Spring! And my first year as a landowner in the country. I have been "botanizing" since high school, and picked lots of wildflowers before that. So, why not go with my heart and start a special blog just for insights and discoveries in the wide world of wild (and maybe some not-so-wild) plants?
Other topics I hope to cover in this blog will be herbal medicine, especially wild-crafted and homemade, grow native gardens, butterfly and hummingbird plants, wild fruits, and anything else that strikes my fancy!
The plant you see here is rose verbena, a common spring wildflower here in central Missouri, which has a lovely scent.
One thing I want to make clear from the start is that I believe in a Creator God who made all of these treasures for us to enjoy, and that I don't believe all the wonders of nature evolved from a rock or a primordial soup or a big bang. Ps. 104:14 (KJV) says it best: "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth."
