The clover is pretty much gone and my late planted clover is just now starting to bloom in a few spots but my bees have been very very active.What could they be on?
Areas with locust are still going a bit, areas with chinese privet are in full flow, brambles are pretty much gone, sourwood has not yet started. You should still see quite a bit of activity for about one more week.
What part of Alabama are you in?
Wallace,
Do you have Gallberry in your area. Here it is just starting to bloom.
Jim
Quote from: sawdstmakr on May 07, 2017, 07:44:00 AM
Wallace,
Do you have Gallberry in your area. Here it is just starting to bloom.
Jim
Not that I am aware of. The Chinese Popcorn tree,not its technical name, has not started to bloom yet though
Quote from: bwallace23350 on May 08, 2017, 11:09:26 AM
Quote from: sawdstmakr on May 07, 2017, 07:44:00 AM
Wallace,
Do you have Gallberry in your area. Here it is just starting to bloom.
Jim
I think it is called Chinese Tallow.
Jim
Not that I am aware of. The Chinese Popcorn tree,not its technical name, has not started to bloom yet though
Huckleberry, some Tulip Popular, Senecio, Fleabane, Sheep Sorrel(?), Elderberry, Queen Ann's Lace(wild carrot), Poke's probably blooming in Montgomery, Smooth Vetch, various types of Cleavers, Dandelion, False Dandelion, some Sow Thistle(doesn't have a thistle head), Lyre Leaf Sage, Yellow Root, Boar Hog Root(maybe), Plantain, early Sunflower, some Cohosh, Solomon's Seal(?), false Solomon's Seal(?), Wild Ginger - maybe, in cool spots some Chickweed's still going, some Poppies, some types of apple trees (Gala/Granny Smith/Arkansas Black) have a few blooms left, very little Buckeye's will have a bloom left, Cut Leaf Evening Primrose are playing out - I'm not sure if bees even work them, Wild Lettuce(s), Carolina Geranium(Crane's Bill), there may be a couple other "plants" I missed.
I'm coming along in my herbal medicine class, ain't I? (lol)
Quote from: GSF on May 10, 2017, 10:56:22 AM
Huckleberry, some Tulip Popular, Senecio, Fleabane, Sheep Sorrel(?), Elderberry, Queen Ann's Lace(wild carrot), Poke's probably blooming in Montgomery, Smooth Vetch, various types of Cleavers, Dandelion, False Dandelion, some Sow Thistle(doesn't have a thistle head), Lyre Leaf Sage, Yellow Root, Boar Hog Root(maybe), Plantain, early Sunflower, some Cohosh, Solomon's Seal(?), false Solomon's Seal(?), Wild Ginger - maybe, in cool spots some Chickweed's still going, some Poppies, some types of apple trees (Gala/Granny Smith/Arkansas Black) have a few blooms left, very little Buckeye's will have a bloom left, Cut Leaf Evening Primrose are playing out - I'm not sure if bees even work them, Wild Lettuce(s), Carolina Geranium(Crane's Bill), there may be a couple other "plants" I missed.
I'm coming along in my herbal medicine class, ain't I? (lol)
Wow. I can't even come close to identifying all that. Where are you taking these classes?
Sage & a type of verbena that's common in fields as well are blooming.
Where are you taking these classes?
I travel once a month up to Mentone, Alabama. It's in the ne corner of the state. The classes are one weekend per month. My teacher/mentor is Darryl Patton aka the southern herbalist. (thesouthernherbalist dot com) He mentored under an elderly gentleman named Tommie Bass for around 13 years. He's also self taught and studies the eclectic doctors of the 1800s methods. I think Darryl has been doing this for over 30 years now. Mr Bass came into Alabama on the back of a mule drawn wagon. As sharecroppers his family had to forage the land for edible and medicinal herbs. At age 7 Mr Bass was collecting herbs for an elderly black mid wife everyone called Aunt Molly Kirby. She birthed you, treated you, and laid you to rest. We're talking pre 1920s and forward. Aunt Molly Kirby could walk into any establishment she wanted to, she had that much respect and prestige. I first saw Tommie Bass on APT either in the late 70s or early 80s. Awesome wealth of knowledge. Darryl was with him then. When I went to looking around to find a herbal mentor he was first in mind because of his relationship with Tommie. Most of the others I've looked at gave me the impression of a new age'ish, internet learned, peace child, or something along those lines.
Darryl's method of teaching is very practical and very precise. Say you got x wrong with you. First he'll discuss in detail what x does to you, then prevention. Next we'll go to the herb(s) that'll treat x, and how much, how often, why we use this herb(s) and what do we have to watch out for when we use said herb(s). An example, if you have a heart condition we'd look at how that herb may help or hurt that condition. Also if that herb will negate or boost the medicine you are currently taking, what's in it to do that, and the method(s) used to extract the desired chemical(s). Of course we go on walks identifying plants. We're taught to explain why we know that plant is what it is and not something else.
Well I need to shut up, I could keep going because I really enjoy this line of study. Darryl has authored 2 or 3 books. The one I liked the most was called "Mountain Medicine" The herbal remedies of Tommie Bass - Alabama specific. It's currently out of print. I paid $198 on Amazon for my copy - and would do it again (prepping thing). The really great news is that the book is going back to the (whatever it's called) and will be back in print very soon.
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Quote from: GSF on May 10, 2017, 04:11:25 PM
Sage & a type of verbena that's common in fields as well are blooming.
Where are you taking these classes?
I travel once a month up to Mentone, Alabama. It's in the ne corner of the state. The classes are one weekend per month. My teacher/mentor is Darryl Patton aka the southern herbalist. (thesouthernherbalist dot com) He mentored under an elderly gentleman named Tommie Bass for around 13 years. He's also self taught and studies the eclectic doctors of the 1800s methods. I think Darryl has been doing this for over 30 years now. Mr Bass came into Alabama on the back of a mule drawn wagon. As sharecroppers his family had to forage the land for edible and medicinal herbs. At age 7 Mr Bass was collecting herbs for an elderly black mid wife everyone called Aunt Molly Kirby. She birthed you, treated you, and laid you to rest. We're talking pre 1920s and forward. Aunt Molly Kirby could walk into any establishment she wanted to, she had that much respect and prestige. I first saw Tommie Bass on APT either in the late 70s or early 80s. Awesome wealth of knowledge. Darryl was with him then. When I went to looking around to find a herbal mentor he was first in mind because of his relationship with Tommie. Most of the others I've looked at gave me the impression of a new age'ish, internet learned, peace child, or something along those lines.
Darryl's method of teaching is very practical and very precise. Say you got x wrong with you. First he'll discuss in detail what x does to you, then prevention. Next we'll go to the herb(s) that'll treat x, and how much, how often, why we use this herb(s) and what do we have to watch out for when we use said herb(s). An example, if you have a heart condition we'd look at how that herb may help or hurt that condition. Also if that herb will negate or boost the medicine you are currently taking, what's in it to do that, and the method(s) used to extract the desired chemical(s). Of course we go on walks identifying plants. We're taught to explain why we know that plant is what it is and not something else.
Well I need to shut up, I could keep going because I really enjoy this line of study. Darryl has authored 2 or 3 books. The one I liked the most was called "Mountain Medicine" The herbal remedies of Tommie Bass - Alabama specific. It's currently out of print. I paid $198 on Amazon for my copy - and would do it again (prepping thing). The really great news is that the book is going back to the (whatever it's called) and will be back in print very soon.
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Interesting stuff. Seems to go well with beekeeping. I try to use food as my medicine and I eat a mostly plant based diet. Yes I have lots of the wild verbena blooming right now around me but I have seen no bees on it.