Divinebunbun's Rugged Rural Missouri

Divinebunbun lives in a log cabin on 100 acres in the rocky Ozark foothills. Her porch is a box seat on nature and the seasons. This is her journal of chores and mysteries, natural history photos, and observations.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

The Christmas Miracle

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Hairy-stemmed poison ivy grew all over the garage's northern wall and wasn't visible until the foliage was gone. Ivy overgrowing a...

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Pearls in the Grass

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We are fancy enough on the Divine Property to pay to have our grass mowed every two weeks, as it was today, but yesterday in the tall over...

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Hawthorn Berry

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Hawthorn berries, currently ripening to a lovely carnelian red, are called "haws" and are both medicinal and full of cyanide. Th...

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Treating Poison Ivy with Coconut Oil

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I tramped in the woods wearing low-cut shoes although I know better, and at home rinsed and toweled off my legs to dislodge chiggers and t...

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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Just Making Sure

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"What are these pretty red bushes at the roadside?" "Sumac." "Oh, no! If I touch it, will I get a rash? Are ...

Monday, August 13, 2012

Don't Eat These Beans

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The trumpet vine ( campsis radicans ), also called trumpet creeper or hummingbird vine, is native to Missouri, and its red and orange horn...

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