~ Nature Artist using Ozark pigments in Kingston, Arkansas ~
Yesterday we went out to check on ginseng seedlings and found the cedar trees blooming with Cedar-Apple Rust fruiting bodies. It’s caused by a fungus and alternates each year on cedars or apple trees. If there aren’t any … Read the rest “Cedar-Apple Rust : Invasion of Alien-looking Fruiting Bodies”
I did my exercising outside this morning, jog/walked to the mailbox in under 20 minutes – a milestone for me!
Feeding the critters acted as a warm-up spell, but it was
Maclura pomifera, also known as Osage Orange, Bois d’Arc, Hedge-apple, or Horse-apple, the osage tree is native to our area. Even so, there aren’t very many of them in our particular neck of the woods.
![[Image of a departing storm] With a departing roar the storm rolled off to the east. Clear skies between broken clouds filled the southwestern wake.](https://i0.wp.com/www.wildozark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/storm-clearing.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
