
/ December 30, 2012You had a wonderful walk today in your woods.
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tinycamper
/ December 30, 2012I always do, when I make the effort to get out, Jo. 🙂
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kathynik
/ December 30, 2012I love your new header! And I am quite impressed with your knowledge of plants and mushrooms. It pays to be knowledgable about plants! (On a scale of 1-10, my knowledge of plants is about 0.5!) For years I had no idea we had so much poison ivy around us (we’re in kind of a wooded area). I apparently have been immune but I know that can’t last! Even here in PA in Dec. we had some blue flowers on our myrtle plants, but they are now buried under 8″ of snow. I’m not a happy ‘camper’ (to borrow a phrase), as I am not fond of snow!
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tinycamper
/ December 30, 2012Glad you noticed the new header. I had to flip the Casita picture so the wording didn’t cover up the dogs’ pictures!
I am not terribly knowledgeable. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate myself around a 6 or 7 on plants, and maybe a 3 or 4 on mushrooms. I used to actively study. Now I just coast. 🙂
We have poison ivy all around us, too. The wild strawberries grow intermixed with it. So far, both Ron and I are immune to it, but I stay as far away as possible from it, knowing that it could change, as you said!
We got snow yesterday, but very little of it stuck. The cold weather plants are still green. You have my sympathy about your snow. 🙂
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