http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/tall-teasel-prickly-roadside-weed/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/tall-teasel-prickly-roadside-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-4222 Linda Knouse Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:13:17 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/07/25/tall-teasel-prickly-roadside-weed/#comment-4222 My mother-in-law, Betsy, used to harvest these (she called them Devil's Trash) in the Fall, along with other great finds from the woods. She spray-painted some gold and left others in their natural state. Some she just sprinkled with gold glitter. She created dried "flowers" of Fall things and I miss that. She and Dad were always in the mountains doing SOMETHING. They picked huckleberries, a back-breaking task; made wild-grape wine, included cat-o-nine-tails in the dried flower arrangements and kept them from "exploding" by coating them with spray glue. Some of these she sprayed gold; others were left in their natural rust brown. She knew where wild Japanese lanterns grew, where to find Trailing Arbutis and they gathered and dried Pennyroyal for tea in the winter. They gathered dandylions in the Spring and made salad and wine. These are the things grandparents can give to grandchildren, IF the grandchildren spend some time with them and just listen and observe. My mother-in-law, Betsy, used to harvest these (she called them Devil’s Trash) in the Fall, along with other great finds from the woods. She spray-painted some gold and left others in their natural state. Some she just sprinkled with gold glitter. She created dried “flowers” of Fall things and I miss that. She and Dad were always in the mountains doing SOMETHING. They picked huckleberries, a back-breaking task; made wild-grape wine, included cat-o-nine-tails in the dried flower arrangements and kept them from “exploding” by coating them with spray glue. Some of these she sprayed gold; others were left in their natural rust brown. She knew where wild Japanese lanterns grew, where to find Trailing Arbutis and they gathered and dried Pennyroyal for tea in the winter. They gathered dandylions in the Spring and made salad and wine. These are the things grandparents can give to grandchildren, IF the grandchildren spend some time with them and just listen and observe.

]]> http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/tall-teasel-prickly-roadside-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-4208 Cop Car Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:14:45 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/07/25/tall-teasel-prickly-roadside-weed/#comment-4208 Ayla's comb Ayla’s comb

]]> http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/tall-teasel-prickly-roadside-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-4194 Kathy Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:51:44 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/07/25/tall-teasel-prickly-roadside-weed/#comment-4194 I'm sure we saw this plant on our trip around the eastern U. S. last year, but I sure can't recall where. I remember being amazed by those curved spines. I’m sure we saw this plant on our trip around the eastern U. S. last year, but I sure can’t recall where. I remember being amazed by those curved spines.

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