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Christine Schoenemann (Maccabee)
pollen from golden rod is too heavy endangered butterflies in the Blue
to be carried very far by the wind,
family for clovers and lupine flowers.
On The Wild Side whereas ragweed pollen is very light. I have been reading writings by
Lately, and even over many years,
There are sixteen species of golden
rod throughout our country, and I
happen to have about four or more prominent mystics and naturalists
who all sing a similar theme song.
species on my property. They are This song is one of praise for
beginning to bloom, and I eagerly creation and its awesome diversity
Misunderstood But Beautiful (Part 2): await the show! All my various wild that can aid us as humans to connect
aster will bloom soon as well, so
more intimately with ourselves and
Tall Natives and Useful Pests between the two of them, my bees the Creator. This goes for everyone,
and butterflies will be well fed before
even atheists and agnostics, for
the killing frost. Along with all these “things in nature are optimal
I just got in from collecting to preserve as much as I can here on pollinators, you can be sure I will be teachers to help us discern how to be
Japanese beetles from wild evening my property and elsewhere when rejoicing as well. ourselves. We have been separated
primrose flowers, which are growing possible, before they become extinct. The other day, I nearly hit a from the source of our identity and
throughout my property. By 7:00 I know my worry is legitimate since monarch butterfly that was caught have to fall in love with it all over
a.m., the bees are already busy on every year it seems many rare plants between a road, parking lots, stores, again,” writes Belden Lane in his
the yellow flowers, and the beetles (see list at bottom of this article) and large grass deserts with no book Backpacking with the Saints,
are just waking up. Slowly, I knock flowers in sight. It seemed an amazing
them into read full of
a container wisdom.
of water, And so,
careful not to this Sunday
interrupt the morning,
bees. Two the natural
things are world is
accomplished the temple
by my doing in which I
this twice a worship—
day. First, I today and
am saving Lupine everyday.
the flowers Golden Rod Wild Evening Primrose Turtlehead For me, and
from being so many
devoured; others, the
second, my chickens enthusiastically have just disappeared from places I confused and did not know where amazing diversity of lifeforms on this
consume the crunchy bodies of have seen them in the past. to go. This is a perfect example of planet are not only an expression of
these pests. Useful pests, I call them, Therefore, I am writing to clear a growing problem called “habitat the infinite nature of their Creator,
providing extra protein and minerals up some misunderstandings about fragmentation.” Good-hearted but also an expression of amazing
for my birds. our interesting wild neighbors, and people who plant flowers in their love, without end, unless we humans
The wild evening primrose used possibly to save them. yards are doing a great service, but choose to continue to destroy it. We
to be seen in areas along roads that Teasel, another plant which is these same butterflies and bees we always have a choice.
have not been mowed, in vacant normally not permitted to grow feed frequently must travel far and
fields and ditches if they are lucky, in typical gardens, can still be wide just to find other flowers to Note: Some local natives rarely seen
and in my gardens. Sadly, I saw seen in areas along the highway feed on or appropriate plants on and loosing habitat: purple swamp
very few of them this year beyond and other unused places. It is not which to lay their eggs. We all know milkweed, goatsbeard, moth mullein,
my gardens, due to herbiciding and a thistle, though it looks like it. the need of monarchs for milkweed, bergamot, blue lobelia, vervain,
lots of mowing. I imagine most In my gardens, I pamper it. It but there are many others, such as obedient plant, Deptford pinks, cardinal
homeowners would not like them has multiple uses, primarily as a the larvae of the fritillary butterfly flower, wild columbine, cinquefoils, St.
due to the fact that they grow much producer of beautiful lavender for violets, the checkerspot butterfly Johns wort, Yarrow, sweet cicely, and
taller than the greenhouse-cultivated flowers which bees love. It is also an for turtlehead flowers, and the rare/ wild sweet clovers.
primroses that most gardeners buy. interesting component in dry plant
Perhaps this aversion is due to an arrangements, which I make. Stately,
over-civilized fear of wild natives. but prickly, they are to be handled
Well, I have no fear, just curiosity. I with care, preferably with a gloved
have never seen my primroses grow hand. Presently, I am cutting some
as tall as they are this year, which is of mine down now that they have
most likely due to all the rain that flowered, as I don’t want the seeds
we had earlier this summer. My to scatter everywhere in my main
tallest plant towers above my head at garden where I also grow vegetables.
a record-breaking height of nine feet. I plan to scatter some of the seeds in
That’s tall! the larger meadow before winter.
For some reason, I have a By far the most misunderstood
particular interest in tall, gangly, wildflower of all is golden rod. I
misunderstood plants. I suppose this have learned through my reading
is because I see their value for our that it is not the pollen producer
pollinators, but mostly I believe it that affects most people adversely.
is because I admire them. In truth, I Ragweed is the culprit, as it has very
am blown away by the diversity of nondescript flowers and blooms at
wild flora, which are indigenous to the same time as golden rod. Very
this area. I have made it my mission sneaky of ragweed, I would say. The
Christine Schoenemann (Maccabee)
pollen from golden rod is too heavy endangered butterflies in the Blue
to be carried very far by the wind,
family for clovers and lupine flowers.
