In general mustard family plants have 4 petals, 6 stamens (4 tall, 2 short). See this page for a nice description:
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Brassicaceae.htm
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In general mustard family plants have 4 petals, 6 stamens (4 tall, 2 short). See this page for a nice description:
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Brassicaceae.htm
My yard...
Speaking from personal experience..... you really don't want those glochids stuck in your tongue (or any other body part). Chalk that one up to "life lesson the hard way" ;)
What I have done is to shell the acorns, then slice very thinly. Put the slices in a pan with some water and bring to a simmer. The water will turn brown. Change the water and repeat several...
I used a little bit of hardwood (oak if memory serves) ash. Maybe 1 part ash to 8 parts pitch or so. Disclaimer: I did this once to make some arrows and it is the only time I have done it so my...
You could use a rock too. In my neck of the woods (southern end of the N. GA mountains) we have lots of softer rocks (the rusty ones) and you can usually find a piece of quartz lying around too. If...
Not the best quality video, but hopefully it is still useful. Harry Asher published the simple simon knot in 1989 and I've only come across it in a fairly limited set of publications. It is similar...
I like the duct tape seal. Nicely done video. Everything was very clear as to what you were using and how you were doing it. Looking forward to more.
Did you do anything to make the pine needles fluffier like pound them with rocks or (Dan hangs head in shame for saying it) leave them in the road for cars to drive over a bunch? Nicely done video. ...
I'll have to try the fat stick and masons string with some of my scouts who are having troubles.
Nicely done pics and video btw.
-Dan
well... actually I *always* carry a waterproof container of matches and often times a lighter too in the woods. My original question was because I thought it would be fun to see what can be done...
my local grocery store started selling rhubarb with the leaves cut off because they were worried (so says the guy in the produce dept) that people wouldn't know to eat the stalks instead of the...
Try "Ranking Possible Carcinogenic Hazards" by BRUCE N. AMES,* RENAE MAGAW, Lois SWIRSKY GOLD. SCIENCE, VOL. 236, April 17, 1987, pp 271-280. You can find that at www.sciencemag.org for a fee.
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You can eat mullein? What part? How do you prepare it?
I've used the dried stalk for a hand drill and simmered the leaves and inhaled the steam but had no idea any was edible.
I've not seen...
elderberry (sambucus genus) has compound leaves. The plant in your picture has simple leaves.
elderberry:
- opposite, pinnately compound leaves
- leaflets are toothed
- the cross-section...
white pines (pinus strobus) have 5 as do some of the western pines but in the east only white pine has 5. Others like loblolly have 3 or 2 like virginia pine. I certainly don't have the full list...
+1 on the autumn olive berries. I like those straight from the tree and love jam made from them. The jam reminds me of rhubarb.
On the evening primrose flowers, are you eating those raw in a...
Do you happen to know the species names for the two? I've seen what I think is Dioscorea oppositifolia up here (Atlanta area) but I'm not familiar enough with the various species in the genus to...
ever do anything that that root? I personally have not done anything with the root. Around where I live the new growth is at a good eating stage right now. Not a bad salad at all. Grows all over...
oh, I forgot to mention, I've been told that mixing it with hardwood ash makes a pretty solid epoxy-like glue. I haven't had a chance to try it myself yet though. I'd be interested to see how much...
I have used it for extracting a sliver without having tweezers. Heated it up (carefully to not catch it on fire). Removed from the heat source (to avoid an accident) and when it was cooled just...
One could argue that a lot of guides get paid to teach someone how to hunt wild game. I have only killed small game and I'll admit that I've considered going on a guided hog hunt as much as anything...
Sumac has pinnately compound leaves. Buckeyes and the plant pictured have palmately compount leaves.
-Dan
I'm having a bit of a tough time from the picture but my guess would be buckeye or horsechestnut (genus Aesculus). It is a common understory tree.
Is the leaf arrangement opposite? In other...
I saw a review a year or two back for some titanium fishing pliers. They were in that price range ($300-$400). I'm thinking "yeah, I'll take those in a boat". A $10 pair that won't make me cry if...
We did skim some off the water. Took 30 seconds to fill a 16 oz plastic cup. Ignoring issues of the feeder creek running through a dairy pasture I still worry about what other unknown pollens are...