" For every evil under the sun there is a remedy ...
October 29 2005 12:51 AM Cynthia Rosenberry
Facts:
There are edible plants in the woods of them thar hills. Careful though, some may be toxic or cause severe indigestion if not prepared properly.
Here's another Yahoo Group I belong to: Native Gardening.
Before you go mowing down those trees to make space for whatever, check out this list of USA endangered plant species from the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Check and see if you have any growing on your land so that you can relocate the plants out of harm's way. If you have a green thumb, you could be a hero by propagating and planting these species in their natural habitat. You might even sell them. Whatever it takes.
Listed as indigenous to TN, specifically:
Rock gnome lichen (Gymnoderma lineare)
American hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum)
Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (Xyris tennesseensis)
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)
Blue Ridge goldenrod (Solidago spithamaea)
Large-flowered skullcap (Scutellaria montana)
American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
Ruth's golden aster (Pityopsis ruthii)
Spring Creek bladderpod (Lesquerella perforata)
Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis purpurea var. montana)
Spreading avens (Geum radiatum)
Gentner's Fritillary (Fritillaria gentneri)
Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis)
Leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa)
Cumberland rosemary (Conradina verticillata)
Guthrie's (or Pyne's) ground-plum (Astragalus bibullatus)
Cumberland sandwort (Arenaria cumberlandensis)
Braun's rock-cress (Arabis perstellata)
Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana)
Another way you can help is by controlling the growth of Invasive Plants.
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October 02 2005 12:52 AM Cynthia Rosenberry
Cat Power's cover of the Velvet Underground's "I found a Reason" is on the "V" for Vendetta movie soundtrack. An excellent film, well worth the price of admission. It's written about the UK but many of the situations resonate in the USA as well. Best negative utopian film I've seen in a long while.
Metal heart Lyrics
Losing the star without a sky
Losing the reasons why
You're losing the calling that you've been faking
And i'm not kidding
It's damned if you don't and it's damned if you do
Be true 'cause they'll lock you up in a sad sad zoo
Oh hidy hidy hidy what cha tryin to prove
By hidy hidy hiding you're not worth a thing
Sew your fortunes on a string
And hold them up to light
Blue smoke will take
A very violent flight
And you will be changed
And everything
And you will be in a very sad sad zoo.
I once was lost but now i'm found was blind
But now I see you
How selfish of you to believe in the meaning of all the bad dreaming
Metal heart you're not hiding
Metal heart you're not worth a thing
Metal heart you're not hiding
Metal heart you're not worth a thing
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August 02 2005 12:45 AM Cynthia Rosenberry
Fact:
• While it is accepted practice to wear house slippers to the local IGA, appear in anything resembling a nightgown and you're a spectacle. Take it from me, don't even try it.
• In case I didn't mention it, www.cedargrovedesign.com went live on August 26th, 2005. Yahooooo!! hoooo! woo. YAW! We ROCK! Y'all jus' don't know it yet.
• Grainger Co. is known for its tomatoes. You can even get them at Knoxville Wal-Marts.
• A Tomato Festival is held here in July. It gets bigger every year.
• One event at the festival is to throw rotten tomatoes at one another.
• I have never participated in the above activity.
• Bull's Market on Rt. 11 (and also Ritter's Farm) are selling boxes of tomatoes for $5 each. Many in the box I bought were not ripe yet and so the batch has lasted for well over a week, unrefrigerated.
• Tomatoes lose flavor when refrigerated.
• Tomatoes are indigenous to South America.
• I have no idea what chemicals, if any, are used in the production of Grainger Co., tomatoes.
• Lewis, a lifelong resident of Grainger Co., doesn't much like tomatoes.
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