On The Wild Side whereas ragweed pollen is very light. I have been reading writings by
Lately, and even over many years,
There are sixteen species of golden
rod throughout our country, and I
happen to have about four or more prominent mystics and naturalists
who all sing a similar theme song.
species on my property. They are This song is one of praise for
beginning to bloom, and I eagerly creation and its awesome diversity
Misunderstood But Beautiful (Part 2): await the show! All my various wild that can aid us as humans to connect
aster will bloom soon as well, so
more intimately with ourselves and
Tall Natives and Useful Pests between the two of them, my bees the Creator. This goes for everyone,
and butterflies will be well fed before
even atheists and agnostics, for
the killing frost. Along with all these “things in nature are optimal
I just got in from collecting to preserve as much as I can here on pollinators, you can be sure I will be teachers to help us discern how to be
Japanese beetles from wild evening my property and elsewhere when rejoicing as well. ourselves. We have been separated
primrose flowers, which are growing possible, before they become extinct. The other day, I nearly hit a from the source of our identity and
throughout my property. By 7:00 I know my worry is legitimate since monarch butterfly that was caught have to fall in love with it all over
a.m., the bees are already busy on every year it seems many rare plants between a road, parking lots, stores, again,” writes Belden Lane in his
the yellow flowers, and the beetles (see list at bottom of this article) and large grass deserts with no book Backpacking with the Saints,
are just waking up. Slowly, I knock flowers in sight. It seemed an amazing
them into read full of
a container wisdom.
of water, And so,
careful not to this Sunday
interrupt the morning,
bees. Two the natural
things are world is
accomplished the temple
by my doing in which I
this twice a worship—
day. First, I today and
am saving Lupine everyday.
the flowers Golden Rod Wild Evening Primrose Turtlehead For me, and
from being so many
devoured; others, the
second, my chickens enthusiastically have just disappeared from places I confused and did not know where amazing diversity of lifeforms on this
consume the crunchy bodies of have seen them in the past. to go. This is a perfect example of planet are not only an expression of
these pests. Useful pests, I call them, Therefore, I am writing to clear a growing problem called “habitat the infinite nature of their Creator,
providing extra protein and minerals up some misunderstandings about fragmentation.” Good-hearted but also an expression of amazing
for my birds. our interesting wild neighbors, and people who plant flowers in their love, without end, unless we humans
The wild evening primrose used possibly to save them. yards are doing a great service, but choose to continue to destroy it. We
to be seen in areas along roads that Teasel, another plant which is these same butterflies and bees we always have a choice.
have not been mowed, in vacant normally not permitted to grow feed frequently must travel far and
fields and ditches if they are lucky, in typical gardens, can still be wide just to find other flowers to Note: Some local natives rarely seen
and in my gardens. Sadly, I saw seen in areas along the highway feed on or appropriate plants on and loosing habitat: purple swamp
very few of them this year beyond and other unused places. It is not which to lay their eggs. We all know milkweed, goatsbeard, moth mullein,
my gardens, due to herbiciding and a thistle, though it looks like it. the need of monarchs for milkweed, bergamot, blue lobelia, vervain,
lots of mowing. I imagine most In my gardens, I pamper it. It but there are many others, such as obedient plant, Deptford pinks, cardinal
homeowners would not like them has multiple uses, primarily as a the larvae of the fritillary butterfly flower, wild columbine, cinquefoils, St.
due to the fact that they grow much producer of beautiful lavender for violets, the checkerspot butterfly Johns wort, Yarrow, sweet cicely, and
taller than the greenhouse-cultivated flowers which bees love. It is also an for turtlehead flowers, and the rare/ wild sweet clovers.
primroses that most gardeners buy. interesting component in dry plant
Perhaps this aversion is due to an arrangements, which I make. Stately,
over-civilized fear of wild natives. but prickly, they are to be handled
Well, I have no fear, just curiosity. I with care, preferably with a gloved
have never seen my primroses grow hand. Presently, I am cutting some
as tall as they are this year, which is of mine down now that they have
most likely due to all the rain that flowered, as I don’t want the seeds
we had earlier this summer. My to scatter everywhere in my main
tallest plant towers above my head at garden where I also grow vegetables.
a record-breaking height of nine feet. I plan to scatter some of the seeds in
That’s tall! the larger meadow before winter.
For some reason, I have a By far the most misunderstood
particular interest in tall, gangly, wildflower of all is golden rod. I
misunderstood plants. I suppose this have learned through my reading
is because I see their value for our that it is not the pollen producer
pollinators, but mostly I believe it that affects most people adversely.
is because I admire them. In truth, I Ragweed is the culprit, as it has very
am blown away by the diversity of nondescript flowers and blooms at
wild flora, which are indigenous to the same time as golden rod. Very
this area. I have made it my mission sneaky of ragweed, I would say. The
